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Opening FRIDAY, January 23rd 2026

Golden Globe Nominee

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

From award-winning writer-director Mona Fastvold (The World to Come, The Brutalist) comes the extraordinary true legend of Ann Lee, founder of the devotional sect known as the Shakers. Academy Award nominee Amanda Seyfried stars as the Shaker's irrepressible leader, who preached gender and social equality and was revered by her followers. The Testament of Ann Lee captures the ecstasy and agony of her quest to build a utopia, featuring more than a dozen traditional Shaker hymns reimagined as rapturous movements with choreography by Celia Rowlson-Hall (Vox Lux) and original songs & score by Academy Award winner Daniel Blumberg (The Brutalist).

Biography/History/Drama/Musical | R | 2h 17m

Reviews:

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THIs WEEK!

Spokane Area Jewish Family Services (SAJFS)
is thrilled to present the 22nd annual
Spokane Jewish Film Festival (SJFF), returning to the Magic Lantern Theatre
from Thurs, January 22nd - Sun, February 1st, 2026.

The festival kicks off on Thursday, January 22nd at 6 p.m. with a festive reception featuring appetizers prepared by Feast World Kitchen chef and co-executive director Maisa Abudayha, followed by

the opening-night screening of

ELIE WIESEL: SOUL ON FIRE

A powerful and intimate portrait of the renowned author, moral voice, political activist, and Holocaust survivor whose life’s work reshaped the world’s understanding of memory, responsibility, and justice. Through rare archival footage, personal reflections, and moments of profound humanity, the film explores Wiesel’s journey from the horrors of the Holocaust to his emergence as one of the most important witnesses of the 20th century. Both deeply moving and urgently relevant, the film invites audiences to reflect on the enduring power of testimony and the moral obligation to speak out in the face of injustice—core values at the heart of the Spokane Jewish Film Festival.

Screening sponsored by the Holocaust Center for Humanity, Roslyn Abt Schindler, and Temple Beth Shalom.

87 min | In English, French, and German (with English subtitles)

Accompanied by A SHORT FILM ABOUT FEAST WORLD KITCHEN

6 min | In English

On Sunday, January 25th, at 1:30pm, prior to the screening of

WELCOME TO YIDDISHLAND the Meshugga Daddies,

Spokane’s Premier KIezmer Band, will offer a lively set of Klezmer and Yiddish tunes.

TICKET PRICES

Opening Night Reception (Jan. 22nd): $25 (reception only)
Film Tickets: $15 General Admission | $12 Students & Seniors
Festival Passes: $75 General Admission | $60 Students & Seniors

TICKETS & PASSES may be purchased online at SpokaneJewishFilm.org or in person at Magic Lantern Theatre prior to each screening.

Since 2004, the Spokane Jewish Film Festival has showcased international films that explore Jewish life, history, and culture. While SJFF enriches the cultural life of the Jewish community and the region as a whole, it is also a vital fundraiser.

Festival proceeds directly support the human services work of Spokane Area Jewish Family Services, which uplifts seniors, low-income households, and people with disabilities through advocacy, consultations, resource referrals, home visits, rent and utility assistance, transportation services, a caregiver support group, a food bank, a medical lending closet, and more.

COMING sOON!

SPOKANE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (SpIFF)
is coming soon!!
Friday, March 6th - Sunday, March 8th

Opening Night 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!

Saturday and Sunday enjoy shows at The Magic Lantern! Lots of options to choose from!

Schedule coming early February.

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.

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.

“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

"The venues, events and staff were well organized, impressive and memorable, and I've yet to encounter a more engaged, enthusiastic and conversational audience.”

- Ian Ebright, Writer/Director of From the Sky

“The festival brought together a thoughtful group of filmmakers and provided a platform for participation, something too often lost at larger events. Overall, I found it to be a great town with a lot of heart, and an outstanding film festival with a strong sense of community.”

