Soo Film Festival favourites
The 2024 Soo Film Festival took place September 11-15 at the historic Soo Theatre and Bayliss Public Library, a Superior District Library, in downtown Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. Festival attendees are asked to choose their favorites by ballot. By audience acclaim, those films are as follows.
Narrative Feature
Cast & Crew, directed by Jason Taylor
Documentary Feature
Marqueetown, directed by Joseph Beyer and Jordan Anderson
Documentary Short
Broca, directed by Poppi Fella-Pellegrino
Student Documentary Short
Hartwick, directed by Anthony Bateyeh, Ryan Homrocky, Luke Madorski, and Reece Wooten
Animation
Melanchromatic, directed by Alexis Alvarez
Narrative Short
Handle With Care, directed by Michael Glover Smith
Foreign Narrative Short
Shooting Watermelons, directed by Antonio Donato
Student Narrative Short
PROTEUS, directed by Tanner Hamilton
Music Video
This Is For You, directed by Michelle Nartey and Evelyn Apahidean
The next Soo Film Festival is September 10-14, 2025.
The 2024 Soo Film Festival was supported by the Michigan Arts and Culture Council, administered by Eastern Upper Peninsula Planning Commission. www.michigan.gov/arts
Soo Film Festival, Inc. is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote and host film and allied arts festivals in the City of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. Soo Film Festival, Inc. seeks to showcase the work of independent and emerging filmmakers from the Great Lakes of North America. Our Mission: Great Lakes, Great Movies!
The most up-to-date festival news is online. Find the festival on Facebook at Soo Film Festival, Instagram and Threads @soofilmfestival, and on X at x.com/SooFilmFest.