The Tale of Princess Kaguya
(Japan), SpIFF 2015
SpIFF
Spokane International
Film Festival
February 5–
February 14, 2015
FESTIVAL PROGRAM
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Spokane International Film Festival • February 5–February 14, 2015
FILM LOVERS,
Welcome! We are a community of scholars, teachers and
learners committed to an education that fosters creativity
and appreciation for the arts; develops excellence in
communication and critical thinking; promotes healthy
lifestyles and ethical choices; and celebrates the life of
learning. We value the diversity of people, ideas and
experiences. Our students learn the skills to become
leaders, responsible citizens and engaged professionals
– including successful filmmakers.
Roy Sonnema, Dean, College of Arts, Letters & Education
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First Friday Art Walk exhibitions | Music faculty and student performances
Imagination and creativity produce art.
Art produces community.
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Spokane International Film Festival • February 5–February 14, 2015
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Spokane International Film Festival • February 5--February 14, 2015
“Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see,” is a lyric by that you might
recognize from “Strawberry Fields Forever.” SpIFF opens on Thursday, February 5 at AMC
with a delightful bit of Beatles’ fan fiction that the line inspired: Vivir es fácil con los
ojos cerrados. Since 1999, SpIFF has encouraged us to live with open eyes (and ears) by
bringing the best of cinema to the Inland Northwest.
This year, we hope that you open your eyes and ears to the return of Posterize! In
partnership with the Spokane Symphony, SpIFF will unveil a show of posters designed by
local artists to celebrate SpIFF and the Spokane Symphony’s Movie Music Spectacular on
Saturday January 31 (see page 5 for more details).
Our Gala Opening on Friday, February 6 pairs the NW products Queens of the Roleo and
Dryland. Join host Jess Walter, the filmmakers, and us as we celebrate the Northwest. Come
early for Best of the Northwest and stay late for our Opening Party at Simply Dance
Studio. The Northwest theme continues on Saturday, February 7 with Where God Likes
to Be and Wildlike (in partnership with the Leonard Oakland Film Festival). We wrap up
our NW offerings on midnight of Friday the 13th, with the deeply unsettling NW short The
People in the Trees, which plays before the Iranian vampire flick A Girl Walks Home
Alone at Night. Trust me—your eyes and ears will be very open after this show!
But SpIFF will also serve up the international. During its 10-day run, SpIFF 2015 will screen
films representing 27 countries: 22 features (including nine directed by women) and 26
shorts. For the first time ever, 3D comes to SpIFF, with Goodbye to Language, which won
the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival before going on to make many best-of-the-year
lists, not so much for its shaggy dog story (both literally and figuratively), but more for its
iconoclastic and immersive use of 3D. Even at 84, French master Jean-Luc Godard continues
to make films that challenge us to open our eyes (and minds). Representing their countries
as submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film are Living is Easy
with Eyes Closed (Spain), Charlie’s Story (Australia), and Three Windows and
a Hanging (the first-ever submission from Kosovo). The Tale of Princess Kaguya
(Japan) is a favorite to win Best Animated Feature. SpIFF is proud to bring these, and many
other, award-winning films to you.
But films are only one part of SpIFF. Make sure to check in at the Opening Reception, after
Living is Easy, at the Kress Gallery at River Park Square. On Friday Feb. 6, meet and greet
at our Opening Gala at the Bing and our Opening Party at Simply Dance Studio. Meet
the Filmmakers! on Saturday, February 7. And come hear who will take home a trophy at
our Closing Party and Awards announcement at the Bing on Friday, Feb. 13. And don’t
forget to spend Valentine’s Day with SpIFF as we run our final shows on Saturday, Feb. 14.
SpIFF 2015 is presented by Eastern Washington University’s Summer Session, EWU Extended
Campus, and the EWU College of Arts, Letters, and Education. EWU is committed to the
Arts in Spokane and the Inland Northwest. STCU is also a sponsor of the community effort
that is Spokane’s annual celebration of all things cinematic. We are so grateful for the local
sponsors, partners, artists and volunteers who work to make SpIFF happen!
So, to quote another John Lennon lyric, “I hope someday you’ll join us” at SpIFF 2015. See
it at SpIFF!
Pete Porter, Director
ticket information
TICKETS AND PASSES
•Full SpIFF Pass / $125
•Individual Film Programs / $10 • Buy 9 Get One Free
•Matinee Programs (2 pm and before, and as noted in program) / $8
•Student Discount Tickets (Same Day only, with valid ID, while supply lasts) / $5
All ticket sales are final. Open seating at all programs.
BOX OFFICE LOCATIONS & HOURS
• A SpIFF box office for will open 30 minutes before each screening, at the venue of the film
(AMC, Bing Crosby, Garland, or Magic Lantern theatres).
