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2012 Selections Announced! (Jan. 17) As with most every year here at the festival narrowing down a group of finalists can be incredibly difficult due to all of the quality work we receive and this year proved to be no different in that regard. After viewing the mass amount of submissions we have finally made our decisions in each category.

Features:

-- AI Means Love : Submitted by Sunjae Smith
-- It's In The Blood : Submitted by Scooter Downey
-- If I Had Wings To Fly : Submitted by Bruno Seraphin
-- Lake Effects : Submitted by Sara Elizabeth Timmins

Documentary:

-- 7 Days of Sacrifice : Submitted by Tom Anderson
-- The Almond Tree : Submitted by Shane Pergrem
-- An Inconsistent Truth : Submitted by Phil Valentine
-- Romeo Must Hang : Submitted by Bob Wilkinson

Shorts:

-- Wolf Call : Submitted by Rob Underhill
-- Pennipotens : Submitted by Heather Freeman
-- Ringtone : Submitted by Arnold BSP
-- Easy Street : Submitted by Russell Greene

Micros:

-- Another Day, Another Life : Submitted by Rohit Gupta
-- Art Can't Hurt You : Submitted by Douglas Imbrogno
-- Coconuts For You : Submitted by David Smith
-- Cliffstarter : Submitted by Nolan Cubero

Young Filmmaker:

-- A Dead Dog Like Me : Submitted by Ian Mcullough
-- Cycles of Matter : Submitted by Matthew Brown
-- Rockstars (The Pete Weaver Experience) : Submitted by Laura Holiday

Synopses

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Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012

Black Sheep Burritos 1555 Third Avenue Huntington, WV http://blacksheepwv.com/

8:00 PM Short - Non Competition
Here's to Jack 8 min.
Chris Tucker, Huntington, WV

A look inside the boardroom of a high profile company written by Huntington native Chris Tucker.

http://vimeo.com/reedfrazier

8:15 PM Short - Non Comp.
Trackside Compilation 5:30 min.
Bud Carroll, Huntington, WV

Musical clips of local musicians Bud Carroll, Carpenter Ants, 1937 Flood, The Fox Hunt, The Boatmen, Deadbeats and Barkers, Duke Junior and the Smokey Boots,

http://www.facebook.com/LiveAtTrackside

8:25 PM Short - Non Comp.
Seth Martin and Friends: Gone Camping 13 min.
Michael Valentine, Huntington, WV

The first in their new web series/public access show/who knows where else they'll pop up, starring the eponymous Seth Martin along his puppet friends Norman, Chappy the Chapstick, Trace the country singer, and the ghost of Soviet Spaceman Yuri Gagarin. In this 13-minute short piece, the gang takes a much needed vacation into the great outdoors for a relaxing night of s'mores, ghost stories, and campfire songs. But with such an eclectic cast of characters, you can guarantee their night out will not go exactly to plan.

http://www.youtube.com/user/SethMartinFriends/featured

8:45 PM Short - Non Comp.
Huntington's Backdoor 2 min.
Patrick Mullen, Huntington, WV

A look at local graffiti with musical accompaniment.

http://www.facebook.com/eyeBOX.video

9:00 PM Feature
If I Had Wings To Fly 1 hr 14 min.
Bruno Seraphin, Asheville NC

An independently produced narrative feature film exploring and celebrating traditional music, dance and storytelling in Western North Carolina, as well as the joys and sorrows of being young and directionless anywhere.

http://kazoofilms.org

Friday, Feb. 24, 2012

Keith Albee Theater 925 Fourth Avenue Huntington, WV
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith-Albee_Theatre

3:00 PM Young Filmmaker
Rockstars: The Pete Weaver Experience 24 min.
Laura Holliday, Lewisburg, WV

Pete Weaver's father wants to keep his son grounded but Pete is reluctant to give up on his dream of being a rock star.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2051962/

3:30 PM Young Filmmaker
Cycles of Matter 9 min.
Matthew Brown, Winston Salem NC

A short film that takes a symbolic look into a mans relationship with his environment, projecting the environmental wisdom worldview and principles behind transcendentalism and Buddhism.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cycles-of-Matter/314640805212676?v=info

3:45 PM Documentary
The Almond Tree 1 hr 35 min.
Shane Pergrem, Cincinnati OH

A documentary film that explores a young married couple with fertility issues.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2140483/

5:30 PM Short
Ringtone 8 min.
Backward Slate Productions, Columbus OH

A documentary short of one man's mission to change the way we live in a cell phone and technology driven world. Be cell-less or be soul-less.

