"The Legend of Tommy G" is one of 17 short films and documentaries featured in 2020's Banff Film Festival. (YouTube)

Schedule of special film screenings around Snohomish County

The listings include Edmonds Center for the Arts, Historic Everett Theatre and Whidbey Island Center for the Arts showings.

Events listed here are contingent on whether each jurisdiction is approved to enter the corresponding phase of the governor’s four-phase reopening plan. Events may be canceled or postponed. Check with each venue for the latest information.

The Banff Film Festival: Historic Everett Theatre presents 2020’s virtual Banff Film Festival, an annual presentation of short films and documentaries about mountain culture, sports and the environment. There are two film programs (each two hours long) available for streaming via Now! — Amber and Onyx. Tickets are $15 for one, or $28 for both programs. You have three days to watch one program; 14 days if you sign up for both. The festival is streamable through Oct. 21. Register at filmfest.banffcentre.ca/?campaign=WT-152515. Call 425-258-6766 or go to www.yourhistoriceveretttheatre.org.

Music on Film: Watch a documentary presenting the live recording of Aretha Franklin’s best-selling gospel album at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles, in 1972. “Amazing Grace,” a 2018 concert film directed by Sydney Pollack, is showing 7:30 p.m. Aug. 21 at the Edmonds Center for the Arts, 410 Fourth Ave. N., Edmonds. Tickets are $10. Call 425-275-9595 or go to www.edmondscenterforthearts.org.

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