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.
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