THE FESTIVAL AT A GLANCE

🌞 Morning

11:00 AM — Festival Opens

🎬 Plastic Earth — Garage
🎨 Environmental Art Exhibition & Demonstrations
🎧 CRSTL.FM DJ
🍽️ Food & drinks at Atomic Eats

🌿 Afternoon

🎨 Artists + Environment Panel
🎬 Regional Film Showcase
🎤 Regional Filmmakers Panel
🎬 Special Bryan Haynes Film
🎵 Neil C. Luke + Lo Stone
🎨 Environmental Short Film Showcase

🌅 Evening

🎵 Atomic Junction
🏔️ Mountainfilm on Tour
🎧 DJ sets continue outdoors
🍺 Food, beer and spirits throughout the festival

11:00 AM — FESTIVAL OPENS

🎬 Plastic Earth

11:00 AM–12:40 PM | Garage

Start the day with the 100-minute environmental documentary Plastic Earth.

🎨 Environmental Art Exhibition

11:00–11:50 AM | Pavilion Patio

Meet five Midwest artists and experience environmental art inspired by nature, place and the region.

Featured artists:

Ariel Danza • Lendy Middendorf • Steven Walden • Kenya Mitchell • Danielle Gorin

Ariel Danza and Lendy Middendorf will also demonstrate flameworked glass at the Third Degree Glass Factory tent.

🎧 CRSTL.FM DJ

11:00–11:45 AM | Outdoor Stage

Start the festival with music on the Pavilion Patio.

NOON — ART, CONVERSATION & MUSIC

🎨 Artists + Environment Panel

12:00–12:50 PM | Lounge

Join moderator Max Havey and our featured artists for a conversation about art, environment and the ways artists interpret the places around us.

🎬 Plastic Earth Q&A

12:40–1:00 PM | Garage

Stay after the film for a virtual Q&A with Janice Overbeck.

🎵 Neil C. Luke

12:20–1:20 PM | Outdoor Stage

Enjoy live music while exploring the festival grounds, art exhibition and food options.

1:15 PM — REGIONAL STORIES

🎬 Regional Film Showcase

1:15–2:48:45 PM | Garage

Discover stories from the Midwest and the St. Louis region.

The showcase begins with Chris Ryan's The Trail State, followed by four regional shorts:

• The Trail State — Chris Ryan

• Intervention — Kyle Pyatt

• Navigating the Mississippi — Thomas Malkowicz

• Veterans Outdoor Therapy \ Gold Star Peak Climb — Kyle Spradley

• Restoring Shortleaf Pine Forests — Ryan Hanlon

🎨 Environmental Art Exhibition Continues

1:15–2:00 PM | Pavilion Patio

Return to the Pavilion Patio to meet the artists, explore their work and see demonstrations.

🎧 CRSTL.FM DJ

1:55–2:40 PM | Outdoor Stage

3:15 PM — MEET THE FILMMAKERS

🎤 Regional Filmmakers Panel

3:15–4:00 PM | Garage

You've seen their films. Now hear the stories behind them.

Moderator: Kate Grumke, St. Louis Public Radio

Featuring:

• Chris Ryan

• Kyle Pyatt

• Thomas Malkowicz

• Kyle Spradley

• Ryan Hanlon

4:00 PM — A SPECIAL REGIONAL STORY

🎬 For the Love of the Region – The Life and Art of Bryan Haynes

4:00–4:19 PM | Garage

A special approximately 19-minute presentation celebrating the life and art of Bryan Haynes.

This film provides a fitting conclusion to the festival's regional programming, celebrating the connection between art, place and the Midwest.

4:50 PM — ENVIRONMENTAL SHORTS

🎬 Environmental Short Film Showcase

4:50–5:36 PM | Garage

Four short films explore climate, environmental change, resilience and our relationship with the natural world:

A New Inferno — approximately 16 min
Fragmented — 14:18
Woven Together — 4:41
The Resilient River — 11:33

🎧 DJ

4:50–5:35 PM | Outdoor Stage

Keep the afternoon moving with another DJ set on the Pavilion Patio.

6:10 PM — LIVE MUSIC

🔥 Atomic Junction

6:10–7:10 PM | Outdoor Stage

Our evening headliner takes the Pavilion Stage for a full hour of live music before the festival transitions into the evening film program.

🍽️ Food & Drinks

Throughout the afternoon and evening, enjoy the new Atomic Eats food experience from Chef Eric Prophete, Chef Jamal and their team, paired with beer and distilled products from 4 Hands Brewing Company.

7:30 PM — MOUNTAINFILM

🏔️ Mountainfilm on Tour

7:30–9:30 PM | Garage

End your festival day with a specially curated Mountainfilm program featuring adventure, environmental stories, human connection and extraordinary journeys.

First Half

7:30 PM — Sponsor / Hype Reel
7:35 PM — Emcee Introduction

• Fifty-Fifty

• Fish for the Future

• Good Luck, Kid

• Tour de Durango

8:20 PM — 10-Minute Intermission

Grab a drink, stretch your legs and get ready for the second half.

Second Half

8:30 PM — Emcee Introduction

• Borrowed from the Earth

• Lester

• Rodeo on Ice

• Wheelchair Mafia

• American River

9:30 PM — Festival Closes

🎧 MUSIC ALL DAY

Music is woven throughout the entire festival, with DJs keeping the Pavilion Patio energized between live performances.

11:00 AM

CRSTL.FM DJ #1

12:20 PM

Neil C. Luke

1:55 PM

CRSTL.FM DJ #2

3:15 PM

Lo Stone

4:50 PM

DJ #1

6:10 PM

Atomic Junction

8:45 PM

DJ #2

Come for the films. Stay for the music.

🎨 ART ALL DAY

The Pavilion Patio and Atomic Lounge will feature an environmental art exhibition throughout the festival.

Featured artists:

Ariel Danza
Lendy Middendorf
Steven Walden
Kenya Mitchell
Danielle Gorin

Look for the Third Degree Glass Factory tent on the Pavilion Patio for live flame-glass demonstrations from Ariel and Lendy.

🍔 EAT. DRINK. EXPLORE.

You don't have to choose between seeing a film and having a great festival experience.

Throughout the day, explore:

Atomic Eats
Food from Chef Eric Prophete, Chef Jamal and their team

4 Hands Brewing Company
Beer and distilled spirits

Environmental Art
Five featured regional artists

Festival Partners & Activations
Swade Cannabis • River City Outdoors • Excel Bottling • Climb So iLL • St. Louis Public Radio • CRSTL.FM • Ope Outdoors • Third Degree Glass Factory • STL Bucket List

Atomic by Jamo is a multi-room venue in The Grove with the Atomic Pavilion, Atomic and Atomic Lounge spaces.

PLAN YOUR DAY

You can come for one film or experience the entire festival.

11:00 AM

Doors Open

1:15 PM

Regional Film Showcase

3:15 PM

Filmmakers Panel

4:50 PM

Environmental Shorts

6:10 PM

Atomic Junction

7:30 PM

Mountainfilm

9:30 PM

Festival Close

Mound City Film Festival

Saturday, November 7, 2026 • Atomic by Jamo

Film. Art. Music. Food. Community. One unforgettable day in St. Louis.