 Appalachian Wireless now has new forward pay pricing where you can pay up front and get the data and features you desire. Five gigabytes of data, just $39.99. Unlimited, just $79.99. Better service, bigger savings. That's today's Appalachian Wireless. Thursday evening, filmmakers from across the region will gather in Booth Auditorium at the University of Pikeville for the kickoff of the annual Film and Media Arts Festival. Event organizers say the overall goal is to stir the imagination and promote the art of filmmaking. We try to put a strong emphasis on regional films, particularly films made within this tri-state region. Anybody from the tri-state region can submit their work for free, so we get a lot of submissions from the tri-state area and we definitely try to showcase those. Screenings will be held Thursday, Friday and Saturday with an awards dinner Saturday evening. Andrew Reed with UPIKE's Film and Media Arts program says that it's great for the university to be able to attract so many up-and-coming filmmakers. We're having screenings of various films from around the region and the world, and we'll have about 45 different filmmakers here associated with those films over that three-day span. A few I'll highlight, I'll mention Ronnie Hilton has a film, Wandering Around the Hills, I believe is the title, about his explorations of the outdoors, and it's written from his perspective. Reed encourages everyone to browse the schedule of screenings throughout the weekend and plan to attend. And a complete schedule is available on fmafest.org. You can also search for UPIKE Film and Media Arts on Facebook and Twitter as well at fmafest. The film festival gets underway at 5.30 Thursday evening in Booth Auditorium. In Pikeville, I'm Shannon Deskins, EKB News.