• Advance Tickets may be purchased online at spokanefilmfestival.org up to 24 hours before
the show. There is NO processing fee. Advance Tickets purchased online will be held at Will Call
at the theatre of your screening. In the event of a sold out show, any unclaimed Will Call tickets
will be released 10 minutes before the scheduled start of the show in order to accommodate
moviegoers on standby at the box office. Please be aware that shows can sell out very quickly
at the Magic Lantern. If Advance Tickets sell out online, Same-Day tickets might still be
available at the SpIFF box office.
• Same-Day Tickets may be purchased at the SpIFF Box Office of each venue.
Buy your tickets early online!
spokanefilmfestival.org
about us
The Spokane International Film Festival (SpIFF) is presented by the
Contemporary Arts Alliance, a Spokane-based 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose
mission is to engage a diverse audience in the arts by bringing high-quality regional,
national, and international contemporary art to the Inland Northwest.
Board of Directors
Adam Boyd (Assistant Director), Irv Broughton, Kristin Edquist, Carey Jackson,Vaughn
Overlie, Marshall E. Peterson Jr., Pete Porter, Kendra Ann Sherrill, and Dan Webster.
Treasurer: Karen Leinen / Grants: Pete Porter and Kristin Edquist. Program and
Graphics: Philippe Valle and Kendra Ann Sherrill.
SpIFF 2015 wishes to acknowledge the efforts of our Programmers:
Senior Programmers / Adam Boyd, Irv Broughton, Tierney Chabot, Vaughn Overlie, Pete
Porter, Dan Webster
Associate Programmers / Sayer Broughton, Isaac Joslin, Chase Ogden, Aaron Spickelmire
SpIFF also thanks the following for their contributions:
Luke Baumgarten, Tom Dineen, Marianna Di Lorenzo, Barbara Loste, Marshall E. Peterson,
Natalia Ruiz-Rubio, Dave Seney, and Brandon Smith.
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Presenting Sponsors!
Community Sponsors!
Partners!
Media Partner
support
SpIFF is an all-volunteer effort brought to you by the Contemporary Arts Alliance, a
non-profit 501(3)(c) organization. Your financial support helps us bring the best films to
Inland Northwest audiences.
Support at any level is welcome and appreciated. To make a donation, to sponsor a film,
or to volunteer, please call (509) 720-SpIFF. Donate securely online by visiting
www.spokanefilmfestival.org/support. Thank you!
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Select films
compete for
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SpIFFy Awards!
Best of the Northwest
The entries that are eligible for the Gold and Silver
SpIFFy for Best of the Northwest SpIFF 2015 are:
Dryland
Queens of the Roleo
Where God Likes To Be
Wildlike
The WoundandThe Gift
a film about relationships,
by Linda hoaglund
Documentaries
Select films are eligible for the Gold and Silver
SpIFFy for Best Documentary of 2015.
Shorts
• All shorts are eligible for the Best Short Award.
• All short animations are eligible for the Best
Animated Short Award.
• All shorts in the Best of the Northwest are
eligible for both a Jury and Audience Award
for Best of the Northwest.
@THE MAGIC LANTERN - FEB. 7 - 11:30 AM
Thanks to Graphic Designers for creating 2015 SpIFF movie
posters and a few can’t-miss classics. Part of the Spokane
Symphony’s Movie Music Spectacular at The Fox on January 31
Darrien Mack
Jake Sanders
Shayla McGhee
Brandon Delauney
Vanessa Swenson
Sean Finley
Derek Landers
Karli Ingersoll
Matt Bogue
Derrick King
Ryne Schillinger
Nick Tibbetts
Katie Leute
Keely Honeywell
Shawn Davis
Danielle Davis
Jacob Grief
David Waters
Stephanie Suave
Joseph Reimer
Chris Bovey
Annalise Luttropp
Heather Hofstetter
Zach Grassi
Filmmakers
SpIFF also selects a Most Promising Filmmaker
Award, which acknowledges an emerging
filmmaker who we believe is destined for future
achievements.
“And the
SpIFFy
goes to…”
Audience Awards
Audience Awards for Best of the Northwest, Best Feature, Best Documentary,
Best Short, and Best Animation will be announced on SpIFF’s web site:
www.spokanefilmfestival.org after all of the votes have been counted.
Best of the Northwest Awards sponsored by
Let your voice be heard!
Cast your vote for best film—ballots are available at each film
screening. The highest-rated films in each category will receive
SpIFF’s Audience Award.
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Want to Meet Filmmakers?
SpIFF 2015 Offers You the Chance.
