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Congratulations to Appalachian Understory
Official Selection BMFF 2026

The legacy of southern Appalachia is many things all at once: grief, anger, pride, resilience, and rootedness all co-mingle at its core. In Appalachian Understory, Amanda is a gentle guide and witness to the relentless hope woven throughout this tangled history

@_katherinegunning is a Portland-based award-winning filmmaker, cinematographer, and photographer with a deep commitment to care-driven creative work. Originally from the American South, her work explores themes of belonging, identity, and place. She is recently completed her Master's in Multimedia Journalism at the University of Oregon.

The 2nd Annual Black Mountain Film Festival takes place on November 6th-8th in @seemyset at @thevirginiaky

Get your tickets at bmfilmfest.com
Link in bio

#FilmFestival ##community #culture #art #film

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Encore, encore! Another round of applause for our 2026 winners. 👏

Thanks again to:
• @http.nicolelegrow for crafting such beautiful ceramic, one-of-a-kind trophies for us
• our remarkable judges
• our sponsors @coatofarmstv for helping us provide Emerson Minor with the Filmmaker Advancement Award

We can’t think of any folks more deserving! Stay tuned for our next winners’ tour! 😉

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Congratulations to all of our winners from the silver screen to the art gallery! ✨🏆

Day 2 was jam packed with more films, more fun, and plenty of knowledge to go around.

Thanks for showing up and showing out for us! One day left!

📍The Robinson Grand Performing Arts Center

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📣 Official Short Film Selections for the 2026 Mtn Craft Film Festival

▸ You’ve Got a Mothman in Me ⎸ Akira Jakkson
▸ Zombigone ⎸ Elliott Byrd
▸ Friends of Duke Lake ⎸ Lindsey Aranson
▸ In Kind ⎸ Katherine Gunning

Short Film Block 6
🗓️ Saturday, Oct 3
⏰ 1:00p.m.
🔗 See the full schedule at the link in our bio!

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Tonight’s OUR night! Join us as we start our festival TONIGHT at 7pm for our FREE kickoff event at Wake. As Queer spaces continue to disappear, tonight’s four doc shorts are more critical than ever. Exploring lost history, new ideas, and bold statements on what Queer space meant in the past, what it means now, and in the future. Consider it your civic duty to attend 🫡.

Oh, and a complimentary beer/wine/food reception to follow. See you OUT there!

LOCATION: WFU Porter Byrum Welcome Center
TIME: 7pm (1.5 hour runtime)
NO TICKETS OR RSVP NEEDED

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BLOCK 8A - Saturday, 9/26 @ 3:30 PM | Don't miss this lineup of 4 short films that celebrate unrelenting women!
Learn more below:

APPALACHIAN UNDERSTORY
Dir: Katherine Gunning | US | Student Film | 2025 | 8 min
The legacy of southern Appalachia is many things all at once: grief, anger, pride, resilience, and rootedness all co-mingle at its core. In Appalachian Understory, Amanda is a gentle guide and witness to the relentless hope woven throughout this tangled history.

LADYLIKE (Kentucky filmmaker)
Dir: Taylor Coriell | US | Narrative Short | 2025 | 15 min
Two young society women disguise themselves as men to sneak into a gentlemen-only club to meet their hero, Sarah Bernhardt, on her 1911 visit to New York City. Inspired by a true event.

NORTH STAR (Kentucky filmmaker)
Dir: Bryn Silverman | US | Documentary Short | 2026 | 18 min
North Star follows a team of researchers as they uncover the true story of their hometown's greatest export—legendary sharpshooter Annie Oakley.

MOVE ALONG, LOTTY (Kentucky filmmaker)
Dir: Jeff Hoagland | US | Narrative Short, Animation | 2025 | 16 min
Move Along, Lotty is an animated short film that celebrates and interrogates the life of Charlotte "Lotty" Dupuy, an enslaved woman who in 1829 sued Henry Clay - one of the most powerful men in America - for her freedom.

TWELVE LIONS FILM FESTIVAL — Fri, Sep 25 to Sun, Sep 27
Visit the link in our bio or kentuckytheatre.org/twelve-lions-2026 for all the
details!

#kentuckytheatre #twelvelionsfilmfestival #lexingtonky
#Kentucky #kyhumanities #filmmaker #shortfilm #featurefilm
#filmfestival

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The launch to our 2026 festival is Thursday with a FREE event including complimentary beer/wine/food. Four short docs exploring the importance of Queer spaces past and present. A premiere of the 2026 OATM Queer History Project film: OUR SPACE, featuring local performers, placemakers, and pioneers. A filmmaker Q+A, and a complimentary reception.

TIME: Thursday, 9/24 at 7PM (runtime 100 minutes)
LOCATION: WFU Byrum Welcome Center
COST: Free, no registration required

This event is sponsored by the Documentary Film Program at Wake Forest University + Wake The Arts

@wfudocumentaryfilm @wakethearts

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“In Kind” will be playing at 3 more film festivals the next couple weeks. so incredible humbled & grateful for the response & reactions to Katherine’s incredible film.
eternally grateful to Katherine, Kevin & John @_katherinegunning @kevindeshields @johnlucasmusic for their work on the film. come see the film & visit us on the farm !!!
#womenwhofarm #queerfarmers #independentfilm #offgrid #queerasfolk

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Talking filmmaking and community building with these fine folks

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Announcing our 13th annual film festival lineup. 50 films. 25+ visiting filmmakers. Four fabulous parties. The boldest, newest LGBTQ+ centered films from around the world, on a big screen right here in Winston-Salem. September 24-27.

Head to outatthemovies.org now to discover our lineup.

#queerfilm #lgbtqfilm #queerfilmfestival #winstonsalem #outatthemovies

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Festival weekend with these beautiful people. We had a wonderful response for our film “In Kind” directed by the incredibly talented @_katherinegunning featuring the amazing work happening at @woodlandharvest. Honored to have been a part of telling that story 🎥🙏🙏🙏

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End of an era :)) 💚

So excited to share that I finished my Master’s in Multimedia Journalism at @uosojc!! I am so grateful to my mentors, colleagues, and family - I truly couldn’t have done this without you all.

Nifē dēbiru for everyone’s support through this journey. I hope to continue this work for Loochoo, for Oceania, and for all our Indigenous peoples striving to tell our own stories. Excited to see what the future holds! 🫂🌊

(grad pics by the amazing @eriyakisauce !!)

#uosojc #lifeasajstudent #loochooonmymind #indigenousjournalists

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