West Virginia Mountaineer Short Film Festival

Festival description:

We celebrate and invite works that are truly authentic and unique, that try to push beyond standard fare and convention in all genres of the moving image. The primary mission of the festival is to celebrate, recognize and help to cultivate this attitude towards the cinematic arts, and to expose West Virginia University students and the surrounding Morgantown community to the world of independent filmmaking, video and animation.

We screen short narrative films and experimental artworks alike, and welcome all genres: narrative, documentary, video art, experimental animation, comedy, sci/fi, 2D/3D animation, low budget/no budget and that which eludes categorization. 

 2026 Call for Entries (Archive)

• Maximum running time of 15 minutes.
• Works must have been completed after January 1, 2024. 

CATEGORIES

• Narrative Short
• Experimental
• Animation 2D/3D
• Documentary Short
• Theme: Time
• Two-Channel Video Installation
• Virtual Reality
• Outdoor Video Projection
• Student Works (College)
• Student Works (High School)

Important information: 

• Regulations and submissions via FilmFreeway
• Deadline: 6 February 2026

2019 Coverage

• Award winners
• Selected works

NB: 2027 Festival Dates are tentative