Award-winning film festival documentaries available online for free during the rest of November

The Film Festival shares good news about the winning films from their on-demand event.

Friday Harbor Film Festival’s on-demand festival winners, as well as the student film award winners and runners-up, are available to stream free on the FHFF website now through Wednesday, Nov. 30:

• Corky is the story of the world’s longest-held captive orca, the changing sentiment about orcas in captivity, and the rise of sea sanctuaries — Best Feature, director Christine Caruso.
• Contrasts presents a strong argument for freedom from captivity for all marine species, revealing the horrors of animals’ lives in confinement — Best Short Film, director Vanessa Prigollini.
• Bird Lady explores the mystery surrounding a statue that has become known as the “Bird Lady” and has become a beloved part of neighborhood folklore — Best Student Film Ages 13-17, director Carter Rostron.
• Below the Rise follows the filmmaker’s journeys to Costa Rica to uncover the severity of the sea level rise, which is significantly worse than originally presumed — Runner-up Student Film Ages 13-17, director Massimo Soto.
• O’o: The Last Voice of Kauai is an environmental film about human-caused extinction featuring a bird known as the Kauaʻi ʻōʻō, which was once endemic to the Hawaiian island of Kaua’i — Best Student Film Ages 18-26, director Hanah Cincotta.
• An Urban Herd explores Street Goat, a farming cooperative which raises goats on disused city land. Aspiring farmer Fern must learn to milk the goats entirely by herself, discovering it isn’t easy to become an urban goat farmer — Runner-up Student Film Ages 18-26, director Lizzie Coney.

FHFF’s Best of the Fest will begin in January, offering free monthly screenings of many Audience Choice Award winners and runners-up from the 2022 in-theatre festival.

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