SEP 27 @ 5:00PM | FREE
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APPALHEADS – Finalist
Dir: Scott Faris | United States | Documentary | 2024 | 17 min
Decades after leaving Appalachia, a daughter returns to eastern Kentucky to excavate her father’s remarkable filmmaking legacy — as the founder of Appalshop — and examine the pull home still has on her.
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OVERRIPE: THE RISE AND FALL OF APPHARVEST – Finalist
Dirs: Luke Dixon, Evan Glover, Connor Hammons, Danyon Snell | United States | Student Film | 2025 | 34 min
After promising Appalachia an economic way forward after coal, the agro-tech greenhouse startup company, AppHarvest, went bankrupt just a few years after building its 60-acre facility in Morehead. In this documentary, Appalachians reflect on the company and its CEO, Jonathan Webb, exposing the good, the bad, and the ugly.
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DISTILLING AUGUSTA
Dirs: Kali Mattheus, Josh Alexander | United States | Documentary | 2025 | 49 min
Augusta, Kentucky has both a storied past and a remarkable ability to avoid the common societal ills plaguing most small Kentucky towns. We sought to find out why, and learned a lot about bourbon, community, and stewardship.