A free-to-attend film festival that highlights the best short- and feature-length documentary and narrative films in a place that recognizes filmmakers and film fans DO make history—this is Longleaf. Our weekend festival screens films that demonstrate a Tar Heel State connection, through the people involved in making them or through their subject.

North Carolina Museum Of History Serves As Home Base For Longleaf Film Festival—A Fitting Location, Since Movies Have Been Made In The Tar Heel State For More Than 100 Years!  In Addition, The Museum Speaks To That Intersection Of Historical Traditions That Continue Today, Making Connections. The Film Community In The State, Along With Those Who Train And Film Here, Continue To Create Stories That Engage And Expand Our Conversation.