Schedule at a Glance

A program of unique and award-winning short films, all harvested from right here in the great northwest.

Joon (Mary Stuart Masterson), a young woman with mental challenges, meets a kindred spirit in Benny (Johnny Depp).

OPENING NIGHT – Friday February 2nd following the screening of Benny and Joon (9:30pm) – held at the Montvale Event Center 1017 W 1st Ave, Spokane, WA 99201

After her mother’s death, 6-year-old Frida is sent to lve with her uncle’s family. But Frida’s faith in her new family’s love is tested following such a painful loss.

An anthology series of 12 films exploring situations, relationships, and perspective centered around workers and customers of a small town record store.

A selection of the world’s finest animation.

A wide variety of short films from across the U.S. and Canada.

A young Canadian poet with Chinese and Persian parents travels to Iran to perform at a poetry festival. The poets she meets help her discover a past she never knew and to find her own poetic voice.

A selection of the finest short films from around the world. With English subtitles.

Director Andrew Rossi follows New York writer and performer Okwui Okpokwasili as she stages a final tour for her one-woman show, which the New York Times calls “a mesmerizing and sometimes harrowing solo piece.”

A selection of the finest short films from around the world. With English subtitles.

Three siblings of blended races – their mother a member of the Musqueam First Nation, their father a Chinese immigrant – travel to their father’s ancestral village in China for the first time. Their intent is to understand the challenges their parents faced and how it fractured their lives and relationships.

A wide variety of short films from across the U.S. and Canada.

An improvised comedy about a lesbian bachelorette weekend that goes awry when one of the brides admits she’s never had an orgasm.

The men of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Bomb Disposal Unit operate on the front lines of the war against Al-Qaeda and the Taliban. They undertake dangerous missions in an effort to protect their country against ongoing threats in a land opposing groups call home.

From inception to deadly conclusion, director David Byars immerses audiences in the 2016 Malheur rebellion with exclusive access into the Oregon compound. No Man’s Land is a portrait of the fringe and doesn’t flinch when the bullets fly.

A selection of the finest short films from around the world. With English subtitles.

Fleeing from the Russian secret police, a young Estonian fencer is forced to return to his homeland, where he becomes a physical education teacher. When the past catches up with him, he is confronted with a difficult choice.

Produced by students at the University of Cincinnati, twenty teams compete in a 7-day expedition race through Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula. Expedition Alaska follows the ups and downs as the teams trek, bike, packraft, cross glaciers, whitewater raft, and kayak through the wilderness.

Two brothers return to the cult they fled from years ago. To their surprise, they discover that the group’s beliefs may be more sane than they once thought.

A selection of the world’s finest animation.

Iranian-born director Ali Soozandeh uses rotoscope animation to tell the story of four people from Tehran who, in their desperate search for freedom and happiness, break the taboos of a restrictive, islamic society.

A wide variety of short films from across the U.S. and Canada.

The 73-minute film tells the story of a 7-day, non-stop endurance event that took place on the Kenai Peninsula in the summer of 2015.

Fred Beckey, who died in October, is a legendary American mountaineer who recorded more first ascents than anyone. Granted exclusive access, director Dave O’Leske followed Beckey as he tried to conquer one last peak.

CLOSING NIGHT – Friday February 9th following the screening of Dirtbag: The Legend of Fred Beckey (9:45pm) – held at the Montvale Event Center 1017 W 1st Ave, Spokane, WA 99201