| Spokane International Film Festival (SpIFF) | |
| Location: | Spokane, Washington, U.S. |
| Founded: | 1999 (as Spokane Northwest Film Festival) |
| Language: | English |
Spokane International Film Festival is a film festival held annually in Spokane, Washington, United States, during the first weekend of February.[1] [2] It emphasizes films made by or featuring individuals from the Pacific Northwest and is one of the largest film festivals in Washington and the region.[3] [4] [5] [6]
Spokane International Film Festival (SpIFF) showcases a varied program of short, mid-, and feature-length films—both narrative and documentary—from both around the world, with an emphasis on featuring films from the Pacific Northwest.[7] [8] [9] [10] [11]
Founded in 1999, the festival—originally called the Spokane Northwest Film Festival—was formed by the Spokane-based nonprofit Contemporary Arts Alliance (CAA), with Bob Glatzer serving as the inaugural artistic director.[12] The festival continues to be affiliated with and receive financial support from CAA. The name of the festival was changed to Spokane International Film Festival in 2002 to emphasize the widening scope of the programmers.[13] [14] The festival is held at the Bing Crosby Theater and the Magic Lantern Theatre.
The Spokane International Film Festival announces the Golden SpIFFY and Silver SpIFFY jury awards each year. Also the festival's most popular films are awarded audience choice awards. Ballots are cast by audience members at the end of each movie. Additionally, there are awards judged by the festival's senior programmers.
| Award | Film Title | Director(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwest Short Golden SpIFFY Jury Award | Break Any Spell | Anton Josef and Lisa Purr | |
| Narrative Feature Golden SpIFFY Jury Award | Landlocked | Timothy Hall | |
| Best Documentary Golden SpIFFY | Vinyl Nation | Kevin Smokler and Christopher Boone | |
| Most Promising Filmmaker Programmer Award | Dear Nanay | Frances Grace Mortel |
| Award | Film Title | Director(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwest Short Golden SpIFFY Jury Award | Kumari: A Father's Dream | Sean O’Connor | |
| Northwest Feature Golden SpIFFY Jury Award | Mountainside | Mikiech Nichols | |
| Narrative Short Golden SpIFFY Jury Award | Before Dawn, Kabul Time | Tara Motamedi | |
| Documentary Feature Golden SpIFFY Jury Award | Sam Now | Reed Harkness | |
| Animated Short Golden SpIFFY Jury Award | Flowing Home | Sandra Desmazières | |
| Most Promising Filmmaker Programmer Award | Bug | Abel Bos |
| Award | Film Title | Director(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwest Short Golden SpIFFY Jury Award | Cloud Striker | A.W. Hopkins | |
| Northwest Short Silver SpIFFY Jury Award | Impenetrable | Geena Pietromonaco | |
| Northwest Feature Golden SpIFFY Jury Award | Bones of Crows | Marie Clements | |
| Northwest Feature Silver SpIFFY Jury Award | Where the Rope Ends | Baylee Sinner | |
| Narrative Short Golden SpIFFY Jury Award | Left Handed | Nasrin Mohammadpour | |
| Narrative Short Silver SpIFFY Jury Award | Solo un Ensayo | Hugo Sanz | |
| Narrative Feature Golden SpIFFY Jury Award | Fancy Dance | Erica Tremblay | |
| Narrative Feature Silver SpIFFY Jury Award | Avenue of the Giants | Finn Taylor | |
| Documentary Short Golden SpIFFY Jury Award | Things Long Left Unsaid | Antonia Thornton | |
| Documentary Short Silver SpIFFY Jury Award | She Marches in Chinatown | Della Chen | |
| Documentary Feature Golden SpIFFY Jury Award | Richland | Irene Lusztig | |
| Documentary Feature Silver SpIFFY Jury Award | Coming Around | Sandra Itäinen | |
| Animated Short Golden SpIFFY Jury Award | Harvey | Janice Nadeau | |
| Animated Short Silver SpIFFY Jury Award | Zeb's Spider | Sophie Jarvis and Alicia Eisen | |
| Most Promising Filmmaker Programmer Award | Fantasy A Gets a Mattress | David Norman Lewis and Noah Zoltan Sofian | |
| Most Promising Filmmaker Programmer Award | Headdress | Taietsarón:sere 'Tai' Leclaire |