An award-winning short documentary about islander Phil Volker, “Phil’s Camino,” will be shown at the Port Townsend Film Festival at 6:30 p.m. Friday and at 3 p.m. Saturday.

“Phil’s Camino” tells Volker’s story — about a man living with Stage 4 cancer and dreaming of walking the 500-mile spiritual pilgrimage, Camino de Santiago, across Spain. Unable to make the trip, he does the next best thing: he builds a camino behind his house on Vashon, starts to walk and traces his progress on a map. His journey is one of hope, acceptance and freedom. Upon completing the pilgrimage, without ever leaving his backyard, Volker received a clean scan and his doctors granted him a “chemo holiday,” or permission to miss one chemotherapy treatment, leaving 28 days to walk the ancient route in Spain. Along the way he realizes his true pilgrimage is the one he travels within.