FLIC film festival celebrates 13 years Feb. 14-16
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FLIC opening party February 2024.
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Filmmaker Hannah Everett (far left) and her mother converse with FLIC Director David W. King at the 2024 opening party last February.
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Some of the filmmakers in attendance at FLIC 2024 last February pose for a photo. FLIC 2025’s list of attending filmmakers is steadily growing.
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POLSON — The Flathead Lake International Cinemafest (FLIC) celebrates its 13th winter film festival during the weekend of Feb. 14-16, 2025 at the Showboat Stadium 6.
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 a record number of entries from 18 countries as well as many homegrown Montana films.
As with previous years, many filmmakers plan to travel to Polson to participate in the festival in person. FLIC has become a destination film festival, renowned for its ardent local audience that enthusiastically supports independent cinema. Spirited discussions between audience members and filmmakers follow most screening blocks, and friendships form at social mixers as film lovers from across the globe converge in Polson to connect over their mutual love of independent cinema.
FLIC gets underway at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 14, Valentine’s Day, with a Valentine-themed dessert reception in the lobby of the Showboat Stadium 6, 416 Main Street, Polson. A colorful array of desserts will be featured from some of the region’s local eateries. FLIC screenings then commence at 6 p.m. on multiple theatre screens.
On Saturday, Feb. 15, at 9:30 a.m., FLIC and the Polson Rotary Club will present their traditional free animated children’s film (title TBA) and egg burrito breakfast. The Polson Rotary Club will serve breakfast in the Showboat beginning at 9:15 a.m. Festival film screenings then resume at 12:30 p.m. and continue on multiple screens into the evening. There will be a break in screenings from 4:30 to 6 p.m. for an informal filmmaker/attendee mixer.
On Sunday morning, Feb. 16 at 9:30 a.m., Polson’s Good Coffee Roasting Company hosts its annual FLIC light breakfast mixer for filmmakers and festival attendees. A wide variety of drinks and delicious Whistle Bakery baked goods and breakfast items for purchase promises a fun jumpstart to FLIC’s final day of weekend screenings.
The weekend’s final event (free to the public) is the awards ceremony and dessert reception from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Showboat. The audience award will also be given to the FLIC audience’s overall favorite film.
If you miss FLIC weekend, the Showboat Stadium 6 will host encore screenings from 7 p.m. Sunday evening, Feb. 16 through Thursday, Feb. 20.
If you have a movie fan on your holiday gift list, FLIC 2025 all-access passes are available for secure/online purchase at FLICPolson.com. Pre-purchased FLIC all-access passes will be held for pickup in the Showboat lobby.
All films, times and events are subject to change. In late January, the FLIC 2025 screening schedule will be available to view at FLICPolson.com, where festival passes may be purchased. FLIC is also on Facebook, where information is updated regularly. Email: contact@flicpolson.com.