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=wall&gid=2423702308

5:40 PM Documentary
An Inconsistent Truth 100 min.
Phil Valentine, Brentwood TN

From director Shayne Edwards and award-winning radio host Phil Valentine, An Inconsistent Truth takes you along for the ride on one man’s quest for the truth. Many people believe in man-made global warming but they don’t know why. This is one of the most important issues of our day yet the average American knows so very little about what’s really going on. Is that by design? Who stands to make billions off cap-and-trade legislation? Why do those who raise their voices the loudest lead the most wasteful lifestyles? Is carbon dioxide really a pollutant or is it a harmless gas that’s essential to life here on Earth?

http://aninconsistenttruth.com/

7:15 PM Micro
Another Day Another Life 5 min.
Rohit Gupta, Alexandria VA

Another day Another life is a man's tryst with his destiny in these tumultuous economic times. For a young man, his job, his investments, his dwelling and most importantly his love is what keeps him going until the day he loses all of them. His rage and yearning to salvage his love are so conflicted that he reacts in the most conventional fashion. But, what if that conflict itself rescues him from the brink of disaster?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1355681/

7:22 PM Micro
Art Cant Hurt You 5 min.
Douglas Imbrogno, Huntington, WV

A view of the “All Together Arts Week” in Mercer County, West Virginia.

http://westvirginiaville.com/2011/08/albert-perrone-on-why-art-cant-hurt-you/

7:30 PM Micro
Cliffstarter 3 min.
Nolan Cubero, Louisville KY

Clifford Hanger has been working in the movie industry for fourteen years. He believes his experience as a movie theater manager has prepared him to direct his first film. In order to raise money for his movie, he has made this video to get money from potential investors.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2123166/

7:35 PM Micro
Coconuts For You 2 min.
David Smith, Huntington WV

A whimsical music video featuring Jordan Andrew Jefferson.

http://www.whoisjordan.com/

7:40 PM Documentary
Romeo Must Hang 1 hr 15 min.
Bob Wilkinson, Ripley WV

In 1931, a woman and her three young children left their home in Chicago, en route to a new life with a man who promised a home, affection and security. Three weeks later they were found dead —— buried in a ditch in a small West Virginia town. . . and they were not alone.

This is a story that transfixed an entire nation for months; a story that came to be immortalized in a classic Hollywood film (Night of the Hunter, starring Robert Mitchum); and even as it has faded into obscurity, its effect echoes even still —— every time the news media latches on to a serial killer in an attempt to profit from scaring the living hell out of you.

http://www.romeomusthang.com/

9:00 PM Short
Wolf Call 12 min.
Rob Underhill, Raleigh NC

The true Emmett Till story as reported by William Bradford Huie of LOOK magazine.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGiWzLnJpjE

9:15 PM Feature
It's In The Blood 1 hr 21 min.
Scooter Downey, Louisville KY

Lance Henriksen is back in this horror/ thriller about a father and son who confront their past and must escape with their lives.

http://www.itsinthebloodthemovie.com/

Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012

Keith Albee Theater 925 Fourth Avenue Huntington, WV

9:00 AM WV Film Office Film maker Breakfast

10:00 AM Feature
Lake Effects 1 hr 34 min.
Sarah Elizabeth Timmins, Moneta VA

This is the story of a family raised on the lake. The older daughter moved away to Los Angeles to become a lawyer, the younger, an artist, now teaches art at the local elementary school and lives with her parents and their dog.

http://lifeoutloudfilms.com/About_Lake_Effects.html

11:40 AM Short
Pennipotens 18 min.
Heather Freeman, Charlotte, North Carolina

"Black Caroline, White Caroline"(now titled "Pennipotens") an animated re-interpretation of a Flemish fairytale, first printed with illustrations by Edmund Dulac in 1916.

http://pennipotens.blogspot.com/

12:00 PM Documentary
7 Days of Sacrifice 1 hr 30 min.
Tom Anderson, Highland Falls, New York

3 men come together in protest to protect the lives of unborn children.

1:35 PM Feature
AI Means Love 1 hr 40 min.
Sunjae Smith, Hyattsville, Maryland

Two families, one from Japan and one from a small town in West Virginia, own businesses next to each other. Mr. Hayashi, a former samurai movie actor, has a hard time introducing Japanese culture through his video business. Greg and Julie Marshall run a Christian bookstore, but are having a hard time in a depressed economy.

http://aimeanslove.com/

3:25 PM Short
Easy Street 23 min.
Russell Greene, Brooklyn, New York

A young lawyer goes for a job interview with the country's most eccentric and intimidating Federal Judge. After experiencing the weirdest encounter of his life, he is given an ultimatum that pits his morality against his ambition in this comedy short.

http://www.bronxstage.com/films/films2011s.php?id=65

4:00 PM Non Competition Documentary
1937 Flood Footage
Mary Browne, Huntington WV

Footage of Huntington WV during the 1937 Flood. Rare footage of Huntington during the devastating 1937 Flood. This film was discovered in a estate sale of a local family and is preserved in the Marshall University Archives.

4:15 PM Young Filmmaker
A Dead Dog Like Me 1 hr 14 min.
Ian Mcullough, Clarksville, Tennessee

John, a recovering alcoholic, tries to establish a relationship with his young son. However, after taking his son's protection into his own hands by roughing up a politically powerful child molester, he is forced to take the son that doesn't know him on a run from the law.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2091224/

6:00 PM Appalachian Film Festival Awards Ceremony and Banquet
$30/per person

8:00 PM Special Guest Artist: Tony Ramey Performance of “The Last Ride”

Ceredo Kenova native Tony Ramey, singer/songwriter, wrote the theme song for the finale feature film “The Last Ride”. He brings his soulful sound to the Keith Albee stage prior to the showing of the movie.

http://www.tonyrameymusic.com/

8:30 PM Non Competition Feature
The Last Ride 1 hr 42 min.
Harry Thomason, Studio City, California

A story of Hank Williams Sr., musics original bad boy, as he travels during the last days of his life ending in Oak Hill, WV.

http://www.thelastridefilm.com/