Best of the Northwest Shorts: A program of unique and award-winning short films, all harvested from right in here in the Great Northwest.  Features the World Premiere of '63 Comet by Spokane filmmaker Jason McKee.  Filmmakers are scheduled to attend.  Audience members will have the chance to vote for their favorite short, "The Best of the Northwest."

Film are:

'63 Comet

USA / 2012 / 16 mins / English

Directed by Jason McKee

World Premiere

Three unusual individuals discuss life, philosophy, and television programs while they drive along a desert highway, their destination unclear...

Blood/Sweat/Tears

Canada / 2011 / 11 mins / English

Directed by Kevan Funk

Emotionally wrecked, a couple makes a last attempt to fight for one another.

Dawn Over Time

USA / 2011 / 5 mins / English

Created by Ferguson Films

Dawn Over Time won the Judges' Choice Award at the 48 Hr Film Festival of First Night Spokane.

High Strung

USA / 2011 / 13 mins / English

Directed by Tommy Thompson

Consumed by his focus, a recluse is oblivious to all that falls outside his perceived purpose. To justify his way of life, he must search for a consciousness beyond himself.

How to Kill an Alias

USA / 2011 / 17 mins / English

Directed by Dave Kotlan

Four screenwriters discover that their story ideas have all been developed into major motion pictures. They aim to find out who's been stealing their ideas and put a stop to it.

In Those we Trust

USA / 2011 / 5 mins / English

Directed by Kris Boustedt & Lindy Boustedt

When ideology and liberty collide, two women will discover what they will live or die for.

MemoranduM

USA / 2011 / 5 mins / English

Directed by Jason McKee

A man gets the opportunity to go back and correct his mistakes with his girlfriend… against the advice of his personified conscience. Receipient of "The Hip Clip" Judges Choice Award at the 2011 50 Hour Slam. 

Moonlight Zombie Dance

USA / 2011 / 4 mins / English

Directed by James Olson

We all go a little mad sometimes...

Opportunities Lost

USA / 2011 / 5 mins / English

Directed by Davin Perry

An arguing couple soon regrets not making amends sooner… Receipient of "The Septi" Judges Choice Award at the 2011 50 Hour Slam. 

Spokane's Finest

USA / 2011 / 5 mins / English

Directed by Rajah Bose

A jazzy, hip-hop music video for the song "Spokane's Finest" by Spokane hip-hop group The Flying Spiders. Winner of the 2011 ReelSpokane Film Festival.

Talisman

USA / 2011 / 5 mins / English

Created by Where Are My Elephants

Talisman won the People's Choice Award at the 48 Hr Film Festival of First Night Spokane.