During an exciting weekend of fantastic films, inspiring interviews with filmmakers, and special events, the Friday Harbor Film Festival was delighted to present many special awards. We welcomed visiting filmmakers and film lovers from around the US and the world. Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2024 festival, volunteered their time, and voted for their favorite films.
Audience Choice Award Winners
Congratulations to the 2024 FHFF Audience Choice Award winners! Winning films were chosen by votes of audience members following each screening.
Young Filmmakers Showcase
Winners in categories Ages 13-17 and 18-26
Best Short Film
Nominees included Managed to Extinction, Undammed: Amy Cordalis and the Fight to Free the Klamath, and Range Rider
Tales from the Heart
Nominees included Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers, Never Look Away, and All We Carry
Explorers & Adventures
Nominees included Hvaldimir, Conversation with a Spy Whale, Beyond Utopia, and A Dream Takes Flight
Things to Consider
Nominees included Sugarcane, Fish War, and Wilding
Best Overall Feature Documentary
Nominees included A Dream Takes Flight, Fish War, and Porcelain War
The Andrew V. McLaglen Lifetime Achievement Award
This award highlighted Morten Lauridsen’s extraordinary life and career as the most-performed US choral composer. The audience applauded this resident of San Juan and Waldron islands for his stellar contribution to the local community and musicians worldwide.
His wife Amber Lauridsen led the San Juan Master Chorale singing one of his favorite compositions, Contra Qui, Rose. The documentary about Lauridsen’s life, Shining Night: A Portrait of Composer Morten Lauridsen, was screened.
The Local Hero Award
This award celebrated San Juan Islander Cynthia Burke for her decades of community involvement as a business owner and humanitarian.
She provided a low-cost kitchen for developing food businesses and began XYZ Movement Arts, providing space with minimal rent for yoga and dance teachers to work. She inspire many neighbors to participate in Kitchen Sink Dinners, providing 5000 meals to anyone wanting a meal, and in offering free coats on the rack outside Cynthia’s Bistro.
Online Festival
If you missed seeing some of the wonderful documentaries in person, the Online Festival runs from Monday, October 28 through Sunday, November 3. Passes to view most of the features and all of the shorts are available for only $15 at fhff.org All Young Filmmakers Showcase films will be streaming for FREE from October 30 through November 3rd.
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