Door County Film Earns Award

The locally produced Confessions of a Sailor brought home the award for the Best Religious/Spiritual Film from the New York Tri-State International Film Festival, held Aug. 9-12.

The film tells a modern-day story of shipwreck feature writer Michael Connolly, who visits Door County in pursuit of his career-making series. In meeting a retired mariner, Old Tobe, Connolly’s focus shifts to the 1958 wreck of the Carl D. Bradley on Lake Michigan.

Confessions of a Sailor was filmed primarily in Door County and stars Jennifer Cadena, Andrew Delaurelle and John Schakel Jr. It premiered in February 2023 at the Door County Film Festival.

Learn more about the Tri-State festival at newyorktristatefilm.com.