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Opening FRIDAY, Mar 6th 2026
Playing EXCLUSIVELY at Magic Lantern Theatre!!
Birmingham, 1940. Amidst the chaos of WWII, Tommy Shelby (Cillian Murphy) is driven back from a self-imposed exile to face his most destructive reckoning yet. With the future of the family and the country at stake, Tommy must face his own demons, and choose whether to confront his legacy, or burn it to the ground.
Crime/Drama/History | R | 1h 52m
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THIS WEEKEND!
SPOKANE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (SpIFF) is HERE!!
Friday, March 6th - Sunday, March 8th
Opening Night (on FRIDAY, March 6th) is at the Myrtle Woldson PAC on the campus of Gonzaga University! Followed by Posterize! and our Opening Party! Meet and mingle with filmmakers and other SpIFFers!
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Festival Films screening ALL WEEKEND
at Magic Lantern Theatre:
Saturday, March 7th from 10am - 6:10pm
Sunday, March 8th from 10am - 7:48pm ​
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​Schedule AVAILABLE to print!
Individual Tickets & Festival Passes AVAILABLE NOW!​
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The Spokane International Film Festival (SpIFF) is an intimate festival where filmmakers and audiences engage the art of cinema. We offer a small, selective offering of world-class films. These are the very best features, documentaries, and shorts that have been made around the world during the past year but have not yet been commercially released.
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The festival is overseen by its parent, the Contemporary Arts Alliance of Spokane, with an active Board of Directors and generous financial support from a variety of local and regional underwriters.
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“From the amazing selection of films … to the wonderful audiences that came out, I could not have asked for a better time. I’m honored to have been a guest at such a cool festival…”
Howard Ng, Director of The Inquisitive Snail​
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MOST TUESDAYS IN MARCH
​​​Second Selection Screening
TUESDAY, March 10th, 7pm
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Third Selection Screening
TUESDAY, March 24, 7pm
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Fourth (and Final) Selection Screening
TUESDAY, March 31st, 7pm​
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LIVE ACTION SHORTS playing ONLY thru WEDNESDAY, Mar 11th 2026
ANIMATED SHORTS playing ONLY thru THURSDAY, Mar 12th 2026
The 2026 OSCAR NOMINATED SHORT FILMS
Animated | Live Action
The 98th Oscar® Nominated Shorts is distributed by Roadside Attractions and presented by acclaimed filmmaker, writer, and actor Taika Waititi. The program features three feature-length theatrical presentations, one for each Academy Award® Short Film category -- Animated, Documentary, and Live Action -- showcasing outstanding short films from around the world and honoring short films as a distinct art form.
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BEST ANIMATED SHORT | NR | 1h 28m
Reviews: Rotten Tomatoes | Reeling Reviews
BUTTERFLY (Papillion) -- Directed by Florence Miailhe & Ron Dyens
As a man swims in the sea, memories come to the surface. The recollections are from his early childhood to his maturity all of which are linked to water. 2024, France (In French, Arabic & German, with English subtitles), 15 min.
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FOREVERGREEN -- Directed by Nathan Engelhardt & Jeremy Spears
An orphaned bear cub finds a home with a fatherly evergreen tree, until his hunger for trash leads him to danger. 2025, US, 13 min.
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THE GIRL WHO CRIED PEARLS (La jeune fille qui pleurait des perles) --
Directed by Chris Lavis & Maciek Szczerbowski
A haunting fable about a girl overwhelmed by sorrow, the boy who loves her, and how greed leads good hearts to wicked deeds. 2025, Canada, (In English & French, with English subtitles), 17 min.
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RETIREMENT PLAN -- Directed by John Kelly & Andrew Freedman
In the throes of his overstimulated, energy poor midlife, Ray fantasizes about everything he’d love to do in retirement, once he finally has the “time.” 2024, Ireland, 7 min.
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THE THREE SISTERS -- Directed by Konstantin Bronzit
​Three sisters living on an isolated island must rent out one of their houses. 2024, Israel/Cyprus/Russia, 14 min.
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BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT | NR | 2h 0m
Reviews: Rotten Tomatoes | Reeling Reviews
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BUTCHER'S STAIN -- Directed by Meyer Levinson-Blount & Oron Caspi
Samir, an Arab Israeli working in a supermarket in Tel Aviv, is accused of tearing down hostage posters in the break room. He sets out to prove his innocence to keep this job that he desperately needs. 2025, Israel, (In Hebrew & Arabic, with English subtitles), 26 min.
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A FRIEND OF DOROTHY -- Directed by Lee Knight & James Dean
A lonely widow’s (Miriam Margolyes) quiet life is upended when a teenage boy accidentally kicks his football into her garden. 2025, UK, 21 min.
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JANE AUSTEN'S PERIOD DRAMA -- Directed by Julia Aks & Steve Pinder
Set in England in 1813, in the middle of a long-awaited marriage proposal, Miss Estrogenia Talbot gets her period. Her suitor, Mr. Dickley, mistakes the blood for an injury, and it soon becomes clear that his expensive education has missed as spot. 2024, US, 13 min.
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THE SINGERS -- Directed by Sam A. Davis & Jack Piatt
An impromptu sing-off will decide the best singer in the bar tonight. 2025, US, 18 min.
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TWO PEOPLE EXCHANGING SALIVA -- Directed by Alexandre Singh & Natalie Musteata​​
In a society where kissing is punishable by death and people pay for things by receiving slaps to the face, Angeline, an unhappy woman, shops compulsively in a department store where she becomes fascinated by a playful salesgirl. Despite the prohibition of kissing, the two become close, raising the suspicions of a jealous colleague. 2024, France/US, (In French, with English subtitles), 36 min.
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Playing ONLY thru WEDNESDAY, Mar 11th 2026
Anna, an artist, and Magnús, a fisherman, live with their three children and charismatic sheepdog in the quiet grandeur of the Icelandic countryside. As the fractures in their marriage come to the surface, the couple try to hold onto the afterimages of a life together and make sense of a deep and lingering devotion. Filmmaker Hlynur Pálmason (Godland) brings surprising humor and emotional weight to this gorgeous, intimate, and brilliantly expansive scenes from a marriage, amidst the majestic backdrop of the changing seasons.
(In Icelandic, with English subtitles)
Drama | NR | 1h 49m
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Interviews with director Hlynur Pálmason
discussing film.
Reviews:
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Dates subject to change.
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Opens FRIDAY, Mar 13th 2026
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A paranormal podcast host becomes haunted by terrifying recordings mysteriously sent her way.
Horror/Mystery/Thriller | R | 1h 25m
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Opens FRIDAY, April 3rd 2026
A happily engaged couple (Zendaya, Robert Pattinson) is put to the test when an unexpected turn sends their wedding week off the rails.
Romance/Comedy | R | 1h 46m
Reviews:
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After losing his job as a paralegal, Sam Stein (Matthew Shear) suffers a panic attack and stumbles into a job babysitting his psychiatrist's three granddaughters. The girls' mother, Dianne (Amanda Peet), is an actor whose once-promising career has stalled; she's in a difficult marriage to David (Alessandro Nivola), a rock bassist. When David goes abroad on tour, Dianne and Sam discover an easy rapport as well as a shared history of mental illness. Sam joins Dianne's family to babysit for the summer on Martha's Vineyard, and he ends up in a house with the woman he pines for, her husband, the three kids, and all four grandparents, including his psychiatrist (Judd Hirsch).
Romance/Comedy/Drama | R | 1h 31m
Reviews:
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