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.