January 9, 2025
By FLIC Publicity
Grab your date and SAVE THE DATE!
Now is the time to ask your spouse, significant other, friends, colleagues, and
family members to this very special Polson event.
Polson’s 13th Annual FLIC Film Festival – February 14-16, 2025
Now in its 13th year, the Flathead Lake International Cinemafest (FLIC) screens
full-length narrative and documentary features, shorts, animation, and student
films. FLIC 2025 once again offers a diverse selection of domestic and
international films, featuring entries from eighteen countries as well as many
homegrown Montana films. FLIC 2025 occurs the weekend of February 14-16,
2025 at the Showboat Stadium 6, 416 Main Street, Polson, Montana.
Dozens of filmmakers will make the trek to Polson to participate in the festival in
person this year. FLIC had earned a solid reputation for its attentive audience
attendees, who enthusiastically support independent films and those who
produce them. Spirited discussions between audience members and filmmakers
cap off most screening blocks, and friendships take root between screenings as
film lovers from across the globe converge in Polson to connect over their
mutual love of independent cinema.
FLIC 2025 gets underway at 4:30pm on Friday, February 14th with a Velentine’s
Day themed “Date Night” dessert reception in the lobby of the Showboat
Stadium 6, 416 Main Street, Polson. FLIC screenings commence at 6pm on
multiple Showboat Stadium 6 screens.
On Saturday, February 15th, at 9:30am, FLIC and the Polson Rotary Club offer
their traditional free animated children’s film and egg burrito breakfast. This
year’s film is the Dreamworks animated hit, Wild Robot. The Polson Rotary Club
will serve breakfast in the Showboat Stadium 6 lobby beginning at 9:15am.
Festival film screenings resume at 12:15pm and continue on multiple screens
into the evening. There’s a break in screenings from 4:30 to 6pm for an informal
filmmaker/attendee mixer at Lake City Bakery, located just a few blocks from the
Showboat Stadium 6 at 49493 US Highway 93.
FLIC’s judges enjoy discovering each year’s unique standouts. Included among
them this year is the Montana-produced documentary film Bring Them Home,
which tells the story of a small group of Blackfoot people and their mission to
establish the first wild buffalo herd on their ancestral territory since the species’
near-extinction a century ago, an act that would restore the land, re-enliven
traditional culture, and bring much needed healing to their community. The FLIC
judges were unanimous in their praise for this beautiful film, with its rich
Montana vistas, expert cinematography, and overall professional presentation,
punctuated with beautiful narration by Golden Globe Best Actress winner Lilly
Gladstone.
Another standout FLIC 2025 film is the Netherlands-produced documentary film
Journey of Transformation, which takes the viewer on a breathtaking journey
with the Blue Morpho butterfly as it navigates the perils of the jungle in a
remarkable cycle of transformation. Journey of Transformation strikes a balance
between stunning visuals, a captivating story, and fascinating information about
butterflies. It unveils the delicate balance of life where beauty, struggle, and
resilience coexist in the wild.
The feature length documentary film Capturing Kennedy shares the
extraordinary untold story of Jacques Lowe, a Holocaust survivor and young
immigrant who, at just 28, became the personal photographer to President John
F. Kennedy and his family. Drawing on newly uncovered historic interviews and
unprecedented access to Lowe’s personal estate and archives, Capturing
Kennedy chronicles Lowe’s remarkable journey from surviving the horrors of
World War 2 to capturing some of the most iconic photographs of the Kennedy
era. Through Lowe’s unique lens, Capturing Kennedy sheds light on one of the
last untold chapters of the Kennedy Presidency and the young photographer
whose images chronicled it.
On Sunday morning, February 16th at 9:30am, The Good Coffee Roasting
Company, 214 Main Street, Polson, hosts a light breakfast mixer for filmmakers
and festival attendees. A wide variety of drinks and delicious Whistle Bakery
fresh baked goods will be available to purchase.
The FLIC 2025 weekend draws to a festive close with an Awards ceremony and
dessert reception on Sunday, February 16th from 5:30 to 6:30pm. The Audience
Award will also be given to the FLIC audience’s overall favorite film. Free to
ticket-holding FLIC attendees. Location is the Showboat Stadium 6, located at
416 Main Street, Polson.
If you miss FLIC weekend, the Showboat Stadium 6 is hosting FLIC 2025 encore
screenings from 7pm Sunday evening, February 16 through Thursday evening,
February 20th.
All films, times and events are subject to change. The FLIC 2025 screening
schedule is available to view at FLICPolson.com, where festival passes may also
be purchased, and will be available to pick up at will call during the festival
weekend. FLIC is also on Facebook, where information is updated regularly.
Email: contact@flicpolson.com
Elizabeth