SpIFF 2019: Saturday is the first full day

Above : A scene from the French film “Rosalie.”

As mentioned below, Friday marks the opening day of the 2019 Spokane International Film Festival . The day will feature two programs of regional movies, mostly shorts and mid-length films screened at the Bing Crosby Theater , and the Opening Party, which will be held (beginning around 9:30 p.m.) at the Montvale Event Center .

Click here to access to full festival schedule .

Saturday will continue with feature films and shorts programs screening at both screens of the Magic Lantern Theatre , the features being “Rosalie” (noon, France), the animated “Big Bad Fox” (noon, France), “Cold November” (3:30 p.m., Kosovo) and “Promise at Dawn” (5:30 p.m., France).

The shorts programs consist of “World Shorts” (3 p.m., China, Germany, Armenia, Israel, Greece, United Kingdom), “The Magnificent Cake and Wildebeest” (5 p.m., Belgium/France), “U.S. Shorts” (7 p.m.) and two mid-length films “Adios Amor” and “The Other Walla” (8 p.m., U.S.).

Some of Saturday’s programs are already sold out, but tickets may be made available at the door pending pass-holder demand.

Note : For full disclosure, I want to stress that I serve as a volunteer member of SpIFF’s board of directors, which means I make no profit from the festival. I am also a senior programmer, and I will introduce the film from Kosovo, “Cold November.”