MEDIA CENTER

Screenplay Finalists Announced

Judges have determined the finalists for the screenplay category:

-- "Ridge Runner," Gary Bullock, Balsam Grove, NC
--"Beyond the Horizon," George Ferris, Chevy Chase, MD
-- "Agony House," CB Wilson, Ruther Glen, VA
--"BIG ICE," Greg Bayan, Johnstown,PA

The winner will be announced at the awards banquet.

New weekend hours let more people see lesser-known films. Writing in the Herald-Dispatch, Dave Lavender gives his preview of the sixth annual Appalachian Film Festival, noting, "President of the Huntington Regional Commission, Sam St. Clair and his dozen or so board members of the volunteer organization are prepping for the sixth annual Appalachian Film Festival set to roll nearly 30 indie films for three April weekends in venues around Huntington. The Commission, which meets on the last Thursday of each month at the Cabell-Huntington Convention and Visitors Bureau, has sifted through more than 109 entries from across the 13-state region of Appalachia for the films chosen to be shown." Read Lavender's report.

Daniel Boyd to Conduct April 25 Workshop. At 1 p.m. Saturday, April 25, Daniel Boyd, director of the Paradise Film Institute at West Virginia State University, will conduct a workshop. The Film Institute currently has active travel/study/production exchange partnerships with film schools in Tanzania (School of Fine and Performing Arts, University of Dar Es Salaam), Russia (The All Russian State Institute of Cinema), the Czech Republic (Film Academy of Performing Arts), Venezuela (Escuela de Cine y Television) and Belize (Ministry of Culture). There also will be a special feature presentation at 8:30 p.m. Thursday, April 23, of Boyd's well-known film "Paradise Park" aka "Heroes of the Heart," a trailer-park comedy starring such music stars as Porter Waggoner, Larry Groce of Mountain Stage and many others. Meet Daniel Boyd.