Appalachian Film Festival This Weekend in Huntigton!

Now in its fifth year, the Appalachian Film Festival , host by the Huntington Regional Film Commission, is presenting 34 films "for us, by us," to be shown this weekend (Friday April 18 through Saturday, April 19) at downtown Huntington's historic Keith Albee Theater.

Along with cash prizes, the filmmakers are competing ' Appy Awards' hand-blown Blenko Glass apples handed out at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at an awards ceremony held inside the Frederick Hotel.

Admission to the film fest is a $2 suggested donation at the door for an all-day entry, $5 for non competing films.

A Full Schedule can be found here
(be sure to try and catch Johhny Boy, a feature some talented friends of mine worked on, at 1:30 on Friday!)

FEATURE FILMS: "Tattered Angel," "Crash Gordon," "Elizabeth Gunness," "Stomp! Shout! Scream!" "Grilling Bobby Hicks" and "Johnny Boy."

DOCUMENTARY FILMS: "Mountain Top Removal," "Devil's Oven: The Fire in the Heart of the Little Cities of Black Diamonds," "Kilowatt Ours," "Moving Mountains" and "Change Comes Knocking: The Story of The North Carolina Fund."

SHORT FILMS: "Joe Mover" "Gravida," "The Church of the Good Thief," "Meter," "Spring 1386," "Doors," "What Ana Left Behind," "Nothing but Net," "Steak Dreams," "Trouble Sens," "In Silent Spaces" and "Playdate."

YOUNG FILMMAKERS: "Anthropophobia" and "Speaking Truth to Power: The Story of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee."

MICROFILMS: "Fashionable: A Music Video From Quiet Co.," "Inside," "Simulacra" and "Spiral Bound."


Admission to the film fest is a $2 suggested donation at the door for an all-day entry, $5 for non competing films.