Special Event: 2021 One Last (Virtual) Viewing Event!

Like all Longleaf events and programs, our screening weekend is free, but please join our Facebook event so you can share your gratitude with filmmakers.

 

This virtual viewing event replaces in-person screenings at Longleaf Film Festival LFF 2021

 

Even with current COVID-19 restrictions, the Longleaf crew has worked with many of our filmmakers, including Longleaf award winners, to create a viewing opportunity during which you can still see films over our original festival dates—Friday, May 14, and Saturday, May 15.  For these two days only, 4 p.m. on Friday through 11 p.m. on Saturday, films listed in the tables below will be available for free viewing. Watch narrative and documentary shorts and features, plus animated films, music videos, spoken word productions, and films from high school students.

 

 

Please share your gratitude to these films’ teams by commenting on our Facebook Event page AND/OR by giving them a shout-out on their individual social media links (most are available on the Official Selections page). We truly appreciate their generosity and understand the many reasons some Official Selection films are not available for this event.

In addition, we ask that you consider making a contribution to Longleaf (use our PayPal link in the sidebar), to help replace some of the funds we lost by not seeing you in person these last two years; and, again, please thank this year’s sponsors.

 

Sponsors for Longleaf Film Festival 2021 include CBS17 News, WNCN-TV, and North Carolina Public Radio

 

The following films from the 2021 Longleaf Film Festival are available to you.  Please note: as usual, these independent films are not rated by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) or the Classification and Ratings Administration (CARA), and many are not family friendly films; most would fall into the PG or PG13 range and a few would meet requirements for an R rating—be aware before watching with young children.  So, grab a drink, dive into that bag of popcorn, and close your eyes to imagine the hustle and bustle that will be Longleaf next year, at the museum . . . then enjoy safely, One Last (Virtual) Viewing Event . . .



Note:  As usual, these independent films are not rated by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) or the Classification and Ratings Administration (CARA), and many are not family friendly films; most would fall into the PG or PG13 range and a few would meet requirements for an R rating. Be aware before watching with young children.



 

Click here for an alphabetical list of this year’s official selections,
with posters, descriptions, and links to trailers and other information!

Click here for a complete list of winners for 2021.


Our Award-Winning Films

5 minutes Echo Wilson: In Our Nature
Animated Film, Best Overall
4 minutes L. Ash: “Spotlight” N
Music Video, Best Overall
5 minutes Walter Haussner: Dulce et Decorum Est
Best Spoken Word Production
8 minutes Margaret Tower: 2,190 Miles W
Student Film, Best Narrative
10 minutes Katherine Noelle Hervey: Stir the Pot
Student Film, Best Documentary
17 minutes Thomas Espy, Stevie Jefferis, Cassie Harding, and Frank Carroll: Remembering Willie Earle N
History+ Film, Best Documentary
63 minutes Evan Kidd: Panda Bear It R
Narrative Feature, Best Drama
9 minutes McCready Brothers: Love’s a Mess W
Narrative Short, Best Comedy
17 minutes Rebecca Walters: échappé
Narrative Short, Best Drama
14 minutes Michael Pearce: Sunrise N
Narrative Short, Best Horror
20 minutes Stephanie Diane Ford: The Black Baptism
Narrative Short, Best Sci-Fi
60 minutes Christopher Zaluski: Theirs Is the Kingdom
Documentary Feature, Best Overall
8 minutes André Silva: Tides
Documentary Short, Best Overall
15 minutes Josh Swope: From Here
Best Film Poster
60 minutes Thomas Parrish V and Zachary Parrish: 75° West
Best Student Film
56 minutes Nathan Clarke: The Passing On
Judges’ Choice Winner, Documentary Film
12 minutes Daniel Robert Smith: Sideways
Judges’ Choice Winner, Narrative Film

 

Click here for an alphabetical list of this year’s official selections,
with posters, descriptions, and links to trailers and other information!