Meet the Filmmakers (free with any SpIFF movie
ticket or festival pass) gives you the chance
to hear first-hand how our visiting filmmakers
came to film and how their projects went
from “Action!” to “That’s a wrap.” Covering
everything from how to get a film made to
specifics about the films screened at SpIFF, our
filmmaker forums also give you an opportunity
to pose questions directly to the filmmakers.
Meet the Filmmakers
Saturday, February 7th / 2:00 pm
Magic Lantern (33)
Adam Boyd, SpIFF Assistant Director and Programmer,
and Lecturer in Film at Eastern Washington University,
will moderate. Director David Jones will be in
attendance to answer any questions about the world
1. SpIFF Director Pete Porter with Linus
of women’s competitive log-rolling explored within his
and SpIFF special guest Matthew
Modine.
documentary Queens of the Roleo. Sue Arbuthnot
2. Patrick Wayne, director of
and Richard Wilhelm will be on hand to discuss the
In The Family.
nature of farm life and its shifting culture within the
Photos © Anthony Ennamorato
Inland Northwest documented in their film Dryland.
Frank Hall Green, director of Wildlike, will visit to
talk about his creative process and exploring the
Alaskan wilderness and Linda Hoaglund will talk about the animals and animation found
in her film The Wound and The Gift. Closing out the forum will be Best of the Northwest
filmmakers such as Kendra Ann Sherrill (Serenade), Rajah Bose (A Pirate’s Guide to
Online Dating), Jeff Rutherford (Still), Ian Ebright (From the Sky), and Tom Meisfjord
(The Seventh Shpiel). / Free with any SpIFF ticket.
Filmmakers subject to change.
Be sure to check spokanefilmfestival.org for updates to Meet the Filmmakers.
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friday, february 6 - Opening Gala
8:00 pm / Bing Crosby Theater
NW Double-Feature!
AAHosted by Jess Walter
Queens of the Roleo / Dir. David Jones, 0:49
Between the years 1958 to 1972, four young women from the LewistonClarkston area won 11 world log-rolling titles. Oregon filmmaker Dave Jones
documents the women, their coaches and a sport, popularly known as
“roleo,” that evolved from a time when loggers – men, mostly – rode logs
down rivers to wood mills. And the sport is still alive…just not like it once
was in the Lewiston-Clarkston area.
5:30 pm / Bing Crosby Theater
Best of the Northwest Shorts /
7:00 pm / AMC Theatre
Living is Easy with Eyes Closed (Vivir es fácil
con los ojos cerrados) / Dir. David Trueba; 1:48 / Teacher
Antonio uses the lyrics of Beatles tunes to help his students better understand
English. When he hears that John Lennon is filming a movie nearby, he travels to the
set, hoping to persuade his idol to print song lyrics on the group’s albums. En route,
he meets an unmarried pregnant woman and a young runaway boy. The experience
ends up being a learning lesson for all three, opening their eyes to the realities of
life in Franco’s Spain. In Spanish with English Subtitles.
Official Submission, 2015 Academy Award, Best Foreign Language Film
Dan Webster, Mary Pat Treuthart and Nathan Weinbender of
“Movies 101”
AAHosted by
AAFollowed by the SpIFF 2015
Opening Reception.
A program of
unique and award-winning short films, all harvested from right here
in the great northwest. Tickets are only $5, and audience members
will have the chance to vote for their favorite short, The Best of the
Northwest. A Pirate’s Guide to Online Dating (Rajah Bose; 0:06) /
From the Sky (Ian Ebright; 0:18) / Haiku 4: STILL (Lyle Pisio; 0:07)/
Serenade (Kendra Ann Sherill; 0:08) / SpoHop (Adam Boyd; 0:04)/ Still
(Jeff Rutherford; 0:10) / The Package (Dave Kotlan; 0:07) /The Seventh
Shpiel (Tom Meisfjord; 0:06) / Violet is an Anagram of Love It (Austin
Stiegemeier ; 0:04) / Water Monster-Southern Lights (Sean Finley; 0:06)/
Best Documentary at the Central Oregon Film Festival
««Filmmakers and Subjects are scheduled to attend
AAHosted by Adam Boyd, SpIFF Assistant Director and Lecturer of Theatre
and Film at Eastern Washington University
««Filmmakers are scheduled to attend
Dryland / Dir. Sue Arbuthnot and Richard Wilhelm
Sponsored by
Content advisory: SpIFF screens independent cinema from around the world
and most of it is unrated. We recommend discretion as some material is
unsuitable for children. Please search spokanefilmfestival.org for additional
information about individual titles. SpIFF 2015 Picks for ages 7 and up are
The Tale of Princess Kaguya, Belle and Sebastian and Miss Hill:Making
Dance Matter
1:01
The directors document a way of life familiar to many residents of the
Inland Northwest: wheat farming. Introducing us to a number of farm
families, but keying on the ongoing quest of two young men to win
Lind’s annual Combine Demolition Derby, Dryland examines both the
nature of farm life and the threats, from high costs to less need for
manual labor, that may make it impossible for young farmers to follow
in their ancestors’ footsteps.
