2024 ONLINE
FESTIVAL
The streaming period for the Friday Harbor Online Documentary Film Festival has now ended as of 11 PM PST on Sunday, November 3. However, you can still explore our film guide! Click on the images below to access detailed descriptions, trailers, filmmaker bios, and more about the incredible films we featured on demand. The 2024 Online Festival Audience Choice Award winners are now listed below. Congratulations winning filmmakers!
A heartfelt thank you to all the filmmakers for their amazing contributions and to everyone who supported the Friday Harbor Film Festival either in-theatre or online! Our 2025 monthly Best of the Fest series begins in January! Stay tuned...
BEST ONLINE FEATURE FILM
BEST ONLINE SHORT FILM
Echos of the Sound: The Story of Hugo and the Southern Residents
Directed by Emma Stafki & Annie Stafki
30 mins | 2024
In 1968, a baby orca, Hugo, was captured in Vaughn Bay and sold to an aquarium, far from his natural habitat and family. This documentary tells the story of Hugo’s capture and captivity, exploring the impact on him and his pod.
ONLINE FEATURES
Explore the documentary films available to stream on-demand now through November 3rd on fhff.org! Watch trailers, read in-depth descriptions, filmmaker bio's, and more. Once you purchase a pass, follow the instructions above to access the Online Watch Guide.
A Dream Takes Flight
Does My Vote Count?
Never Look Away
Shining Night: A Portrait of Composer Morten Lauridsen
The Volunteers: Mountain Rescue Brings Us Home
All We Carry
Fish War
Orca - Black & White Gold
Stronger Than Ever
The Voyage of Madmen
Beyond Utopia
Hvaldimir, Conversation with a Spy Whale
Out There: A National Parks Story
The Job of Songs
ONLINE SHORT FILMS
Back At the Foot of the Tower
Changing Seas - Ancient Adriatic: Croatia's Sunken History
Changing Seas - Sharks in Belize: Jaguars of the Sea
Electrifying Eugene
Island Grown in the San Juans
Líť'sit yiká· xá·bil-ts: Quillayute River Restoration
Over Under: A Postcard from San Juan Island
School of Fish
The Healing River
The Story Project of Measure 110, Part One: Peers
Beyond Being Silenced: Gyaa Isdlaa
Changing Seas - Bermuda: Life at Ocean's Edge
Cone People
Facing the Falls
Last Stand: Saving the Elwha River's Legacy Forests
Managed to Extinction
Puffling
Soldier
The Kayak Spectacular
Undammed: Amy Cordalis and the Fight to Free the Klamath
Beyond The Silence
Changing Seas - Maui Aloha ʻĀina: Mauka to Makai
Echos of the Sound: The Story of Hugo and the Southern Residents
Gath & K'iyh: Listen to Heal
Lost in Information
On Goat Farming
Range Rider
The Healing Heart of Lushootseed
The Magic of Sailing
