Thirteen features, including a significant number of documentaries along with several programs of shorts, are on the schedule of the Gig Harbor Film Festival, which has its first full day of screenings on Friday. And believe me, that first day is full, with 10 films on the slate.

Films will be shown at the Galaxy Uptown 10 Theatre, 4649 Point Fosdick Drive N.W.

Roll 'em.

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Films for Sept. 12

"Marion Bridge" (11 a.m.)
Galaxy Theater Screen 7

Canadian director Wiebke Von Carolsfeld's drama explores the strained relationships between three sisters who gather at the bedside of their ailing mother in their childhood home in Nova Scotia.

"Hats Off" (12:30 p.m.)
Galaxy Uptown Screen 2

Mimi Weddell, a 93-year-old actress of great beuaty and significant eccentricity, is profiled is this documentary.

"Abel Raises Cain" (1:15 p.m.)
Galaxy Uptown Screen 7

Documentary filmmaker Jenny Abel turns her camera on a subject close to her heart: her father Alan Abel, an underground media prankster.

"Life Among Whales" (2:30 p.m.)
Galaxy Uptown Screen 2

This documentary explores the unique relationship between humans and whales from the perspective of biologist and activist Dr. Roger Payne.

"My Effortless Brilliance" (4 p.m.)
Galaxy Uptown Screen 2

Two guys try to patch up their ruptured friendship in this indie drama set in the Seattle area.

Soccer event followed by "Her Best Move." (5 p.m.)
Galaxy Uptown

Members of the Seattle Sounders pro soccer team will discuss the soccer-themed family comedy about a Bay area teen who dreams of landing a spot on the U.S. Women's National Team. The film's director, Norm Hunter, is also scheduled to be on hand to introduce the movie.

"One of Our Own" (7 p.m.)
Galaxy Uptown Screen 2

The film's star Matthew Lillard will be in attendance to introduce the drama about a couple who run into unexpected difficulties when they hire a surrogate mother to bring their baby into the world.

"Iraq in Fragments" (8:30 p.m.)
Galaxy Uptown Screen 7

Nominated for an Oscar in 2007, this documentary is a collection of vignettes about ordinary Iraqis trying to live their lives in their war-town nation.

"Who Is KK Downey?" (9:30 p.m.)
Galaxy Uptown Screen 2

In this adult-themed black comedy a couple of twentysomething losers hatch a plan to promote an X-rated unpublishable novel that lands them both in a whole lot of trouble. Due to adult content, the movie is not recommended for children

"Serial Mom" 11 p.m.
Galaxy Theater Screen 2

Star Matthew Lillard will be having a busy night on the festival's very full Saturday. In addition to presiding at the screening of "One of Our Own," he'll be sticking around to introduce this off-kilter comedy from the very off-kilter John Waters in which Lillard plays the son of suburban mother/crazed serial killer Kathleen Turner.
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Films for Sept. 13

"Arranged" (11:15 a.m.)
Galaxy Uptown Screen 2

This dramedy tells the story of an Orthodox Jewish woman and a Muslim woman, both teachers at a public school in Brooklyn, who become friends and find they have much in common, including the fact that they are both preparing for arranged marriages.

"Girls Rock!" (Noon)
Galaxy Uptown Screen 7

Girls 8-18 learn to become rock 'n' rollers at a summer camp in Portland in this bracing 2007 documentary.

Fly Filmmaking Challenge (12:30 p.m.)
Galaxy Uptown Screen 2

A package of short films from the Seattle International Film Festival, all 10 minutes long and all shot on the fly, which is to say each was filmed in five days and then edited in more five days. Quick work.

"A Peck on the Cheek" (2 (p.m.)
Galaxy Theater Screen 2

In this 2002 Indian drama set in Sri Lanka and India, a little girl searches for her biological mother who abandoned her as a newborn.

Northwest Shorts (2:30 p.m.)
Galaxy Uptown Screen 7

Five short films by Northwest filmmakers are on the program. At least three of those filmmakers are scheduled to appear at the screening to discuss their work.

Special Shorts Series (7 p.m.)
Films will be screened outdoors at Jerisich Park on Harborview Drive on the city's waterfront.

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Sunday

“It’s a Wrap” Appreciation Awards Luncheon
11 a.m. Canterwood Golf and Country Club Clubhouse, 12606 54th Ave. N.W.

Tickets available at www.gigharborfilmfestival.org

The folks from KING FM 98.1, Seattle's classical music station, are launching an online HD radio arts channel called, logically enough, The KING FM Arts Channel this coming Monday.

It will be streaming at KING.org and broadcast on 98.1 HD-2 and is intended to promote the arts throughout the Puget Sound region.

Marta Zekan, director of the new channel, said it will feature the voices of artists, art experts, arts educators, directors, designers, technicians, writers and many others involved in all aspects of the arts. It's intended, she said, to "paint an audio picture of our arts community."