Award Ellensburg Film Festival; Eugene International Film Festival
««Filmmakers and Subjects are scheduled to attend
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and...
SpIFF 2015 Opening Party
Join us at Simply Dance Studio after the screening of Queens
of the Roleo and Dryland at the Bing Crosby Theatre
as we gather to celebrate the 17th Spokane International
Film Festival. Rub elbows with fellow film aficionados, local
filmmakers, and guest filmmakers too! This SpIFFy soirée will
have food, drink, music and, of course, dancing!
Where: Simply Dance Studio, 820 W. Sprague
When: 10-12, Friday, February 6
FREE with any SpIFF ticket or Pass
See spokanefilmfestival.org for details.
Organized by Dave Seney, Marianna di Lorenzo and Simply Dance Studio.
Supported by Arbor Crest Winery and Iron Goat Brewery Co..
Movies make
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saturday, february 7
11:30 am / Magic Lantern (100)
2:00 pm / Magic Lantern (100)
4:30 pm / Bing Crosby Theater
USA; documentary; 1:20. A blend of film and animation, “The Wound and
the Gift” explores the complicated relationship between humans and
animals. Taking its title from an ancient fable, in which a wounded crane
rewards the peasant who help it with a special gift, the film argues that
humans and animal are emotional equals. As evidence, it explores the pet
rescue movement and suggests that those giving animals aid are given
aid in return.
Story (Tali 0:11; Canada) / CODA (Allan Holly 0:09; Ireland) / Dam Keeper
(Robert Kodo and Dice Tsutsumi 0:18; USA) / Flocons (Marie-Josée SaintPierre 0:03; Canada) / Me and My Moulton (Torill Kove; 0:14; Canada)
/ Monsieur Pug (Janet Perlman; 0:10; Canada) / No Fish Where to Go
(Nicola Lemay & Janice Nadeau; 0:13; Canada) / Symphony No. 42 (Réka
Busci 0:09; Hungary).
has always been a push-pull situation. It offers comfort and family
while it restricts opportunity for career. Over the course of a summer,
documentary filmmakers Anna and Nicolas Hudak follow three young
men living on Montana’s Blackfeet Indian reservation. Each is caught
between the reservation ties that define him and the mix of opportunity
and problems that life off the res can present.
AAHosted by Pete Porter, Director of SpIFF and Chair of Theatre and Film at
««Andrea Running Wolf is scheduled to attend
Showcase / A selection of the world’s finest Where God Likes to Be / Dir. Anna Hudak, Nicolas
The Wound and the Gift / Dir. Linda Hoaglund; France, Animation
animation. Some content may not be suitable for viewers under 13. / Bus Hudak; USA/Germany; documentary; 1:12 / Life on an Indian reservation
««Linda Hoaglund is scheduled to attend
Eastern Washington University ( February 7 only)
++ Encore screening: Tuesday, Feb. 10, 6:45 pm, Magic Lantern 33
Sponsored by Sister Cities of Spokane
7:00 pm / Bing Crosby Theater
Noon: / Magic Lantern (33)
Vanquishing of Witch Baba Yaga /
Dir.
Jessica Oreck; USA; documentary; 1:20 / Jessica Oreck’s strange and
beguiling film combines Eastern European storybook animation with
documentary and fiction elements to recount the Slavic fable of the witch
Baba Yaga, a frightful character living in a woodland hut perched on
chicken legs. With English subtitles.
AAHosted by Wayne Kraft, Professor of Modern Languages at Eastern
Washington University, and artist Ildikó Kalapács (February 7 only)
++ Encore screening: Thursday, Feb. 12, 6:45 pm, Magic Lantern 33
AAHosted by Isaac Joslin, SpIFF Programmer (February 12 only)
Don’t miss out! Buy your tickets early
online. spokanefilmfestival.org
2:00 pm / Magic Lantern (33)
Meet the Filmakers /
Adam Boyd, SpIFF Assistant Director and Lecturer in Film at Eastern
Washington University, will moderate. Free with any SpiFF ticket. Director
David Jones will be in attendance to answer any questions about the
world of women’s competitive log-rolling explored within his documentary
Queens of the Roleo. Sue Arbuthnot and Richard Wilhelm will be on
hand to discuss the nature of farm life and it’s shifting culture within the
Inland Northwest documented in their film Dryland. Frank Hall Green,
director of Wildlike, will visit to talk about his creative process and
exploring the Alaskan wilderness and Linda Hoagland will talk about the
animals and animation found in her film The Wound and The Gift.
