The 23rd Annual L.A. Harbor International Film Festival will take place in San Pedro from Thursday to Sunday, March 5-8 — with this year’s offerings being shown at four locations, since the Warner Grand Theatre continues to be closed for renovations.

Go to laharborfilmfest.com for tickets, the schedule and other details.

The festival will open on Thursday with its annual “Read the Book, See the Movie” program, this year featuring “Swiss Family Robinson.” The 1960 Disney film will be shown to students coming from area schools at the John Olguin Auditorium at the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium. Books are distributed to schools beforehand.

The festival’s opening night for the public will run from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, March 6, with a reception and presentations from the oral history program — “Stories of Los Angeles Harbor Area For Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow” — at the Dalmatian American Club, 1639 S. Palos Verdes St. The series is produced by festival founder and director Stephanie Mardesich and Jack Baric.

At 4 p.m. Saturday, March 7, the festival’s Hollywood Nostalgia Tribute Program will be presented on board the Battleship Iowa,250 S. Harbor Blvd., in the Port of Los Angeles. (Boarding and ship tours will begin at 3 p.m.)

First up will be a screening of “Skirts Ahoy” (MGM, 1952), the musical about World War II “Waves” starring Esther Williams.

Concessions will be sold at Vicky’s Doghouse Cafe on board the historic World War II battleship. with the evening’s film-friendly menu featuring gourmet hot dogs, soda, wine, beer, popcorn and candy.

The ship event is free, but attendance is limited to 200. It is requested that reservations be made through “Event Brite.” In lieu of tickets, however, the event will accept donations of non-perishable food items and new clothing to benefit various organizations, including the YWCA Harbor Area, Toberman Neighborhood Center and Harbor Interfaith Services.

Closing day, Sunday, March 8, is known as “DocSunday” because of its focus on non-fiction film and documentaries. “DocSunday” will begin at 2 p.m. at the YWCA Harbor Area’s Julia Morgan Auditorium, 437 W. Ninth St.

This year will feature the Port of Los Angeles premiere of the short documentary “Cirilo, An Untold Legacy” about the life of Panama native Cirilo McSween, who became a civil rights leader in the U.S. in the 1960s; and “The Eyes of Ghana,” which Mardesich viewed as a press delegate for the 69th BFI London Film Festival in October. The film provides a historical perspective and account of the first African nation to be emancipated from European colonialism.

“Both films reflect concerns for social integrity, equity and civil rights,” Mardesich said, “evoking a mood of humanity.”

Mardesich, an alumna of USC’s film school, founded the nonprofit LAHIFF in 2003 with Baric.

The festival, she said, “is a way to offer a collective experience, to educate, enlighten and entertain, augmenting the cultural landscape, and promoting all San Pedro and surrounding areas have to offer residents, visitors and tourists.”