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:

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

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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!