UPIKE Film and Media Arts

Check out student Matt Rogers new video if you are interested in how a YouTuber launched a film career with the new A24 movie, The Backrooms!

How Kane Pixels Turned The Backrooms Into an A24 Movie A24's Backrooms movie is being directed by the studio's youngest di...

Shout out to one of our alumni; now a professor at WVUP!

Mountain Top Sports fans, I did it. M.A. in Communication Studies. Thank you for your support!

Check out the latest episode of Bear TV News produced by David Chapman's broadcasting class:

UPIKE Film and Media Arts Bear TV News April 30th 2026

We would like to congratulate graduating senior Tanner Stephens for receiving the 2026 Excellence in Film & Media Arts award!

Shout out to David Chapman's broadcasting class this semester for all their hard work creating Bear TV News!

Interested in learning how to produce a film? 🎥
Want to watch and discuss documentaries? 🍿
How about collaborating with educators, artists, and fellow youth? 🤝

You can do all of this AND MORE at the 2026 Summer Documentary Institute! All youths ages 14 to 22 are encouraged to apply to this PAID internship!

Learn more about the SDI program and apply here: www.amiappalshop.org/apply

Check out the most recent episode of our student newscast as created by the students of Instructor David Chapman in his FMA 330 and 430 broadcasting classes

Bear TV News April 15, 2026 Produced by Instructor David Chapman and FMA 330 and 430 Broadcasting students, Bear TV News highlights the most important events going on at the University ...

Be sure to make plans to attend the 11th Annual UPIKE Film and Media Arts Festival today and tomorrow in Chrisman Auditorium! An overview of the schedule is below and you can check out the festival page for photos of each block with details on the films: UPIKE Film & Media Arts Festival

Film Funding Opportunity - Up to $40,000

Firelight Media invites emerging and mid-career underrepresented filmmakers living in and/or originating from the Appalachian Mountain region to submit works-in-progress for the fourth season of the award-winning, regionally-focused documentary short film series HOMEGROWN. Selected filmmakers will receive up to $40k to produce an 8-to-15-minute nonfiction short. Filmmakers should approach their topic with a current, modern perspective — immersing audiences in the real, lived experience of the region. The filmmakers will work closely with Firelight Media from development through distribution. The application for HOMEGROWN Season 4 is open from January 6 through February 2, 2026. Access the application link below.

https://firelightmedia.submittable.com/submit