Submitted by the Friday Harbor Film Festival
The On-Demand Friday Harbor Film Festival Audience Choice Awards are presented to those films that viewers chose through their votes after viewing the documentaries at www.FHFF.org between Oct. 30 and Nov. 5. Nearly all features from the In-Theatre Festival, plus additional On-Demand Only features, all short films, and all Young Filmmakers Showcase films were eligible for these awards.
Congratulations to the On-Demand Audience Choice Award winners for 2023:
Best Overall Feature – Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On, Madison Thomas, Director
Best Feature 1st Runner-Up – A Cedar Is Life, Leslie D. Bland and Harold C. Joe, Directors
Best Feature 2nd Runner-Up – You Just Can’t See Them from the Road, Keely Brazil Covello and Michaela Brazil Gillies, Directors
Best Short Film – Call of the Orcas, Jessica Plumb, Director
Best Short 1st Runner-Up — Kabwe Ka Mukuba, Audrey Colgin & Joshua Kalenga, Directors
Best Short 2nd Runner-Up – PUPS, Amy Herdy, Director
Winner, Young Filmmakers Competition, Ages 13 – 17 – Unveiling the City, Nueva Social Impact Filmmaking Club with Oliver Cho, Director
1st Runner-Up, Young Filmmakers Competition, Ages 13 – 17 – Coral Reef Restoration, Daniel Miller, Director
2nd Runner-Up, Young Filmmakers Competition, Ages 13 – 17 – Save Our Soil, Ayush Talukder, Director
Winner, Young Filmmakers Competition, Ages 18 – 26 – Not a Hero, Fernando Betancourt, Director
Winner, Young Filmmakers Competition, Ages 18 – 26 – The Elements of Indonesia, Rebecca Still, Director
1st Runner-Up, Young Filmmakers Competition, Ages 18 – 26 – Believe in Wonder, Caleb Jacobson, Director
2nd Runner-Up, Young Filmmakers Competition, Ages 18 – 26 – Discussions of a Particular Pallet, Leah Rose Shannon, Director
FHFF appreciates all the filmmakers who submitted their work and all the film lovers who viewed the On-Demand documentaries and voted for their favorites. We look forward to offering a “Best of the Fest” film free each month from January through September 2024 in Friday Harbor. Details will be announced at www.FHFF.org.
