PAST FESTIVALS
2025 pictures
huntington, wv
Friday: invasion of
the space preachers
Photos from the opening night of the Appalachian Film Festival 2025 featuring Daniel Boyd's Strangest Dreams: Invasion Of The Space Preachers film!
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Photo credits to Richard Sperry.
saturday: festival day
Photos from our main festival day! Featuring 26 original Appalachian-made films as well as a live performance by musical artist Rob McNurlin!
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Photo credits to Richard Sperry.
sunday: West Virginia
filmmakers guild
gathering
Photos from the final day of the Appalachian Film Festival ​2025! The West Virginia Filmmakers Guild threw a networking social at Bahnhof WVrsthaus & Biergarten.
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Photo credits to Richard Sperry.
2025 winners
A full list of films selected to screen at the 2025 Appalachian Film Festival can be found at the link below!
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Judges chose the top 3 films in each category (Student, Music Video, Short, Feature) as well as a "Best In Fest" film. We also added the new "Appalachian Voices" award and the "Outstanding Visual Achievement" award this year. Listed below are the selected winners from 2025!
student
1st: Door's Unlocked, harrison mcginnis
2nd: batmite, jake morelock
3rd: last day, james joseph valiyakulathil
SHORTS
1st: above the salt, phillip crum
2nd: cliff, jess anderson
3rd: the litterbug, jesse womack
feature
1st: the only ones, jordan miller
2nd: ambrosia!, dave gravely, shane pierce
3rd: from the cowboy's boot heel, steve middleton
best in fest
battersea, t.j. sandella
Appalachian voice awards
limerent pittsburgh, anne ciecko
My MoTher's Table, emily Hofelich, tricia fulks kelley
Marble Madness, Zack Harold
Appalheads, Scott Faris
Little Opal, Hannah Grace
Outstanding visual achievement awards
neon shadows, kevin keck
sentiment, kam smith
and the moon sees me, tim l. glover
panhandlers, trey cobb
2024 pictures
huntington, wv
Check out our gallery of pictures from this year's event!
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Winners from this year and 2023 are listed below!
2024 winners
A full list of films selected to screen at the 2024 Appalachian Film Festival can be found at the link below!
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Judges chose the top 3 films in each category (Student, Music Video, Short, Feature) as well as a "Best In Fest" film. Listed below are the selected winners from 2024!
student
1st: t-130, samuel felinton
2nd: You Got Groceries, Harrison McGinnis
3rd: A Bunny, A Lamb, and a Slab of Meat, Kat Frazier
music videos
1st: The Carpenter, Jacob H Logan
2nd: Bela Lugosi's Dead, Tony Moore, Zach Curry
3rd: BArn: Whole Lot Of Fire, Bryce Smith
SHORTS
1st: Where The Bullets Go, Cody Duncum
2nd: Zane, Jillian Carney Howell
3rd: After The Flood, Ali Gautier
feature
1st: Beat Down, Curren Sheldon
2nd: Small Town Universe, Katie Dellamaggiore
3rd: Wind And Bone, Michael Tuthill, Kevin Troy
best in fest
Beat Down, Curren Sheldon
2023 winners
A full list of films selected to screen at the 2023 Appalachian Film Festival can be found at the link below!
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Judges chose the top 3 films in each category (Student, Music Video, Short, Feature) as well as a "Best In Fest" film. Listed below are the selected winners from 2023!
