FAIRMONT — A Washington D.C.-based film festival is trying to foster new voices in film from West Virginia, coinciding with the state’s own efforts to expand its film industry.

Dierdre Evans-Pritchard, executive director of the D.C. Independent Film Forum, said the moving image will possibly be the major language in 10 or 20 years.

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