Closing out the forum will be Best of the Northwest filmmakers such as
Kendra Ann Sherrill (Serenade), Rajah Bose (A Pirate’s Guide to
Online Dating), Jeff Rutherford (Still), Ian Ebright (From the Sky), and
Tom Meisfjord (The Seventh Shpiel). / Free with any SpIFF ticket.
Hosted
by
Adam
Boyd,
SpIFF
Programmer
Wildlike /
Dir. Frank Hall Green; USA; 1:38 / With her mother in
recovery, a troubled but daring teenage girl is sent to Alaska to live with
her uncle. When that relationship turns bad, the girl is forced to run. But
while trying to make her way back to Seattle, the girl finds herself lost in
the Alaska wilderness. A chance meeting with a lone backpacker, an older
man with issues of his own, leads to a partnership that proves beneficial
to both. Sponsored by STCU.
Presented in Partnership with the Leonard Oakland Film
Festival
WRIFF Award Wild Rose Independent Film Festival 2014
AAHosted by Leonard Oakland of Whitworth University
««Frank Hall Green is scheduled to attend
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Spokane International Film Festival • February 5 – February 14, 2015
sunday, february 8
11:30 am / Magic Lantern (100)
2:00pm Magic Lantern (100)
4:00 pm / AMC
Anyone who has witnessed the devastating effects of Alzheimer’s, on both
those who have it and the family and friends who love them, can attest
to how difficult the experience is. In “Flore,” filmmaker Jean-Albert Lièvre
documents his mother’s battle with the disease. We follow the pair’s
progress, from her stay in a facility that medicates her to near stupor to the
Corsican house where, in sight of the sea and unmedicated, she improves.
Lièvre’s film is a study both of the negative nature of drugs and of the neverending hope for recovery. / In French with English subtitles.
1:18 / Amid the bustling world of Central Oregon’s wild matsutake
mushroom hunting camps, the lives of two former soldiers intersect.
Roger, a 75 year old sniper with the US Special Forces in Vietnam,
and Kouy, a 46 year old platoon leader of Cambodia’s Khmer Freedom
Fighters who battled the brutal Khmer Rouge, come together each fall
to hunt the elusive matsutake mushroom, a rare mushroom prized in
Japanese culture and cuisine. However, the pair discover more than
just mushrooms in the woods: they find a new life, and livelihood; and a
means to slowly heal the scarring wounds of war. Told over the course of
one matsutake mushroom season, The Last Season is a journey into
the woods, into the memory of war and survival, telling a story of family
from an unexpected place.
Animation 2:17 / Described by Variety as a “visionary tour de force,”
this animated effort by legendary Studio Ghibli cofounder Isao Takahata
(Grave of the Fireflies, Pom Poko) is an adaptation of Japan’s oldest
recorded folktale. At first a look at the life of a mysterious young girl (voice
by Chloeë Grace Moretz), discovered inside a stalk of bamboo by an old
couple (James Caan, Mary Steenburgen). In English. Sponsored by STCU.
Flore / Dir. Jean-Albert Lièvre; France; documentary; 1:38 /
COLCOA Documentary Award - France
AAHosted by Frederic Dugenet, of Whitworth University
The Last Season / Dir. Sara Dosa; USA; documentary
Tale of Princess Kaguya / Dir. Isao Takahata; Japan;
Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
AAHosted by Pete Porter, Director of SpIFF and Chair of Theatre and Film
at Eastern Washington University
AAHosted by Irv Broughton, SpIFF Programmer and Instructor of English at
Spokane Falls Community College
Noon / Magic Lantern (33)
The Lighter Side of Crime: Movies 2fer
Mousse / Dir. John Hellberg; Sweden; 0:40
What could be easier than robbing a small bookie place on the outskirts
of town? It’s during the year’s biggest horse race event and the betting
center Washington’s Tobacco looks like the ultimate hit for some fast
cash. Mousse is a man of pride and principles and is fed up with living
as a second-class citizen. But what happens when he faces principles
different to his own? In Swedish and French with English subtitles
2:00 pm / Magic Lantern (33)
6:45 pm / AMC Theatre
0:12 / Os Meninos Do Rio; Dir. Javier Macipe; Spain/Portugal; 0:14 / Carry
On; Dir. Yatao Li; 0:17 / Similo; Dir. MacGregor & Bruno Zacarías; Spain;
0:23 / El Hombre Equivocado; Dir. Roberto Goñi; 0:17 / Indian Ate the
Woodchuck; Dir. Brad Pattullo; USA; 0:04. With English Subtitles.
