Best-of-the-Fest Monthly Feature
"Sitka's Hidden Wonders" - Best of the Fest - FH Film Fest
Friday April 24, 2026, 7:00pm
Offered by Lopez Island Library
Admission
Free
Sponsored by
Friday Harbor Film Festival and Friends of the Lopez Island Library
Join in for a screening of the feature film "Sitka's Hidden Wonders," followed by the short film "From Sea to Shining Sea."
"Sitka's Hidden Wonders" is a theatrical nature film that blends sweeping cinematography with a deeply personal story of return. Told by award-winning wildlife filmmaker Ben Hamilton, the film explores what it means to truly see a place�"through the hidden layers of one of Alaska’s wildest coastal ecosystems.
"From Sea to Shining Sea" explores the rich life of poet, professor and social reformer Katharine Lee Bates, author of AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL. As we approach the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, Bates’ story reminds us of the beauty and ideals of our nation as well as its shortcomings and honors the unbroken chain of Americans striving to live up to those ideals.
"Sitka's Hidden Wonders" is a theatrical nature film that blends sweeping cinematography with a deeply personal story of return. Told by award-winning wildlife filmmaker Ben Hamilton, the film explores what it means to truly see a place�"through the hidden layers of one of Alaska’s wildest coastal ecosystems.
"From Sea to Shining Sea" explores the rich life of poet, professor and social reformer Katharine Lee Bates, author of AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL. As we approach the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, Bates’ story reminds us of the beauty and ideals of our nation as well as its shortcomings and honors the unbroken chain of Americans striving to live up to those ideals.