This is us: Longleaf Film Festival!

Don’t Get Trouble in Your Mind, by Fretless Films, was just one of 59 Official Selections included in this year’s festival.

Emily, Longleaf squad member and host extraordinaire, in Daniels Auditorium—an amazing combination.

Longleaf 2019 dress code: pumpkin? 😉

Members of the Longleaf squad getting ready for Friday evening’s Reception for Filmmakers and Friends.

All the decor! Reception for Filmmakers and Friends, at the Museum of History.

Setting up for the Controlled Burn . . .

Mixing and mingling and chatting up films.

Reception fare—thank you, Catering Works.

We see you: Longleaf co-director Sally Bloom, with W. Jarvis Rooker, Lance Kestrel Johnson (rear), Evan Kidd, and Arlie Honeycutt Kidd.

Good eats! (ground-level view)

Good eats! (drone view?)

Jegna crew, enjoying the Friday reception with other filmmakers.

The queue for food!??

Longleaf co-director Sally Bloom and Aby Rao, filmmmaker and Saturday panelist, rub elbows at Friday’s reception.

The North Carolina Film Orchestra helped make Friday evening’s reception special.

Friends! And good company at Friday’s reception.

Official Selection filmmaker Andre Taylor pauses at the Longleaf selfie backdrop.

Longleaf co-director Sally Bloom in a photo op for Jim McQuaid, Katie’s Dog.

Some of the many cool kids in attendance: Longleaf co-director Sally Bloom, Andrew Martin, N. C. Jones.

Filmmaker Dale Farmer caught Longleaf co-director Sally Bloom for a quick pose!

Lance Johnson, director of Craving, with Longleaf co-director Sally Bloom.

Museum founder Fred Olds isn’t “blue”—he’s prepping for Movies-N-Moonlight!

Annual sighting of Longleaf Festival co-directors Sally Bloom and Jerry Taylor—preparing for Movies-N-Moonlight.

After adding more rows of chairs (for the second year in a row), a good crowd enjoyed Movies-N-Moonlight.

. . .  and it was a perfectly lovely evening.

Longleaf squad (partial), take 1.

An excellent Q&A session with filmmakers followed Movies-N-Moonlight.

Museum founder (and occasional mascot) Fred Olds models our 2019 T-shirt! Did you get yours?

Concessions for movie munching!

Hannah, our first (and therefore best, to date) Longleaf intern, and permanent (we hope) volunteer Cassie usher folks into one of our two workshops.

Attendees at the Wide Angle Lens panel.

Longleaf history in Ts—most years (colors) are still in stock in some sizes at the Museum Shop.

Attendees at the Legal Insights for Filmmakers panel.

Sustenance—and it’s free!

Director Eric Gordon, When All That’s Left Is Love with filmmaker Stewart Nelson.

Honest answers and occasional laughter are typically parts of our Q&A sessions.

Longleaf squad (partial), take 2.

Q&A sessions with actors and filmmakers wrap every film block at Longleaf.

Longleaf squad (partial), take 3.

Longleaf, and North Carolina, is fortunate to have so many excellent filmmakers!

Longleaf squad (partial), take 4—and a wrap!

Two of this year’s youngest stars answer questions at the end of their film’s block, center stage in Daniels Auditorium.

The stage is set for Longleaf’s annual Awards Ceremony.

This year’s award tiles are ready for their close-ups.

This is Longleaf 2019: some of our 59 Official Selection Filmmakers.

Another camera angle of the Longleaf 2019 filmmakers in attendance at the Awards Ceremony.

Moviediva Laura Boyes served as emcee for the 2019 Awards Ceremony.

Longleaf 2019 Award Winner, Music Video, Best Overall: Daniel Judson, “Pray Me Over”

Longleaf 2019 Award Winner, Animated Film, Best Overall: Johnnie Semerad, Temptation of Saint Francis (video acceptance)

Longleaf 2019 Award Winner, History⁺ Film, Best Documentary: Frederick Murphy, The American South as We Know It

Longleaf 2019 Award Winner, Documentary Feature, Best Overall: Eric Gordon, When All That’s Left Is Love

Longleaf 2019 Award Winner, Documentary Short, Best Overall: Takayuki Yamato, Team River Runner: Beyond Paddling

Longleaf 2019 Award Winner, Narrative Feature, Best Drama: Dale Farmer, The Mountain Minor

Longleaf 2019 Award Winner, Narrative Short, Best Comedy: Lance Johnson, Craving

Longleaf 2019 Award Winner, Narrative Short, Best Sci-Fi: Kieran Moreira, Gill

Longleaf 2019 Award Winner, Narrative Short, Best Horror: W. Jarvis Rooker, Restitution

Longleaf 2019 Award Winner, Narrative Short, Best Drama: Dylan Powers, Black Gate

Longleaf 2019 Award Winner, Best Film Poster: Katie Damien, Hope

Longleaf 2019 Award Winner, Best Student Film: Kat Garrido, Stargazer

Longleaf 2019 Award Winner, Judges’ Choice, Documentary: John Whitehead, Don’t Get Trouble in Your Mind (video acceptance)

Longleaf 2019 Award Winner, Judges’ Choice, Narrative: Erik Bloomquist, Long Lost (video acceptance)