The Fresh Air Award is doled out on the Feature & a short podcast by a Fourwind chosen panel of four cinephiles. They each nominate 5 movies that have pushed the art form forward the most in the assigned decade. We will be giving out this award once each year for 11 years. 2024 will be the decade 1940-1949.
Director: Émile Cohl
Genre: Animation
Cinephile Panelists
Elizabeth Chatelain, Justin Joseph Hall, Inga Moren, Shirley Venard
Director: Frank Hurley
Genre: Documentary
Cinephile Panelists
Elizabeth Chatelain, Justin Joseph Hall, Kevin Hinman, Jason Tucker
Director: Dziga Vertov
Genre: Documentary
Cinephile Panelists
Elizabeth Chatelain, Tracey Goessel, Justin Joseph Hall, Kevin Hinman
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Director: David Hand
Genre: Animation
Cinephile Panelists
Elizabeth Chatelain, Justin Joseph Hall, John Robert Hammerer, Kevin Hinman
Director: Joshua Oppenheimer
Genre: Documentary
Cinephile Panelists
Justin Joseph Hall, Thomas Kelsey, Jasmine Szympruch, Elizabeth Yoo