Appalachian Film Studio

Our stories, our way.

We make films that tell the truth about the mountains — the people, the history, and the life that gets left out of every other version.

The mountain stereotype is one of the last ones America still tells out loud. We're a studio built to answer it — not with a lecture, but with films good enough that the truth does the talking.

The Slate

Features · Documentary · In Production
In Development
Coal & Cassette
Feature · Drama

Coal & Cassette

A dying mining town's last radio station fights to stay on the air.
2026
Pre-Production
The Long Way Down
Feature · Drama

The Long Way Down

Three generations, one mountain road, and everything left unsaid.
2027
Coming Soon
Hollow Song
Documentary

Hollow Song

The ballads passed down the ridges for three hundred years.
2027
Coming Soon
Blackberry Winter
Feature · Drama

Blackberry Winter

A late cold snap, a family farm, and the season that won't let go.
2028
In Development
Ridge Runner
Feature · Thriller

Ridge Runner

A bootlegger's granddaughter inherits more than the old back roads.
2028
Coming Soon
The Company Store
Documentary

The Company Store

How the coal companies owned the town — and the people fought back.
2028

Placeholder titles & artwork. A growing lineup of Appalachian stories produced through our studio and its production arms. Have a story to tell?

The Studio

Made by the mountains, for everyone.

01 — Truth

The real thing, on screen

Mountain life with its dignity, humor, and hardship intact — instead of the worn-out caricature everyone keeps recycling.

02 — People

Talent from here

We hire and train Appalachian cast and crew, keeping the work and the craft in the region it comes from.

03 — Built to last

Lean, and our own

A small studio with production arms underneath — so we can make a lot without ever losing what makes it ours.

Talent & Crew

If you're from here, let's work.

Actors, writers, gaffers, grips, editors, sound, locations, music — every film takes a crew, and we'd rather build ours from the mountains.

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