Local Sightings 2019 – Closing Night Happy Hour: Awards Ceremony
This event took place on Sep 29, 2019
** Free event! **
To close out yet another spectacular festival, award winners for the 22nd edition of Local Sightings Film Festival will be announced on Closing Night!
Films in Competition
BEST FEATURE FILM
- Clementine by Lara Jean Gallagher (Portland; narrative):
- Where the House Was by Ryan K. Adams (Seattle; documentary)
- Patrinell: The Total Experience by Tia Young & Andrew Elizaga (Seattle; documentary)
- My Mother Was Here by Rustin Thompson (Seattle, documentary)
BEST NARRATIVE SHORT
- Lions in Waiting by Jason Karman (Vancouver, BC)
- Bellingham by Brendan Prost (Toronto, but shot in WA)
- TIDES by Masami Kawai (Eugene, OR)
- Pens by Ty Minton-Small (Seattle, WA)
- Gong Ju by Jerome Yoo (Vancouver, BC)
- The Sound by Katrina Brede + Jason Connelly (Seattle)
- 3 minutes by Christan Leonard
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
- The Warming Shed by Nathan Landau Reich (Baker, MT)
- The Issue of Mr. O’Dell by Rami Katz (Vancouver, BC)
- The Day Don Died by Steve J. Adams (Vancouver, BC)
- River Gold by Brady Holden (Portland)
- Infamous Kitsap Ferry Riot by Chris Looney (Seattle)
- Soma by Peter Trinh (Seattle)
- Our Trails Too by Liz Haan (Portland, OR)
- Forest on Fire by Reed Harkness (Portland, OR)
- ECLIPSE by Amanda Kim (Seattle)
BEST ANIMATED SHORT
- Maniac Landscapes by Matthew Wade (Boise)
- Rising by Luca Dipierro (Portland)
- Substance by Jamaal Bradley (Redmond, WA)
- I Needed the Military. Now, My Son Needs Me. by Neely Goniodsky (Seattle)
BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT
* Presented by Engauge Experimental Film Festival *
- All films in the Experimental #1 and Experimental #2 programs are in competition.
SOCIAL IMPACT AWARD
* Presented by CAIR-WA *
- The Issue of Mr. O’Dell by Rami Katz (Vancouver, BC)
- Substance by Jamaal Bradley (Redmond, WA)
- I Needed the Military. Now, My Son Needs Me. by Neely Goniodsky (Seattle)
- Refuge in the Rockies by Kaio Kathriner (Vancouver, BC)
- Shall I Serve You? by Gabi Goyette (Seattle)
AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD
* Based off of ballot results from screenings *
* Films chosen for competition are chosen solely at the discretion of the NWFF programming team, then decided upon by guest jurors.
Jury awards will be presented by Amy Benson, Mia Harrison, and Martin Tran. Free snacks and nibbles for all!
