About

Established in 2010 by the Digital Art and Animation area of the West Virginia University School of Art and Design, the West Virginia Mountaineer Short Film Festival celebrates exceptional, compelling, and innovative works in film, experimental video, and animation.

Its primary mission is to foster creative approaches to these genres and to expose West Virginia University students and the surrounding Morgantown community to independent filmmaking and video art. The festival also focuses attention on topical issues in contemporary culture and on the rich heritage of West Virginia and the Appalachian region.

All festival screenings and events are free and open to the public. The festival values freedom of artistic expression, craftsmanship, and boundary-pushing ideas about art and culture. Works may awe, illuminate, challenge, or provoke. Children should always be accompanied by an adult.

Archive note

This site preserves the public face of the earlier Mountaineer Film Fest presence formerly served from this domain, including the 2014 festival splash and navigation.