Black Mountain Film Festival Schedule 2026
Friday
6:00 – 7:00 PM Red Carpet (VIP Happy Hour & Networking)
7:00 PM Welcome - Joshua Waters Festival Co-Director
7:05 PM Cornbread Mafia Screening (1:24:00)
8:30 PM Cornbread Mafia Q&A
9:00 PM Peak Special Presentation - Robby Chadwell, Festival Co-Director
9:20 PM Short Film Block A
● Stray Dogs (23:00)
● Ms. Foley (7:00)
● Winter Break (17:00)
● Chat with Filmmakers
10:15 PM After-Party Birdies and Barrels
Saturday
9:00 Somerset Block
● RayBanz (32:00)
● Chi (9:00)
● The Call (3:00)
10:00 Short Film Block B
● 1,000 Year Flood (34:00)
● Appalachian Understory (8:00)
● Bury Me on Flat Ground (7:00)
11:00 AM-12:00 PM Crew Panel
1:00-2:00 Workshops
● Grip Workshop Farmer’s Market Pavilion
● Acting Workshop Flashback Theater
2:30 Short Film Block C
● What’s Remembered (13:00)
● Help (8:00)
● Resilience (10:00)
● Chat with Filmmakers
3:30 Starsuckers (01:27:00) ADULTS ONLY
6:00 Short Film Block D
● Black Mountain Special Presentation (30:00)
● Transfigurations (14:00)
● Trailers
○ Seer and the Sword
○ Rocky Wake
○ Gunslingers
7:00-8:00 PM Director’s Panel
8:00 -10:00 PM A Place at the Table (1:50:00)
10:15 PM After-Party Makers Mill
Sunday
10:00 AM Appalachian Breakfast
11:00 AM Dirt Pearls (30:00)
11:30 AM Jewelweed Performance
12:15 PM Appalachian Storytellers Panel
1:15 PM River Warrior Screening (1:40:00)
3:00 PM Awards and Closing Ceremony
