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  • Marona’s Fantastic Tale

    The Magic Lantern Theater 25 W. Main Ave, Spokane, WA, United States

    ***Please note that the program states that this film starts at 3:00pm. It does not! It starts at 3:30pm! France / 2019 / 92 min. Directed by Anca Damian Watch trailer A mixed-breed Labrador deeply affects all who she encounters. Marona's Fantastic Tale tells the beautiful, emotional story of an average dog and her extraordinary…

  • US Shorts (Encore)

    The Magic Lantern Theater 25 W. Main Ave, Spokane, WA, United States

    US / 110 min / Short Films A wide variety of short films from across the U.S.A. Echo United States / 4 min. / English Directed by Gabriele di Sazio A young and hopeful daydreamer finds an unexpected way to bring his grieving mother to smile. Yai Nin United States, Thailand / 13 min. /…

  • Animation Showcase

    The Magic Lantern Theater 25 W. Main Ave, Spokane, WA, United States

    ***These animated shorts are unrated and some contain material that is unsuitable for children. Wild Love has violent content and Mind My Mind has sexual content.   World / 95 min / Animation Various languages with English subtitles Sponsored by STCU A selection of the world’s finest animation. He Can't Live Without Cosmos Russia / 16…

  • Bias

    The Magic Lantern Theater 25 W. Main Ave, Spokane, WA, United States

    USA / 2018 / 88 min. Directed by Robin Hauser Watch trailer Bias highlights the nature of implicit bias, the grip it holds on our social and professional lives, and what it will take to induce change.

  • Balloon

    The Magic Lantern Theater 25 W. Main Ave, Spokane, WA, United States

    Germany / 2018 / 126 min.

    Directed by Michael Herbig

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    Before Germany's reunification, during the Cold War, two families in Communist East Germany attempt to escape to The West in their home-made hot-air balloon. Based on a true story.

  • US Shorts

    The Magic Lantern Theater 25 W. Main Ave, Spokane, WA, United States

    US / 110 min / Short Films A wide variety of short films from across the U.S.A. Echo United States / 4 min. / English Directed by Gabriele di Sazio A young and hopeful daydreamer finds an unexpected way to bring his grieving mother to smile. Yai Nin United States, Thailand / 13 min. /…

  • Song Lang

    The Magic Lantern Theater 25 W. Main Ave, Spokane, WA, United States

    Vietnam / 2018 / 102 min. Directed by Leon Le Watch trailer An attractive, brooding male debt collector forms unlikely friendship with charismatic male lead actor of struggling opera troupe in 1980s Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City). To their surprise, feelings are awakened in both men.

  • Book Week

    The Magic Lantern Theater 25 W. Main Ave, Spokane, WA, United States

    Australia / 2018 / 102 min. Directed by Heath Davis Sponsored by EWU and Get Lit! Watch trailer A cantankerous English teacher and disgraced author must show he’s a changed man if his latest manuscript is to be published.

  • The Wolf House

    The Magic Lantern Theater 25 W. Main Ave, Spokane, WA, United States

    Chile/Germany / 2018 / 74 min. Directed by Joaquín Cociña, Cristóbal León Watch trailer The Wolf House tells the story of Maria, a young woman who has recently excaped from a sect of German religious fanatics. But The Wolf House is inhabited only by animals, and nightmarish situations unfold.

  • Eagle Boy + Shorts

    The Magic Lantern Theater 25 W. Main Ave, Spokane, WA, United States

    Eagle Boy USA / 2018 / 59 min. Directed by Ruth Eddy and Samuel Wilson Watch trailer Eagle Boy follows a team competing in a treacherous horse competition, "The Suicide Race". Horses and jockeys dash down steep hills and hurtle across the Okanogan River on the Colville Reservation. The meditative pace of film looks beyond…

  • The Woman Who Loves Giraffes

    The Magic Lantern Theater 25 W. Main Ave, Spokane, WA, United States

    Canada / 2019 / 83 min. Directed by Alison Reid Sponsored by EWU Watch trailer The Woman Who Loves Giraffes profiles Dr. Anne Innis Dagg, who started studying giraffes in the wild in South Africa in 1956, and provides an intimate look at her career and the animals she has always loved.

  • World Shorts

    The Magic Lantern Theater 25 W. Main Ave, Spokane, WA, United States

    World / 90 min. / Short Films Various languages with English subtitles A selection of the finest short films from around the world. With English subtitles. Anna Ukraine / 15 min. / Ukrainian/English Directed by Dekel Berenson Living in war-torn Eastern Ukraine, Anna is an aging single mother who is desperate for a change. Lured…

  • Bamboo and Barbed Wire

    The Magic Lantern Theater 25 W. Main Ave, Spokane, WA, United States

    USA / 2019 / 83 min. Directed by Karen Day Sponsored by SFCC Student Activities Watch trailer Bamboo and Barbed Wire chronicles U.S. justice system from internment in WWII to the Muslim travel ban enacted in 2017. With appearances by Ruth Bader Ginsberg and George Takei.