Click here for a complete list of winners for 2021.

 

Official Selection Films, Other Animated Productions

4 minutes Victoria Cruell: Cycling
6 minutes Madison Crisp and Victoria Sosa: Rocky Road
4 minutes Justin Meckes: The Hot Air Balloon N

 

Click here for an alphabetical list of this year’s official selections,
with posters, descriptions, and links to trailers and other information!

Click here for a complete list of winners for 2021.

 

Official Selection Films, Other Documentary Productions

17 minutes Justin Meckes: Comic Book Hero: A Procrastinator’s Guide W
43 minutes Lizzie Bankowski: Dead in the Water
28 minutes Anne Ward and Chip Williams: Fog Likely Farm: An Appalachian Story
55 minutes Jeffrey Paul Whelan and Clarence Goss: In the Face of Adversity: The Service and Legacy of African American Veterans of World War II W
18 minutes Ash Malone: Pink, White, and Blue
44 minutes Fred Motley: Prolific Icons
12 minutes Adam Ward: Recollection V
11 minutes Lucy Collins: Satellite Boyfriend
57 minutes Tim Finkbiner: Shaw Rising
17 minutes Isaac Fowler and Tim Morris: She Carries On
(ᎡᏘᏴ ᏥᎾᎾᏛᏁᎮ ᎠᏰᎵᏐ ᎾᏛᏁᎰ)
8 minutes Georg Koszulinski: The Ocean to John White W
75 minutes Frederick Murphy: The Other Side of the Coin:
Race, Generations, and Reconciliation
9 minutes James Michael Douglas: Valle del Silicio N

 

Click here for an alphabetical list of this year’s official selections,
with posters, descriptions, and links to trailers and other information!

Click here for a complete list of winners for 2021.

 

Official Selection Films, Other Music Videos

8 minutes Alex Maness and Jim Haverkamp: “Bury the Light”
3 minutes Justin Zimmerman: Jack the Radio: “Creatures”

 

Click here for an alphabetical list of this year’s official selections,
with posters, descriptions, and links to trailers and other information!

Click here for a complete list of winners for 2021.

 

Official Selection Films, Other Narrative Productions

14 minutes Andrew Huggins: And Then the Darkness
10 minutes Caitlin Donnelly: Artificial
15 minutes Lily Newton: Bait & Tackle
12 minutes Jordan Ellis: Crossing Over the Dark
12 minutes Joey Moore: Europa
74 minutes Samantha Nolte: Fair Haven
4 minutes Sterling Hurst: Fred’s Dead R
6 minutes Anita Clark-Anderson: girl with the red backpack W
9 minutes Todd Tinkham: Gunpowder and Paperboy
6 minutes AhDream Smith: Happy Anniversary
14 minutes Rodney S. Robinson: Magic Camera
4 minutes Katherine Howard: Mermaid Bathtub W
4 minutes Kevin Murray: Practice
16 minutes Kevin Wilson: Prose W
4 minutes Devin Peluso: Running W
7 minutes Brook North: Shelter
15 minutes Travis Stewart: Spread Among Us
17 minutes Cameron McCormack: Take Care
1 minute Isaiah Forte-Rose and Andres Cornejo: Tale of the Shadows
12 minutes B. Rain Bennett: The Casserole Brigade
20 minutes Pete Mangum: The Prospector W
23 minutes Ellen Hemphill: The Reckoning
16 minutes Patrick Wei: Translating Livia Ming N
5 minutes Kim Best: Trash Artistry


Notes
N North Carolina premiere
R Raleigh premiere
W World premiere
V Virtual premiere

 




Click here for a general summary of Longleaf 2021.
Click here for a list of all Longleaf 2021 Official Selection films.
Click here to see a list of virtual events held for Longleaf 2021.
Click here for a list of Longleaf 2021 award winners.

Donations are appreciated and will support Longleaf 2022!
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