AAHosted by Adam Boyd, SpIFF Assistant Director and Lecturer in Film
1:10 / Goodbye to Language is a sensorially immersive experience
employing 3D technology to mind-expanding effect. Starring Heloise
Godet, Kamel Abdeli and Godard’s own dog as Roxy, Jean-Luc Godard’s
latest film is a “thrilling cinematic experience” (Manohla Dargis, The
New York Times) and a complete “masterpiece” (Amy Taubin, Film
Comment). French with English subtitles
++ Encore Screening 6:45 pm Monday, Feb 9
Jury Prize Winner at Cannes Film Festival
AANathan Weinbender, of “Movies 101” and The Spokesman Review
International Shorts / Here With Me; Dir. Pete Riski; UK Adieu au langage / Dir. Jean-Luc Godard; Switzerland/France
Eddy & Coby / Dir. Jeroen Annokkee; Netherlands; 0:49
Ton Kas (Frederick of Matterhorn from SpIFF 2014) plays Eddy, a recently
paralyzed mob boss who returns home to his wife Coby, who is not
thrilled with his arrival. Neither is her very, shall we say, “personal”
trainer. Distant echoes of Rear Window and gangster movies ring
out in this delighfully paced and subtle farce. With English Subtitles.
at Eastern Washington University (Feb 8 only)
Spokane International Film Festival • February 5–February 14, 2015
monday, february 9
wednesday, february 11
6:30 pm / Magic Lantern (100)
6:30 pm / Magic Lantern (100)
Netzer; USA 1:45 / Director Davie Zellner’s intriguing film is rooted in the
fusion of real human desperation and masterful cinema fiction. It involves
a Japanese woman’s struggle both with her mundane life and her obsession
with a mystery suggested by the 1996 film Fargo. Convinced that Fargo
is based on a “real story” (it isn’t), Tokyo working-woman Kumiko travels to
Minnesota hoping to find a lost bag full of money and thereby change her
melancholy existence.
Dir. Huseyin Karabey, 1:45
Turkey/France/Germany. Political unrest affects all members of an
oppressed community. Sometimes, though, families feel it most.
Turkish filmmaker Huseyin Karabey explores the effects that harsh
government decrees have on a Kurdish community when government
forces arrest the community’s men. One 65-year-old woman and her
granddaughter join forces to find the guns a particularly grim government
official demands in exchange for the man (son of one, father of the
other) who links them. In Turkish and Kurdish with English Subtitles.
Kumiko: The Treasure Hunter / Dir. David Zellner Come to My Voice /
Official Selection: Berlin International Film Festival, SXSW.
AAHosted by Chase Ogden, Assistant Professor of Theatre and Film at
Eastern Washington University
Cineuropa Award, Istanbul International Film Festival
AAHosted by Mary Pat Treuthart of Movies 101 and Gonzaga Law School
6:45 pm / Magic Lantern (33)
thursday, february 12
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6:30 pm / Magic Lantern (100)
Qué Caramba es la Vida / Dir. Doris Dörrie; Germany/
Mexico; Documentary, 1:28 /In the traditionally macho business of
Mariachi music, women struggle to find work. It’s even harder for them
to leave a mark. Using the Mexican holiday Día de los Muertos as a
backdrop, filmmaker Doris Dörrie follows the handful of woman who
choose to perform Mariachi, from the first band that formed in 1958 (and
still performs), to younger musicians who juggle the dual demands of
family and career. In Spanish with English Subtitles.
Winner, Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the 2012 MannheimHeidelberg Film Festival
AAHosted by Barbara Loste and Natalia Ruiz-Rubio of Modern Languages
at Eastern Washington University
6:45 pm / Magic Lantern (33)
International Shorts (Encore. See description, page 12)
Vanquishing of Witch Baba Yaga
++(Encore. See Description on Page 10)
tuesday, february 10
AAHosted by Isaac Joslin, SpIFF Programmer
From Smoke Signals to Aladdin - Race in Film
6:30 pm / Magic Lantern (100)
A conversation to explore the portrayal of ethnic minorities in film,
including how myths and stereotypes about cultural groups are perpetuated
by Hollywood, and how communities have responded to cinematic
representations of their cultures.
Song from the Forest / Dir. Michael Obert; documentary,
Germany/USA/Central African Republic; 1:38 / Michael Obert’s documentary
concerns an American named Louis Sarno who, after hearing a song on the
radio that intrigued him, traced the song to the Bayaka Pygmies of the Central
African rainforest. And there he stayed for the next 25 years, amassing more
than a thousand hours of Bayaka music while raising a son. To fulfill a promise
he made to the now-13-year-old boy, he travels from Africa to New York. And in
the process Obert’s film, underscored by a stirring musical score, explores the
differences between one world and the next.
