Submitted by the Friday Harbor Film Festival

Friday Harbor Film Festival is seeking documentary features and short films to include in the annual festival scheduled for Oct. 21-30. Professional filmmakers, amateurs, and students are encouraged to submit their work for consideration. The submission deadline for features and short films is June 1. The student film deadline is Sept. 1. Check out all the details and submit entries at filmfreeway.com/FHFF.

The festival will feature documentaries highlighting fascinating island cultures, marine ecology, heroic adventures, sustainable agriculture, social justice, current environmental issues, and stirring stories of human interest. They will be divided by theme: “Explorers and Adventures,” “Things to Consider,” and “Tales from the Heart.”

Feature documentary and docudrama films have a running time of 41 minutes or longer. Short films, not limited to documentaries, have a running time of 40 minutes or less. Student films, with a running time of two to 15 minutes, will be divided into two age groups: 11-17 years and 18-26 years.

Select films will show at scheduled times during the opening weekend, Oct. 21 – 23, followed by filmmaker Q&As. FHFF will stream documentaries, shorts, and student films for 7 days: Oct. 24-30. The live-streamed Q&A sessions will be recorded and shown with each of the VOD viewings.

Audience choice awards in several categories are chosen by votes of the viewing audience. FHFF plans to host a ceremony on Sunday, Oct. 23, presenting the following awards:

Feature Film Overall Audience Choice Award – to be screened after the ceremony

Short Film Overall Audience Choice Award – to be screened after the ceremony

Feature film and short film awards by theme

Student film audience choice awards in each age category

We appreciate the support of all the FHFF filmmakers, sponsors, and viewers who appreciate great documentary films. Check out everything on our website: www.fhff.org.