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2011 festival Schedule

Purchase block tickets by clicking on the SOH or BCLSA links below, or purchase a Full Festival pass HERE!

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3

Shepherdstown Opera House (SOH)

 

131 West German Street

 

SOH Thursday Afternoon Block {$30} • SU Students FREE with ID

 

1:00pm Master Class for Filmmakers with
  Mark Terry & Peter Schriemer
3:15pm The Polar Explorer Student Matinee

 

SOH Thursday Night Block {$10}

 

7:00pm The Garden
7:05pm Corner Plot
7:15pm Mountain Man
7:30pm The Last Mountain followed by discussion with Bo Webb, activist and member of the Coal River Mountain Watch and Amber Whittington and Adam Hall, members of the Keeper of the Mountains Foundation.

 

Byrd Center for Legislative Studies Auditorium (BCLSA)

 

213 North King Street on Shepherd Campus

 

BCLSA Thursday Night Block {$10} • Shepherd Student Rush

 

7:00pm Warriors of Qiugang
7:40pm Seeing Death Valley
8:15pm Windfall followed by discussion with Donna and Chazz Printz, homeowners near the Backbone Ridge wind farm in Tucker County WV.

 

Blue Moon Restaurant

 

corner of Princess and High Streets // Cash Bar
9:30pm Opening Night Gathering to Meet the Filmmakers

 

 

FRIDAY, NovEMBER 4

Shepherdstown Opera House (SOH)

 

131 West German Street

 

SOH Friday Night Block {$10}

 

7:00pm The Green Tunnel
7:05pm The Big Fix followed by panel discussion with Joel Achenbach, The Washington Post, John Amos, SkyTruth and Doug Inkley, the National Wildlife Federation.
9:30pm Mother: Caring for 7 Billion

 

Byrd Center for Legislative Studies Auditorium (BCLSA)

 

213 North King Street on Shepherd Campus

 

BCLSA Friday Night Block {$10} • Shepherd Student Rush //

 

7:00pm Libangbang
7:05pm There Once Was an Island [warning: partial nudity]
8:45pm The City Dark

 

NCTC Byrd Auditorium

 

 3D Night at NCTC!        FREE           Evening Programming Sponsor Story House Productions
5:30pm Speaker: Thomas Sassenberg on the making of Rise of the Jellyfish 3D
7:00pm Rise of the Jellyfish in 3D
8:15pm 3D Filmmaking Panel - Learn from the pros on how to make a successful 3D production !
9:00pm Secret Life of the Rainforest (3D)

 

 

SATURDAY, NovEMBER 5

NCTC Family Theater

 

Family Programming — free of charge //151 Instructional West Building
12:00pm Creatures of the Lagoon followed by an outdoor Critter Quest on NCTC grounds with film host Peter Schriemer.
1:45pm Dissolving Destinies
1:50pm When Eagles Dream followed by a walk to the NCTC Eagles’ Nest
3:00pm Mother Nature’s Child
4:00pm Nature’s Matchmaker [warning: wildlife breeding subject matter may not be appropriate for young children]

 

NCTC Encounter Room

 

Encounter Session — free of charge // 156 Instructional West Building
3:00pm Don’t Let the Facts Get in the Way of a Good Story led by Khris Baxter

 

NCTC Byrd Auditorium

 

free of charge // Afternoon Programming Sponsor Parthenon Entertainment
12:30pm Chasing Water followed by Photographer and Filmmaker Pete McBride
1:00pm Green Fire: Aldo Leopold and a Land Ethic for Our Time followed by a speaker, to be announced.
2:45pm America’s Wildest Refuge: Discovering the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
4:00pm The Gorilla Whisperer
   
5:00–7:00pm Dinner Break, please enjoy Shepherdstown’s Finest Offerings
   
7:00pm Charcoal Burners (Polish title: Smolarze)
7:15pm Peak to Peak
7:22pm Amazon Alive: Forest of the Future
8:30pm Among Giants
8:45pm California Forever followed by filmmaker Chase White

 

Shepherdstown Opera House (SOH)

 

131 West German Street

 

SOH Saturday Afternoon Block {$10}

 

12:00pm La Mirada Circular [warning: Disturbing Images — Not for Children]
12:15pm The Species Problem
12:30pm Call of Life
1:45pm Bird Island
2:15pm White Water Black Gold
3:30pm Adam Purple and the Garden of Eden
3:36pm If A Tree Falls [warning: Rough Language]

 

SOH Saturday Night Block {$10}

 

7:00pm Struggle for Existence
7:20pm Waste Land

 

SOH Saturday Special Event {$10}

 

9:30pm The Woodshedders

 

Byrd Center for Legislative Studies Auditorium (BCLSA)

 

213 North King Street on Shepherd Campus

 

BCLSA Saturday Night Block {$10} • Shepherd Student Rush

 

7:00pm Vanishing Act
7:03pm Climate Refugees followed by discussion with Govind Acharya of Amnesty International
9:00pm The Polar Explorer followed by filmmaker Mark Terry

 

 

SUNDAY, NovEMBER 6

Byrd Center for Legislative Studies Auditorium (BCLSA)

 

213 North King Street on Shepherd Campus

 

BCLSA Sunday Afternoon Block {$10} • Shepherd Student Rush //

 

12:00pm Mother: Caring for 7 Billion
1:00pm Bag It
2:30pm John Muir in the New World
4:15pm Duck!

 

Shepherdstown Opera House (SOH)

 

131 West German Street

 

SOH Sunday Afternoon Block {$10}

 

12:00pm Awards Ceremony
12:10pm Student Award Winning Film - Struggle for Existence -- Laurie Sumiye
12:30pm Audience Choice Winner - The Polar Explorer -- Mark Terry
2:15pm Green Fire Award Winner - Waste Land -- Peter Martin, Producer

 

SOH Sunday Evening Block {$10}

 

4:15pm The Last Mountain
6:15pm If a Tree Falls [warning: Rough Language]
8:00pm The City Dark

 

Download a PDF of the 2011 Festival Schedule

 

 

 

Ticket Pricing & Policies

Full Festival Pass // $40
Good for all films at all venues. Open Seating, please arrive early as empty seats will be released 5 minutes before the start of the film or event!

Block Tickets // $10
Good for all films during a specific time block at a specific venue. Open Seating, please arrive early as empty seats will be released 5 minutes before the start of the film or event!

Special events //
Thursday Afternoon
Filmmakers Workshop
Shepherdstown Opera House
$30 • SU Students Free with ID

Saturday Night Special
The Woodshedders
Shepherdstown Opera House • $10

SHEPHERD STUDENT RUSH // All blocks at the Robert C. Byrd Center for Legislative Studies Auditorium are free to Shepherd University Students with Student ID during Student Rush — 5 minutes before the start of each film, students may take any empty seat.

All Films & Events at NCTC are Free of Charge.
IMPORTANT // All Visitors over the age of 16 MUST show ID at the security gate.

PLEASE NOTE // Holding a Festival Pass or Block Ticket does not guarantee last minute seating, please arrive early as empty seats will be released 5 minutes before the start of the film or event!