Submitted by the Friday Harbor Film Festival.

Due to safety concerns, Friday Harbor Film Festival will present a scheduled livestream festival in mid-October, showing a program of feature documentaries and short films over 11 days, Oct. 14-24 at FHFF.ORG. The festival will be divided into two sections:

• Livestream Festival will open with a special free live broadcast honoring filmmakers and recipients of the Local Hero and Lifetime Achievement Awards on Thursday evening, October 14. Films will be scheduled to facilitate viewing on Friday through Sunday, Oct. 15-17. Following each film, the viewing audience can participate in a live Zoom Q&A session with the filmmaker.

• On-Demand Festival runs Oct. 18-24, featuring films accepted through FilmFreeway as well as films and recorded filmmaker Q&As from the Livestream Festival. All will be available on-demand on the website. The livestreamed Festival Finale will feature the Audience Choice Awards presentations and the screening of the audience favorite feature and short films on Sunday, Oct. 24.

Admission to films and events is by purchase of a virtual all-access pass, single ticket, or 5-ticket pass. Details are available at FHFF.ORG. Check out the FHFF offerings free at the opening night broadcast honoring filmmakers.

Filmmakers, both professionals and students, are encouraged to submit their features and short films for consideration at FilmFreeway. Full details are available at https://filmfreeway.com/FHFF.

Mark your calendars and plan to attend the FHFF Livestream and On-Demand Festival – October 14 through 24!