PLEASE NOTE: IFS is currently a 21+ only venue.
Animated Drink & Draw with Lars C Larsen
Join us for an Animated Drink & Draw with Lars C. Larsen followed screening of Kubo and the Two Strings.
For the arrival of Wildwood, we've asked our in-house animation professional Lars C. Larsen (who worked on the film) to host a casual craft night and talk about the oldest trick in the business: making a thing that was never alive appear to breathe. Twenty-four frames a second, each one moved by hand.
Art supplies will be provided. Skill optional. Wonder mandatory.
Each ticket comes with a glass of beer or wine.
PROGRAM:
6pm - Drink & Draw
8pm - Screening of Kubo and the Two Strings
Halloween Dinner & a Movie: The Shining
Join us for Stanley Kubrick’s Masterpiece: The Shining—the ultimate horror film—and an evening of food, drinks, and cinematic dread inspired by the isolated mountain lodge at the center of it all.
Expect a winter-lodge-inspired dinner: hearty, rich, warming dishes designed to feel like they came straight from the Overlook kitchen, with a few sinister twists along the way. We’ll have themed cocktails, wine, beer, and a special non-alcoholic option at the bar.
And yes, there will be plenty of REDRUM.
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Starter:
Grilled artichoke garlic dip with CruditésFirst Course:
Roasted Beets, butternut squash, spiced pepitas, arugula, blood orange vinaigretteMain:
Apple braised pork: Celeriac, yukon potato, radish, herbs, local bread loafDesert:
Pomegranate panna cotta with RedRum caramel drizzleVIP Additions:
Gorgonzola tartlet with bacon jam
Mulled wine -
Available for purchase.
The Shining: elderflower / prosecco / mint - lemon slice
All Work & No Play (N/A): na whiskey / aperol
Bloody Murder: spicy bloody mary / beer
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Cocktail Hour @5pm
Dinner @6pm
Movie @8pm
Ages 21+
No dietary substitutions
TICKETS:
Standard — $75
VIP Experience — $100 (limited to ten seats)
Reserved screening seats + private bar quarters
Upon arrival — mulled spice wine
An additional course: gorgonzola tartlet with bacon jam
A keepsake menu
Motel keychain souvenir
Beyond Horror Film Fest
Come to Idaho Film Society October 18 for the 2026 Beyond Horror Film Fest! All day passes available as well as individual block tickets.
PROGRAM:
11:00am - Doors Open
12:00pm - Shorts Block 1
The Beneath ✰ DEVIL’S DILEMMA ✰ Krabz, In Space ✰ The Connoisseur ✰ Tapestry ✰ Madam ✰ EL LAZO DE PATRA / PETRA’S LASSO ✰ Gústi the Strong vs The Merman ✰ Bunny Hop ✰ The Dark Wyoming
2:00pm - Shorts Block 2
The Parcel ✰ Cinephiles ✰ Facsimile ✰ Naptime, Dearie ✰ Lupine: A Prologue ✰ The Curse of the Were-Alien ✰ Next Show in 90 Minutes ✰ 28 Kegs Later ✰ Microplastics and Me ✰ He's Sick ✰ Is That a Mime?
4:15pm - Feature Block 1
We're Not Them ✰ Never Fingerbang a Wendigo ✰ The Demonatrix
7:00pm - Shorts Block 3
Merkurio ✰ Consumer. - Shimmery (music video) ✰ The Dreamrealm ✰ The Package ✰ Pimple ✰ Grandma is Thirsty ✰ Shitter ✰ The Man That I Wave At ✰ CHÄIR ✰ The Wrath of the Elk Lord ✰ Beholder
9:00pm - Feature Block 2
Brick Boy ✰ No Free Brains ✰ The Barn 3
The Exorcist with Father Vance
When a mysterious entity possesses a young girl, her mother seeks the help of two Catholic priests to save her life.
60 Years Under the Knife: 24 Hour Slasher Marathon
Take a wild ride through horror history as IFS celebrates 60 years of the slasher. 12 films over 24 hours will explore the genre from its roots to its varied current incarnations. Whether you're dropping by for a choice pick or two or are brave enough to take the whole trip, even hardened horror fans will find both old favorites as well as some new ones.
Program:
11am - Doors
12pm - Screenings Start
**30 minute breaks for dinner and breakfast
VelociPastor 2
VelociPastor 2 Roadshow: with special Q+A // filmmakers in attendance.
