Festival Schedule
2013 FESTIVAL SCHEDULE INFORMATION
Download PDF of Schedule here.
-Full Festival Passes are $40; Seniors 65+, Students, and Military are $36 with ID. All Block tickets are $10; Seniors 65+, Students, and Military are $8 with ID.
-Films shown on Shepherd University campus are FREE to Shepherd University students with Rambler card.
-ALL Films at the National Conservation Training Center are FREE thanks to a generous donation from AHA! Arts and Humanities Alliance of Jefferson County. Government issued ID is required at the gate.
-Please note, all times are afternoon or evening, we have no AM screenings.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31ST OPENING NIGHT
Block 1: Thursday Evening Block: Byrd Center for Legislative Studies [BCLS]
213 North King Street on Shepherd University Campus
6:45 Switch
8:30 Gas Rush Stories: Renewable Energy Experts
8:48 COMFORT ZONE
followed by filmmaker Q&A with David Danesh, Sean P. Donnelly, and Kate Kressmann-Kehoe of COMFORT ZONE and Kirsi Jansa of Gas Rush Stories
Block 2: Thursday Evening Block: Shepherdstown Opera House [OH]
131 West German Street
8:45 Monsters introduced by filmmaker Melissa Thompson
9:30 Goodbye Gauley Mountain: An Ecosexual Love Story [US Premiere] introduced by filmmakers Beth Stephens and Annie Sprinkle [Adult Content and nudity: not suitable for young audiences]
All filmmakers will be available for informal Q&A during Opening Night Party
Upstairs at the Opera House
10:15 to Midnight – Special Event: Opening Night Gathering, please use German Street, not lobby, entrance [Cash Bar]
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1ST
Block 3: Friday Matinee Special: Shepherdstown Opera House [OH]
$5 tickets for Seniors 65+ AND all companions; All others regular price
12:00 In My Lifetime
2:15 America’s Wilderness 5 films — Wilderness Light and Wilderness Sand: Death Valley; Wilderness Vision, Wilderness Land in Motion, and Wilderness Calling: Point Reyes [S] introduced by filmmaker Sarah Gulick
2:31 REBELS WITH A CAUSE [Green Fire Award Nominee]
Block 4: Friday Afternoon Block: Shepherdstown Opera House [OH]
4:00 A Road Through the Woods
4:01 Everglades of the North: the Story of the Grand Kankakee Marsh
4:56 America’s Wilderness – Wilderness Stewardship: Shenandoah [S]
5:00 Deep Down: A Story from the Heart of Coal Country
6:00 The Hungry Tide
Block 5: Friday Evening Block: Shepherdstown Opera House [OH]
8:15 The Lost Bird Project [Green Fire Award Nominee]
9:15 Plastic Paradise: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch [Broadcast Award Nominee]
5:00-7:00 Special Event: Eco-Art Show with Artists Reception at The Bridge Gallery
8566 Shepherdstown Pike
Block 6: FRACK NIGHT Friday Evening Block: Reynolds Hall [RH]
109 North King Street on Shepherd University Campus
7:00 Backyard [Student Award Nominee]
7:30 Dear Governor Cuomo
8:45 FrackNation
10:00 Fracking Panel Discussion
domestic Restaurant
10:15 to Midnight – Special Event: Friday Night with the Filmmakers sponsored by mtvSolar
117 East German Street [Cash Bar]
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2ND
Block 7: Saturday Early Afternoon Block: Shepherdstown Opera House [OH]
12:00 America’s Wilderness – Run Free: Rocky Mountain Wilderness [S]
12:03 The People and The Olive
1:13 TINY: A Story About Living Small
Block 8: Saturday Late Afternoon Block: Shepherdstown Opera House [OH]
2:30 Desplazada [S] [World Premiere]
2:40 Living with the Flood – Face the Challenge of Tomorrow [World Premiere]