VPRO IDFA Award for Best Feature-Length Doc (Amsterdam IFF)
AAHosted by Angela Schwendiman, Lecturer in Africana Studies at EWU
6:45 pm / Magic Lantern (33)
Animation Showcase (Encore. See description, page 10)
When: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, February 17th, 2015
Where: Lindaman’s Gourmet Bistro, 1235 S. Grand Blvd., Spokane, WA 99202
6:45pm / Magic Lantern (33)
Walking Under Water / Dir. Eliza Kubarska,
documentary, 1:12 Poland/UK/Indonesia. The Badjao are sea nomads living
near Borneo. For centuries, they lived on the sea and from the sea. But the
fishing industry and diving resorts make it difficult for them to survive.
With his uncle Alexan, young Sari goes on his first fishing trip, an initiation
into the adult world. A fantastic underwater documentary with beautiful
imagery and a moving story. With English subtitles.
Special Jury Prize at Hot Docs
AAHosted by Sayer Broughton, SpIFF Programmer
++ Encore screening: Saturday, Feb. 14 Noon
Featured speakers include: Lance Rhoades, University of Washington, Zaki
Abdelhamid, Humanities Washington Program Director. Moderated by Shann Ray,
Professor of Leadership Studies at Gonzaga University.
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friday, february 13
5:30 pm / Bing Crosby Theater
Miss Hill: Making Dance Matter / Dir. Greg
Vander Veer; USA; documentary/ 1:28 / First Director of Dance at the
Juilliard School, Martha Hill (1900-1995) is considered one of the most
influential U.S. dance teachers in history. Through the use of photos,
archival footage and interviews, filmmaker Greg Vander Veer documents
Hill’s career, from her small-town upbringing (where dance was
considered a sin) to her insistence on dance as a legitimate art form
instead of merely a means of exercise.Sponsored by STCU.
Winner, Yad Vashem Chairman’s Award, Jerusalem Film Festival 2013
AAHosted by Marianna di Lorenzo of Simply Dance Studio
8:00 pm / Bing Crosby Theater
Charlie’s Country /
Dir. Rolf de Heer; Australia;
1:48 / David Gulpilil (of Walkabout fame) stars as Charlie, a resident
of a remote Australian Aboriginal community who is chafing at the encroaching
“whitefella” rules he considers as intrusive as they are nonsensical. Unlike
his family and friends, who seem willing to let things be, Charlie decides to
set out to explore life lived in the old way. His decision leads to a few harsh
life lessons regarding simple subsistence that will leave him subdued but
wiser.
Best Actor at Cannes Film Festival, Official Submission for 2015
Academy Awards Best Foreign Language Film
AAHosted by Vaughn Overlie, SpIFF Programmer
Midnight / Garland Theater
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night / Dir.
Ana Lily Amirpour; Iran/USA; 1:30 / Described by Variety as a ““Middle
Eastern feminist vampire romance,” Ana Lily Amirpour’s debut film is
a black-and-white genre-mashup that blends stylistic horror themes
with all the power of gender politics. Playing out like an Iranian Sin
City, Amirpour’s film features interplay between a variety of characters,
from violent drug dealers to mere womanizers. At its heart, though, is
the central character – a skateboarding, hijab-clad vampire named
Nosferata – and the honorable young man who attracts her attention
Preceded by The People in the Trees/ Dir Jonah Vigil; USA; 0:18
A young woman discovers a violent cult in the woods. For mature
audiences.
Indpendent Spirit Award Nominee for Best First Feature
AAHosted by Adam Boyd, SpIFF Assistant Director
Festival
Closing Party!
Join us in wrapping up SpIFF 2015!
We’ll have food, drink, festivity
and filmmakers.
SpIFF 2015 awards (except audience
awards) will be announced.
Be on hand to find out which of this year’s
films will be walking away with a SpIFFy!
WHERE: Bing Crosby Theater
WHEN: Friday, February 13
See spokanefilmfestival.org for details
following the screening
of Charlie’s Country
Photos © Anthony Ennamorato
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saturday, february 14
11:30 am / Magic Lantern (100)
Evaporating
Borders
/
Dir. Iva Radivojevic;
USA/Cyprus; documentary, Drama; 1:13 / Unfolding in five parts,
Evaporating Borders examines one of the world’s most pressing
issues: immigration. Director Iva Radivojevic, who was raised in the
Greek-speaking section of Cyprus, examines the problem as it affects
hundreds of thousands across the globe: From those who base their
hopes on overcrowded boats to those who are threatened by racist and/or
ethnic movements. Radivojevic’s film offers a plea for a new discussion on
what it means to be an immigrant – and a nation. With English Subtitles.
