Cascadia offers online festival May 11-21

Cascadia International Women’s Film Festival took over Bellingham May 4-7 with a wide array of screenings, panel discussions, script studio and festival celebrations where attendees could mingle with featured directors. Two-time Oscar-winning documentary film director Barbara Kopple was the honored guest at this year’s festival, seen here with Louise Mugar, co-publisher of The Northern Light, one of the festival’s sponsors. Kopple produced and directed “Harlan County, USA” and “American Dream,” both winners of the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. A special screening was held for her most recent film, “Gumbo Coalition.”

Overall, the festival featured 35 films by women from 15 countries, with many of the directors in attendance. For those who missed the in-person experience, you can still purchase tickets for the online festival, May 11-21 at cascadiafilmfest.org.