Paddy Town Film Festival

Taking place annually at the historic Indie On Main theater in downtown Keyser, WV, our film festival's mission is to celebrate and bring recognition to both the talent of native and resident West Virginians working within the film industry and the culture of West Virginia.

Our festival seeks to showcase the work of anyone working in the film industry (both independent and corporate) who is either a native or resident of West Virginia. This includes but is not limited to directors, producers, screenwriters, actors, costume designers, makeup artists, special effects artists, animators, editors, composers, stunt performers, et al. The festival also accepts films that are either filmed or set in the state of West Virginia.

Start Date

September 5, 2020, 12:00 pm

End Date

September 6, 2020, 5:00 pm

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The Last Hymn @ Virtual Theater

Viewing Times September 5, 2020, 12:00 pm EST

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All that was left was evil and fire, even after all these years. A scared and lonely man nears the end of his long journey. What's keeping him alive?

First Time FilmmakerWritten, Filmed, Edited, and Original Score completed in 48 Hours

Duration: 00:10:01 mins

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Mountains + Movies @ Virtual Theater

Viewing Times September 5, 2020, 12:10 pm EST

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Mountains + Movies is ostensibly about the West Virginia Filmmakers Festival, which celebrated its twentieth anniversary in 2019. Told from the perspective of the filmmakers, the film brings to light the challenges they face in a state where worthy stories abound but obstacles to filmmaking are equally plentiful. Includes interviews with Academy Award-nominated documentary filmmaker Elaine McMillion Sheldon (Heroin[e], Recovery Boys), Writer/Director/Producer Robert Tinnell (Feast of the Seven Fishes, Back Fork) and many more. Introduction by veteran Hollywood actor and West Virginia native David Selby.

Duration: 00:52:35 mins

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Seeking @ Virtual Theater

Viewing Times September 5, 2020, 1:05 pm EST

Genre(s): Drama

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Seeking Answers to the greater questions of one's purpose in the universal sense, one must examine the condition of existence it's self.The answers to the questions 'what is reality, what is love, what is our purpose?' are explored through an examination of what we (as a society) know or have accumulated as a part of our human conscience through science and philosophy we journey to answer the great questions posed by human conscience existence. Often times with surprising conclusions about the nature of reality.What do these abstract concepts mean? Can they be at all reasonably made practical in our inescapable adverse nature of reality?In this film David explores the concepts from the vantage point of a human philosopher and a photographer.

Filmed in a area where the rotting decay of a post early 20th century industrialist town surrounded by and being consumed by the natural world in which it was created. Photographically capturing a moment of the lost history of the existence of mans “domination” and “capitalist exploitation” over nature and the perseverance of nature to “take back” all that existed before mans intrusion and before the modern wheels of progress (gentrification) threaten nature and human will again.Using readings and commentary from several scientific and philosophical minds of our times mixed with visual presentations that are meant to blur the lines between reality and abstract reality as concepts are explored that define the core basis of the film makers core beliefs about existence and purpose.

Duration: 01:51:16 mins

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The Hope Dealer @ Virtual Theater

Viewing Times September 5, 2020, 5:00 pm EST

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A heroin addict must choose between his family and his addiction in this raw and powerful film that encourages those struggling with opioid abuse to seek help, choose hope, and continue with recovery efforts.

Duration: 00:14:06 mins

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Sustained Outrage @ Virtual Theater

Viewing Times September 5, 2020, 5:15 pm EST

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For over 100 years, the family-owned Charleston Gazette-Mail has been a relentless watchdog over West Virginia’s most powerful, propelled by its unofficial mantra: “Sustained Outrage.” But just eight months after winning the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting, the Gazette-Mail grappled with a painful reality: bankruptcy ahead of a sale. The film gives an intimate look inside the paper as its future is decided.

Duration: 00:26:27 mins

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Andre Van Damme & The Story of the Charleston Ballet @ Virtual Theater

Viewing Times September 5, 2020, 5:40 pm EST

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Founded by Andre Van Damme, a premier danseur etoile and a Belgian Resistance Fighter of World War II, this program traces the surprising history of the Charleston Ballet, one of America's oldest ballet companies

Duration: 00:46:06 mins

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End of the World Rocks @ Virtual Theater

Viewing Times September 5, 2020, 6:30 pm EST

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Former defense attorney Lee Riffle is hoping for some peace and quiet when he takes the job of Sheriff in a rural WV county, but his expectations are turned inside out when a local drug dealer is murdered.

Duration: 01:17:29 mins

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