MUSIC! CAMPFIRES! STORYTELLING! … A FILM FESTIVAL?!
Oh yes!
Highlonesome is thrilled to announce the First Annual Highlonesome Short Film Festival, bringing two creative communities together for one very late—and possibly very scary—night.
In 2026, the SATO48 filmmaking community joins the Highlonesome music community for a special celebration inspired by this year’s theme:
“This might be the scariest thing that ever happened to me.”
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 • 11:00 PM
DAYBREAK STAGE
Hosted by Jeff Clinkenbeard, the inaugural Highlonesome Short Film Festival will take over the night with a collection of locally made short, strange, spooky, creepy, and scary films pulled from the SATO48 vault and specially selected for this year’s theme.
Come for the music.
Stay for the campfires.
Then, when it gets dark enough… watch some movies.
After the screening, stick around for a Q&A with SATO48 and participating filmmakers and hear the stories behind the stories on screen.
And there’s more.
Presented with support from the Missouri Film Office, the evening will also feature the WORLD PREMIERE of GOAT, a new short film produced and filmed at Dockley Ranch.
Music. Campfires. Storytelling. Filmmakers. Scary movies under the night sky.
What could possibly go wrong?
See you at 11:00 PM.
SATO48 Films—Year-Round—on the Big Screen!
Now playing before every screening at College Station Theaters.
New segments monthly—celebrating Ozarks filmmakers all year long.
2025 Film Challenge Winners
The Estate of Betty Clinkenbeard Award for
Best Film / Use of Inspiration Page
Jim Bultas, Producer
Super B Productions
The Gillioz Center for Arts & Entertainment Award for
Lead Performance
Dana Powell
Robo
The CB Lacy Award for
Direction
Gracie Simmonds
Carbon Stories
The Estate of William Brandon Bowman Award for Audience Favorite
Brecken C. Vaught, Producer
Banana Course Productions
The Yellow Bike Films Award for
Editing
Karson Jak Knudsen
KarsonMedia
The Danny Woodall Award for
Supporting Performance
Jachin Liké
Cake
The Missouri Stories Award for
Screenplay
Chase Thomas Eliot
Elore
The Unknown Films Award for
Cinematography
Thomas Christopher Baker
Cinetasmagoria
The Missouri Film Office Prize for
Best Opening / Closing Credits.
Thomas Christopher Baker, Producer
Cinetasmagoria
The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema
"You Gotta' See It" Prize.
Carter Breaux, Producer
Rarity
The Dapper Barber
"Timeless Style" Prize
Karson Jak Knudsen, Producer
KarsonMedia
The Creative Endeavors Award for
Sound Design
Nico Burasco
Xtreme Media Production
Nate Webster Award for
Poster Design
Collin Sumpter & Nicholas Knehans
Fort Sumpter Films
The Graceway Baptist Church
"Golden Weaver" Prize
Dylan Ray Corbett, Producer
Video Dudes
The "Fanatics and the Fan" Prize for
Pop Culture Reference
Brecken C. Vaught, Producer
Banana Course Productions
April 24, 2026
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