- Adam Michael Becker, Director / Cinematographer of REAL CHANGE

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Playing thru WEDNESDAY, January 21st 2026

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Jim Jarmusch's latest film is carefully constructed in the form of a triptych. The three stories all concern the relationships between adult children, their somewhat distant parent (or parents), and each other. Each of the three chapters takes place in the present, and each in a different country.

Comedy/Drama | R | 1h 50m

Reviews:

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Golden Globe Winner!

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture

Original Title: Affeksjonsverdi. Sisters Nora (Renate Reinsve) and Agnes (Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas) reunite with their estranged father, the charismatic Gustav (Stellan Skarsgård), a once-renowned director who offers stage actress Nora a role in what he hopes will be his comeback film. When Nora turns it down, she soon discovers he has given her part to an eager young Hollywood star (Elle Fanning). Suddenly, the two sisters must navigate their complicated relationship with their father -- and deal with an American star dropped right into the middle of their complex family dynamics.

Drama | NR | 2h 13m

(In English & Norwegian, with English subtitles)

Reviews:

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In a future where humanity has surrendered its ability to dream in exchange for immortality, an outcast (Jackson Yee) finds illusion, nightmarish visions, and beauty in an intoxicating world of his own making. A work of staggering imagination from visionary Chinese director Bi Gan (Long Day's Journey Into Night), RESURRECTION conjures vast and ever-shifting worlds on the brink of collapse in an era-spanning journey through our deepest and most human desires.

Drama/Psi-Fi | NR | 2h 43m

(In Mandarin, with English subtitles)

Reviews:

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Golden Globe Winner!

Best Motion Picture - Non-English Language

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama

Brazil, 1977. Marcelo (Wagner Moura), a technology expert in his early 40s, is on the run. Hoping to reunite with his son, he travels to Recife during Carnival but soon realizes that the city is not the safe haven he was expecting. Winner of Best Director and Best Actor in Cannes.

Drama/Thriller/History | R | 2h 38m

(In Portuguese, with English subtitles)

Reviews:

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Playing thru THURSDAY, January 29th 2026

Golden Globe Winner!

Best Motion Picture - Drama

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama

From Academy Award® winning writer/director Chloé Zhao, HAMNET tells the powerful story of love and loss that inspired the creation of Shakespeare's (Paul Mescal) timeless masterpiece, Hamlet. Also starring Jessie Buckley as Agnes Shakespeare.

Drama/Romance | PG-13 | 2h 5m

Reviews:

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Dates subject to change.
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Opens FRIDAY, Jan 30th 2026

Golden Globe Nominee

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

When a man is abruptly laid off by the paper company where he has worked tirelessly for many years, he grows increasingly desperate and devises a unique plan to secure a new job: eliminate his competition. From masterful director Park Chan-Wook

Dark Comedy/Crime/Drama | NR | 2h 19m

(In Korean, with English subtitles)

Reviews:

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Opens FRIDAY, Feb 20th 2026

The 2026 OSCAR NOMINATED SHORT FILMS

Documentary | Live Action | Animated

Nominations will be announced on Thursday, January 22nd.

More details, including trailers, available soon.

Opens TBD

At the dawn of the modern era, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan (Gael García Bernal) navigated a fleet of ships to Southeast Asia, attempting the first voyage across the vast Pacific Ocean. On reaching the Malay Archipelago, the crew pushed to the brink of madness in the harshness of the high seas and overwhelming natural beauty of the islands, Magellan's obsession leads to a rebellion and reckoning with the consequences of power. A vast, globe-spanning epic from Filipino filmmaker Lav Diaz (NORTE, THE END OF HISTORY), MAGELLAN presents the colonization of the Philippines as a primal, shocking encounter with the unknown and a radical retelling of European narratives of discovery and exploration.

Biography/Drama/History | NR | 2h 36m

(In Spanish and Portuguese, with English subtitles)

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