Winners of Past Harmony Ridge Film Festivals
2009 Winners
Veiled Light, Arleen Ojeda, 1st place winner
This experimental narrative is based on three lives and their stories of abuse.
Harold Please, Lindsay Berkebile, 2nd place and People's Choice winner
Harold, a late-aged recluse, is too consumed with his relational fantasies outside his window to realize the relationship within his apartment with his caretaker.
The Offering, Paul Lee, 3rd place winner
This elegiac meditation is about the progression and passing of life shown through the evolution of love and friendship between a Japanese monk and a young novice. the offering that passes repeatedly between the two men is metaphorical for love and affection.
2010 Winners
First Place Winner
Measured Sacrifice
John Whitney and Phil Garrett, Arbor Ave Films
This dramatic low-tech science fiction film follows the story of a young woman who faces a desperate situation and inpossible decision in a dystopian future America embroiled in an unending "war on terror."
Second Place Winner
Accidental Tryst
Kristine Jadyk and Theresa Danko
A romantic musical story, "Accidental Tryst" is the story of two people who feel they don't belong in their surroundings. After a full day of passing each other by, it is the love of music that finally brings them face to face in the end.
Third Place Winner
Rooftop
PJ Gaynard, Goat Milk Fudge Productions
A young couple gets locked on a rooftop with a dangerous man. What could happen?
