 Beginning this month, UPIKE's Film, Media and Arts program will begin accepting submissions for next year's Film Festival. Monday we spoke with Professor Andrew Reid about the program. So the UPIKE Film Festival is something that started really in 2014. It was first held in 2015, but planning took place 2014. And the goal of it was to solicit films from the region and showcase independent film work. That was the idea behind the festival. And initially we only accepted films from regional folks and we screened them on campus in that spring of 2015. Since that time it has evolved into an event where we showcase films and screenplays from around the world, but we still give special attention to local and regional filmmakers or films about the Appalachian region. Here at Pikeville Medical Center's Heart and Vascular Institute, we have assembled a comprehensive team of cardiac specialists bringing expertise from all regions of the nation and the world. We have coupled that with cutting-edge technology, providing them the best equipment and operating rooms available. The result is comprehensive cardiac care for the people of our region that is second to none. The Heart and Vascular Institute at Pikeville Medical Center. Although held on UPIKE's campus, Reid says the festival is open to anyone and free to local filmmakers. Absolutely anybody can submit a film or screenplay to our festival this upcoming year. We take films from elementary school students all the way up to professionals. So whether you're in high school or a college student or you've never even been to college or a film program and you just like to make movies, you can submit to our festival either a film or a screenplay and we will evaluate your work and consider it to showcase. You can submit your film on the Film Freeway website, filmfreeway.com, slash, FMA Fest, Monday, August 30th. For Mountain Top News, I'm Joel Chorjol.