Howie and Heather Klausner lived on Orcas for six years, and after moving to Nashville, Tenn. they still have a “very special place” in their hearts for the island.

The couple is returning this month to present a screening of Howie’s film “The Secret Handshake” at the Sea View Theatre on Thursday, July 23. There will be a reception at 6:30 p.m., followed by the movie at 7:30 p.m. and a Q&A afterward. Tickets are $10 at the door.

Howie wrote, directed and produced the heartfelt comedy, and the Klausners’ three daughters (who attended Pea Patch, Orcas Montessori and Orcas Elementary) act in the film as well.

As a first-time screenwriter, Howie found himself on set alongside Clint Eastwood, having just co-written the 2000 film “Space Cowboys.” He hadn’t been expecting Warner Brothers to pick up the script, and when they did, Howie quickly found himself an overnight success.

Ten years later, his good fortune has continued, having recently completed the screenplay for a film on Ronald Reagan, titled “Reagan.”

But he has also made his directorial debut that has taken the term “family film” to the next level. Howie not only aims to make films that the entire family can watch together, he managed to convince his wife to allow him to shoot his latest, “The Secret Handshake,” starring Kevin Sorbo and Amy Grant, in his own home in Franklin, Tenn.

He also enlisted his three teenager daughters to star alongside them. The film is about a fatherless young boy whose exasperated mother turns to a neighbor to help her son become a man.

“Fathers are important,” said Klausner, who lost his own father as a teenager. “I think of mine everyday, and our relationship is definitely on the big screen with this movie.”