Welcome to the 16th Big Water Film Festival.

Schedule of Events

January 19, 2024

7:00 PM - The Live Festival: Friday Night at Bay Theater
The Countryman
OrHoDa
The Luminarians: Making the Luminary Loppet
Gaby's Hills
Minnesota Mean

January 20, 2024

10:00 AM - The Live Festival: Cinema and Cinnamon Rolls at Vaughn Library

Cinema and Cinnamon Rolls is back! Our Saturday morning discussion with filmmakers (accompanied by coffee and cinnamon rolls from the Ashland Baking Company) is a highlight of the Festival for many filmgoers. See what goes into making a film, ask questions, and participate in (or just listen to) the dialog between our two invited filmmakers, and anyone else who wants to chime in. This year we are thrilled to have Dawn Mikkleson, director of Minnesota Mean (showing Friday night) and Marius Anderson, director of 40 Below: The Toughest Race in the World (showing Saturday night) join us Saturday morning. Dawn is a Duluth filmmaker whose previous film, Risking Light, won the 2018 Audience Favorite Award at Big Water. Marius is a German filmmaker, working in Duluth, whose film 40 Below won both the Audience Choice and the Best of Fest Awards at the 2023 Minneapolis-St Paul International Film Festival. Big Water's own Claire Duquette will moderate. She's interviewed both directors and promises that this will be a really fun discussion. (The photo is from a previous C&CR featuring Steve Date and Melody Gilbert.)

1:00 PM - The Live Festival: Saturday Early Afternoon at Bay Theater
Not as Straight as This Line
Belle River
Woodswomen
Grand Canyon

3:30 PM - The Live Festival: Saturday Late Afternoon at Bay Theater
Simo
Mamita
When Hope Breaks Through

7:00 PM - The Live Festival: Saturday Night at Bay Theater
Apocalypse Notes (music is in danger)
George Morrison Reflections
Apollo
40 Below: The Toughest Race in the World

10:00 PM - The Virtual Festival: Films from Friday Night at Virtual
The Countryman
OrHoDa
The Luminarians: Making the Luminary Loppet
Gaby's Hills
Minnesota Mean

10:00 PM - The Virtual Festival: Films from Saturday Afternoon and Night at Virtual
Mamita
Apocalypse Notes (music is in danger)
George Morrison Reflections
Apollo
When Hope Breaks Through

10:00 PM - The Virtual Festival: Films from Saturday Early Afternoon at Virtual
Not as Straight as This Line
Woodswomen
Belle River
Grand Canyon

Date: January 19-20, 2024

Location: Various Venues in Ashland, WI 54806

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