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Screenplay Finalists Announced. (March 31) The three finalists in the 2010 screenplay category have been announced. They are, in no particular order:

The Honeymoon : by George Snider III
West Virginia Boy and the Battle of Blair Mountain : by Joyce Shaver
The Swamp Dragon : by Nick Korolev

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Jacob Young Named Special Guest Star

Jacob Young is our special guest star for the 2010 festival. He will be screening his most recent work Friday night (4/24/2010) "The Object - the Urim and Thummim." To see a preview on YouTube, click here.

Jacob Young was lead producer for two seasons of the internationally acclaimed documentary series DIFFERENT DRUMMER, broadcast by the BBC and Public TV. He is known for writing, shooting, and editing his own projects, and his documentaries have been selected for numerous awards and festivals, including SXSW and Sundance. His first independent film, APPALACHIAN JUNKUMENTARY, was purchased by over 90 PBS stations and won the 1988 PBS Special Achievement Award. The London Independent described his work as “John Waters meets Tennessee Williams,” while Howard Rosenberg, TV critic of the Los Angeles Times, spoke of his work as “documentary story-telling at it’s best and most creative.” Click here for more details.