NEW CATEGORY ADDED: The Director Series
Monthly Director Series Screenings now through September 2021!
Call for Submissions for impactful documentary films highlighting heroic adventures, sustainable agriculture, marine ecology, social justice, the environment and stirring human interest stories.
Selected films will be scheduled each month from December 2020 through September 2021. Films will be offered on-demand 24/7 for 10-14 days during the scheduled month and will include a livestream Q&A with the filmmakers during the streaming period.
SUBMISSIONS FOR 2021 FESTIVAL OPENS DECEMBER 15, 2020 -
Following our incredibly successful 2020 Virtual Friday Harbor Film Festival, the 2021 Friday Harbor Film Festival is going HYBRID!
The festival will stream selected documentaries and shorts for 10 days, on October 14 through 24, 2021. The virtual festival will feature real time live-streamed Q&A sessions with filmmakers. Festival awards will be selected by audience choice votes.
We are excited to announce that in 2021, we also will feature selected film screenings and events held in person in Friday Harbor, Washington, USA. The festival will feature films highlighting fascinating island cultures, marine ecology, heroic adventures, sustainable agriculture, social justice, current environmental issues and stirring human interest stories. Going HYBRID means our VIRTUAL AUDIENCE IS WORLDWIDE, while returning to the excitement and collaboration that comes with IN PERSON FESTIVAL EVENTS.
AWARDS: Chosen by audience voting.
• Audience Choice Overall
• Best Feature Documentary Film
• Best Short Film
Student Film Awards in age categories, 11-17 & 18-26.
• Audience Choice of the Laszlo Pal Emerging Filmmaker award in each age category.