Hat Auction

Screened at FCFF 2018

Film Synopsis

Every year in the small town of Irons, MI snowmobile enthusiasts gather at the Oak Grove Tavern for a unique and quirky “hat auction”; an event that is held to fund the grooming of local ORV trails.

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