Princess Grace Special Project Award, Premio RTP
AAHosted by Kristin Edquist, Director of International Affairs at Eastern
Washington University
Noon / Magic Lantern (33)
Walking Under Water
(Encore. See description, page 13)
2:00 pm / Magic Lantern (100)
Three Windows and a Hanging / Dir. Isa
Qosja ; Kosovo/Serbia; 1:34 / In a traditional village where life is gradually
being rebuilt, the schoolteacher Lushe is driven by her conscience to give an
interview to an international journalist. During the interview, Lushe admits
that she and three other women from the village were raped by Serbian
soldiers. When the men from the village find out that it was Lushe who spoke
to the journalist, they start a hate campaign against her and her little boy.
With English Subtitles.
Cinereuropa Award
AAHosted by Dan Webster, SpIFF programmer, and of “Movies 101”
2:00 pm / Magic Lantern (33)
The Lighter Side of Crime
(Encore. See description, page 12)
4:30 pm / AMC Theatres
Belle and Sebastian / Dir. Nicolas Vanier; France
1:44 Sebastian, lonely and dreaming of the day his mother will return
from America for him, befriends “the beast” whom local farmers are
convinced is killing their sheep - an enormous yet gentle sheepdog
who quickly becomes the boy’s best friend and protector. With Nazis
in the village rooting out the resistance fighters who are helping Jewish
refugees cross the border, Belle and Sebastian’s loyalty - to each other
and the village that’s embraced them both - will be put to the test. In
French and German with English Subtitles.
Winner of Rotterdam - UPC Audience Award
Moscow IFF - Audience Award
AAHosted by Philippe Valle, of North Idaho College
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Adieu au Language
Where God Likes to Be
Three Windows and a Hanging
Belle and Sebastian
Queens of Roleo
The Vanquishing of the Witch Baba Yaga
A Girl Walks Alone at Night
Tale of Princess Kaguya
Come to my Voice
Qué Caramba es la Vida
Charlie’s Country
The 17th annual Spokane International Film Festival
includes features and shorts from around the globe!
Living is Easy
See it at SpIFF
Thursday, February 5
7:00
Living is Easy (with Eyes Closed)
(Vivir es fácil con los ojos cerrados)
Followed by the SpIFF 2015
Opening Reception
Kress Gallery
Saturday, February 7
ML(100)
Flore
Lighter Side of Crime
The Last Season
International Shorts
Tale of Princess Kaguya
Adieu au Langage
ML(100)
ML(33)
11:30
Noon
2:00
Evaporating Borders
Walking under Water
Three Windows and a Hanging
ML(100)
ML(33)
ML(100)
Song from the Forest
Animation Showcase
ML(100)
ML(33)
2:00
Lighter Side of Crime
ML(33)
4:30
Belle and Sebastian
Wednesday, February 11
6:30
6:45
Come to my Voice
Walking under Water
Bing
Bing
Thursday, February 12
KEY
Qué Caramba es la Vida
ML(100)
The Vanquishing of The Witch Baba Yaga ML(33)
5:30
Miss Hill: Making Dance Matter
Bing
8:00
Charlie’s Country
Followed by SpIFF Closing
Party & Awards Announcement
Bing
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
Preceded by People in the Trees
Garland
Garland
Midnight
ML(100)
ML(33)
ML(100)
ML(33)
AMC
AMC
AMC
ML(100)
ML(33)
Friday, February 13
ML(33)
ML(100)
Sunday, February 8
11:30a
Noon
2:00
2:00
4:00
6:45
Kumiko: The Treasure Hunter
International Shorts
Tuesday, February 10
6:30
6:45
The Vanquishing of The Witch Baba Yaga ML(33)
Animation Showcase
Meet the Filmmakers
Where God Likes to Be
Wildlike
6:30
6:45
6:30
6:45
5:30
Best of the Northwest Shorts
Bing
8:00
Queens of the Roleo and Drylands
Bing
10:00–
Simply Dance
SpIFF 2015 Festival Opening Party
12:00
Studio
The Wound and the Gift
Saturday, February 14
Monday, February 9
AMC
Friday, February 6
11:30a
Noon
2:00
2:00
4:30
7:00
Walking Under Water
Song from the Forest
Bing
Filmmaker appearance scheduled
(please see SpIFF’s website for updates on filmmaker visits)
ML(100) Magic Lantern Theatre, 25 W. Main. Large theatre (100 seats).
ML(33) Magic Lantern Theatre, 25 W. Main. Small theatre,
seats are limited (33). Please purchase tickets early.
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Garland Garland Theatre, 924 W Garland Ave
Kress Gallery, River Park Square, 808 W. Main
Level 3, adjacent to Atrium Cafes
Simply Dance Studio, 820 W. Sprague
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