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The West Virginia University Department of Art, in association with the Appalshop organization,
is pleased to announce a call for entries to the West Virginia Mountaineer Short Film Festival. Festival organizers seek exceptional, compelling and innovative entries in the categories of Documentary, Narrative, Animation/Experimental Video, works by young filmmakers (under the age of eighteen), and works that explore Appalachian subjects and themes or issues.

There are no rules governing content or artistic approach. There are no entry fees for submission of work. We only seek to celebrate well crafted, compelling or conceptually challenging works in video, film and multimedia. The only restriction for competitive entries is a 20-minute maximum running time.

Location/Dates
The West Virginia Mountaineer Short Film Festival will be held on March 12th and 13th at the historic Warner Theater in downtown Morgantown. The deadline for the reception of entries is March 1, 2010. Notification of acceptance will be made as soon as possible prior to screening.

Juror
Hasan Elahi is an interdisciplinary artist whose work examines issues of surveillance, simulated time, transport systems, borders and frontiers. His work has been presented in numerous exhibitions at venues such as the Centre Georges Pompidou, Sundance Film Festival, Kassel Kulturbahnhof, The Hermitage, and at the Venice Biennale. Elahi has been selected as the West Virginia University Art Department’s 2010 Deem Distinguished Lecturer.

Categories of Competition
Works will be considered for five competitive categories: Documentary Short, Narrative Short, Animation/ Experimental Video, Appalachian/Regional Topics and Young Filmmakers.

Appalshop
The West Virginia Mountaineer Short Film Festival is sponsored in part by the Appalshop organization. Appalshop is a non-profit multi-disciplinary arts and education center in the heart of Appalachia producing original films, video, theater, music and spoken-word recordings, radio, photography, multimedia, and books. Appalshop is dedicated to the proposition that the world is immeasurably enriched when local cultures garner the resources, including new technologies, to tell their own stories and to listen to the unique stories of others. The creative acts of listening and telling are Appalshop's core competency.

Awards
Modest awards have been established by the festival organizers to recognize work of exceptional accomplishment. They include a $500.00 Best of Festival award, and five $200 awards in each of the festival categories: Documentary Short, Narrative Short, Animation/Experimental, Appalachian/Regional Topics and Young Filmmakers.

Submissions
The organizers encourage ALL interested artists, film-makers, and multimedia enthusiasts to submit work for consideration. NO ENTRY FEE is required to submit work for consideration
Submissions should be sent on standard definition DVD (NTSC) or data DVD in Quicktime movie format.

Works should be sent to:
Gerald Habarth
Division of Art and Design
West Virginia University
College of Creative Arts
PO Box 6111
Morgantown, West Virginia 26506-6111

Deadline
All entries must be received by March 1, 2010

The West Virginia Mountaineer Short Film Festival is sponsored by the WVU Art Department, the Appalshop organization and the Participate initiative.

For additional information please contact Gerald Habarth at Gerald.Habarth@mail.wvu.edu, or call 304-293-4841 (ext. 3147).

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