Synopsis: A Priest who can turn into a Dinosaur and his Hooker-Doctor-Lawyer girlfriend travel to the port city of Milan (in Italy), where they have to solve a series of murders committed by a Sex Maniac Killer at an Italian Fertility Festival. Also Soviet Spies because it’s the 80s.
Filmmaker Spotlight: Who I Thought I'd Be with Jens Kuross
Premiere of the new short film starring Jens Kuross.
A frustrated musician who has struggled to find an audience is forced to return home and work at his sister's music school.
$10 pre-sale, $15 at the door
6pm Doors, 7pm Screening with Q & A and performance after.
Filmmaker Spotlight: The Pain and The Power
The Pain and The Power asks what remains after belief systems fail, relationships end, and the spotlight moves on; and how art can transform damage into something communal, generous, and alive.
Shot partially in Idaho, soundtrack includes collaborations with Idaho artists Classtronaut and Endless Atlas. Screening will be followed by an in-person Q&A / community conversation with Logan Lynn.
Out of Print
Out of Print is a love letter to watching movies on film, in independent cinemas, with an audience. The documentary features Los Angeles’ iconic New Beverly Cinema and London’s legendary Prince Charles Cinema as stand-ins for the thousands of extraordinary movie houses around the globe that keep cinema's rich culture alive.
The film includes interviews with Kevin Smith, Edgar Wright, Rian Johnson, Stuart Gordon, Joe Dante, Tom Holland, Mark Romanek, John Landis, Lloyd Kaufman, Joe Carnahan, Fred Dekker, Richard Kelly, Seth Green, Patton Oswalt, and more—all reflecting on why movies, and the places we watch them, still matter.
BNDRY Presents: The Getaway Block Party
We’re closing out the month, saying goodbye to Summer with the boldest BNDRY party to date! — The Getaway Block Party takes over the station with three destination stages, live music, art, food, drinks, shopping, and enough roadside attractions to keep you out past your bedtime.
All bar proceeds will be donated to the Idaho Film Society.
Event Details:
Doors @12pm
Ages 21+
Presale tickets $16
At the door $20
Currents of Courage
When Christen Skinner's father was diagnosed with Stage 4 prostate cancer, she watched him go silent — then watched a fly-fishing river retreat bring him back.
That's how Currents of Courage began. Join Christen (director) and her father David Nehmer (executive producer, and one of the seven men in the film) for BEHIND THE CURRENT — a conversation about making their first independent film together, with never-before-seen clips from the doc ahead of its Sept 17 world premiere. Then stay as we screen the classic A River Runs Through It.
Here's how the evening runs:
5:30 PM – Doors open
6:00 PM – Christen & David in conversation, with never-before-seen clips
7:15 PM – Screening of A River Runs Through It
9:30 PM – Event ends
Idaho Film Society, 1212 W. Bannock St., Boise $20 — proceeds go toward post-production. Cash bar.
Pajama Party Cinema
Channel your inner "Movie Night-In" (but with the big screen) by joining IFS for a PJ party on 8/22. Dress in your favorite jammies and vibe-up with the gang for three classics: 10 Things I Hate About You, Get Over It, Miss Congeniality.
Specialty cocktails. Popcorn Bar. Prize for the best pajama ensemble.
Give nod to the end of summer while beating the heat indoors.
10 Things I Hate About You | 7pm
Get Over It | 9pm
Miss Congeniality | 11pm
Fortune & Glory: Indiana Jones 45th Anniversary Dinner & a Movie
Join us for an archaeological expedition unlike any other as we celebrate the 45th anniversary of Raiders of the Lost Ark with a four-course dinner inspired by Indiana Jones’ legendary adventure, followed by a screening of one of cinema’s greatest action films.
Dinner is followed by a screening of Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981).
Deadly Prey Gallery
The Film Society transforms into a pop-up gallery showcasing hand-painted Ghanaian movie posters—one of the world’s most vibrant and unique forms of film art.
Journalism Under Fire: The Insider
Join us for a special Journalism in Film screening featuring Michael Mann’s riveting true story of whistleblowers, investigative reporting, and the fight to hold powerful institutions accountable.
Nalox Local Feature Premiere
After her brother dies from an overdose, a grieving woman takes the man she believes is responsible captive, demanding answers. As his disappearance draws others into the search, what begins as a personal reckoning spirals into a tense collision of grief, denial, and competing truths.