3:00 Potomac: The River Runs Through Us [S] introduced by filmmaker Peggy Fleming
3:26 Jamaica Reef Rescue followed by filmmaker Q&A with Alison Barrat
4:00 America’s Wilderness – Wilderness Song: Shenandoah [S]
4:07 Musicwood
Block 9: Saturday Early Evening Block: Shepherdstown Opera House [OH]
5:45 Wild Things
6:23 Livestock Guardian Dogs: Working on Common Ground
6:30 American Meat
Block 10: Saturday Late Evening Block: Shepherdstown Opera House [OH]
8:15 In Fishermen’s Hands [Mikono ya Wavuvi] [S] [Student Award Nominee] introduced by filmmaker Austin Humphries
8:24 Boundary Waters 2012
8:28 STAND
9:12 Nature’s Dive Bombers
National Conservation Training Center [NCTC] –
Free of Charge thanks to a grant from AHA! – Arts and Humanities Alliance of Jefferson County
Block 11: Saturday Family Block: NCTC Family Theater [NCTC-Family]
FREE OF CHARGE. 151 Instructional West Building
12:00 Young Voices for the Planet introduced by filmmaker Lynne Cherry
12:55 Day In, Day Out [S] [World Premiere] followed by filmmaker Q&A with Taylor Martin
1:30 America’s Wilderness- Family Time: Zion Wilderness [S]
1:33 The Trouble with Trout [S]
1:42 The Whale Story
1:46 Song of the Spindle
1:50 Saving the Ocean: Trinidad’s Turtle Giants
2:17 Connected
3:00 Cafeteria Man
Block 12: Saturday Early Afternoon Block: NCTC Byrd Auditorium [NCTC-Byrd]
FREE OF CHARGE
12:00 Cheetah Conservation Fund: Change for the Cheetah’s Future [S]
12:12 Past Their Prime [S]
12:35 Spotter Come-Home
12:43 From the Field: Linking land and water in brook trout conservation
12:46 Under the Desert Sky: Life in the Great Basin
1:12 Amazon Gold
Block 13: Saturday Late Afternoon Block: NCTC Byrd Auditorium [NCTC-Byrd]
FREE OF CHARGE
2:30 The Condor’s Shadow followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Jeff McLoughlin
4:30 The Ends of the Earth: Alaska’s Wild Peninsula
5:30 The Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan: Developing a Community [World Premiere] followed by filmmaker Q&A with Doug Canfield
Block 14: NUKE NIGHT Saturday Evening Block: Reynolds Hall [RH]
7:00 Yellow Fever [Broadcast Award Nominee]
8:00 Pandora’s Promise
9:30 Panel Discussion: Nuclear Energy
Blue Moon Cafe
10:15 to Midnight – Special Event: Saturday Night Wrap Party sponsored by Fallon Insurance and Younis Orthodontics
200 East High Street [Corner of Princess and High Streets] [Cash Bar]
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD SECOND CHANCE SUNDAY
Block 15: Sunday Early Afternoon Block: Shepherdstown Opera House [OH]
12:00 Backyard [S] [Student Award Nominee]
12:30 Plastic Paradise: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch [Broadcast Award Nominee]
1:45 The Lost Bird Project [Green Fire Award Nominee]
Block 16: Sunday Late Afternoon Block: Shepherdstown Opera House [OH]
3:00 In Fishermen’s Hands [Mikono ya Wavuvi] [S] [Student Award Nominee]
3:09 Yellow Fever [Broadcast Award Nominee]
4:06 REBELS WITH A CAUSE [Green Fire Award Nominee]
5:45 Audience Choice Award [To Be Announced Sunday morning]
Block 17: Special Wrap Screening with Q&A: Shepherdstown Opera House [OH]
7:30 The Ends of the Earth: Alaska’s Wild Peninsula followed by filmmaker Q&A with John Grabowska
Block 18: Sunday Early Afternoon Block: Byrd Center for Legislative Studies [BCLS]
12:00 Day In, Day Out [S] [World Premiere]
12:03 Musicwood
1:23 Dear Governor Cuomo
Block 19: Sunday Late Afternoon Block: Byrd Center for Legislative Studies [BCLS]
3:00 The Whale Story
3:04 Song of the Spindle
3:08 STAND
3:52 Deep Down: A Story from the Heart of Coal Country
4:50 TINY: A Story About Living Small
