Asheville, North Carolina

===Film and television===
The Asheville Film Festival completed its sixth year, but the City of Asheville ceased to fund it, putting its future in doubt. The city is an annual participant in the 48-Hour Film Project.<ref name="Asheville Branch">{{cite web |title=48-Hour Film Festival Asheville |url=http://www.48hourfilm.com/en/asheville/ |website=48hourfilm.com |access-date=May 22, 2016 |archive-date=November 10, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161110095433/http://www.48hourfilm.com/en/asheville/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

The Twin Rivers Media Festival is an independent [[multi-media]] film festival held annually in downtown Asheville.<ref name="Asheville 1">{{cite news |last1=staff |title=Asheville's River Arts District hosts 19th annual Twin Rivers Media Festival beginning Friday |url=ftp://ftp.ashevillenc.gov/parks/NCAC/Complete_Applications/Twin%20Rivers/examplesashevillepress.pdf |access-date=August 13, 2015 |publisher=ashevillenc.gov |date=May 18, 2012}}{{Dead link|date=October 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref><ref name="Appalachian Getaways">{{cite web |last1=Moe |first1=Jack |title=The Vision of the Twin Rivers Media Festival-Asheville, NC |url=http://www.appalachiangetaways.com/twinriversmediafestival.html |publisher=Appalachian Getaways |access-date=August 13, 2015 |archive-date=August 10, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150810180513/http://appalachiangetaways.com/twinriversmediafestival.html |url-status=live}}</ref> The festival held its 20th annual event in May 2013.<ref name="Citizen-Times">{{cite news |last1=Motsinger |first1=Carol |title=20th annual Twin Rivers Media Festival opens May 17 |url=http://blogs2.citizen-times.com/carol/2013/05/09/20th-annual-twin-rivers-media-festival-opens-may-17/ |access-date=August 13, 2015 |publisher=[[Asheville Citizen-Times]] |date=May 9, 2013 |df=mdy-all}}{{dead link|date=August 2017|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

[[File:Thomas Wolfe House, Asheville, NC IMG 5170.JPG|thumb|[[Thomas Wolfe House]] in downtown Asheville]]
[[File:5-14-14 Biltmore Estate NHL-66000586.jpg|thumb|The Biltmore House on [[Biltmore Estate]], the largest private residence in the United States]]
[[File:Old BB&T Building, Asheville, NC (45829077065).jpg|upright|thumb|[[The Arras]], formerly the BB&T Building]]