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Wildland films

The Flathead-Kootenai Chapter of the Montana Wilderness Association will host its annual film festival and fundraiser, bringing the Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival to the Flathead Valley. There will be a showing at the O'Shaughnessy Center, in Whitefish, on Friday, Oct. 21, with doors opening at 6 p.m., and a matinee at the Glacier Discovery Center, in Columbia Falls, on Sunday, Oct. 23, with doors opening at 1 p.m. Films will range in length and topic but focus on wildland conservation. Tickets are $10 available at Montana Coffee Traders in Columbia Falls.