The Foxfire Film Festival kicked off in grand fashion Thursday night at Towngate Theatre in Wheeling. Guests arrived to a red-carpet welcome for the launch of the four-day festival celebrating documentary storytelling. The Foxfire Film Festival, which continues through Sunday, showcases student filmmakers alongside award-winning names in the industry. Here, Elaine Sheldon, left, director of the featured film “King Coal,” speaks with Foxfire Film Festival co-founder Molly Hughes before the start of Thursday’s showing.