The 56th Nashville Film Festival (NashFilm) taking place September 18-24, 2025, has added more films including Man on the Run directed by Morgan Neville, exploring Paul McCartney’s life and career following The Beatles’ breakup, as opening night film.
Man on the Run takes viewers on an intimate journey through Paul McCartney’s extraordinary life following the breakup of The Beatles and the formation of Wings with his wife, Linda. The film chronicles the arc of McCartney’s solo career as he faces down a myriad of challenges while creating new music to define a new decade. Through unprecedented access to previously unseen footage and rare archival materials, the documentary captures Paul’s transformative post-Beatles era through a uniquely vulnerable lens.
“Each year, we strive to curate a lineup that captures the depth, energy and diversity of today’s most compelling stories,” said Lauren Thelen, NashFilm’s Programming Director. “From our opening night music documentary feature to bold new voices across genres, these additions reflect the creative momentum that defines the 56th Nashville Film Festival. We’re proud to present films that will move, challenge and inspire audiences.”
The other five newly announced titles confirmed to screen at the upcoming festival include:
ALL THAT’S LEFT OF YOU | Directed by Charien Dabis | Starring Cherien Dabis, Saleh Bakri, Adam Bakri, Mohammad Bakri, Maria Zreik and Muhammad Abed Elrahman
Dabis chronicles the lives of three generations of a Palestinian family spanning almost 75 years of history. Both epic and intimate in the same breath, expertly crafted and deeply personal, the film is reminiscent of cinema’s most enduring family sagas. Its ensemble of intricately drawn characters, intertwining lives, dreams and frictions are carefully stitched into a larger historical tapestry. In addition to writing and directing, Dabis stars alongside the incomparable Saleh Bakri. Together they portray a married couple whose beautiful relationship and shared anguish form the film’s heart and soul while also contending with Palestinian history, collective grief, anger and intergenerational trauma.
COUNTING CROWS: HAVE YOU SEEN ME LATELY? | Directed by Amy Scott | Starring Adam Duritz, Cyndi Lauper, Steve Kerr, Chris Martin, Jeff Ross and Mary-Louise Parker
This vibrant and deeply personal documentary dives into the legacy of Counting Crows and their enigmatic lead singer Adam Duritz, not as a nostalgia play, but as a raw and revealing look at identity, artistry and the fine line between performance and reality. With unprecedented access, the film follows the band’s rise from the coffeehouses of Berkeley to headlining arenas — and the emotional turbulence that came with it.
HEDDA | Directed by Nia DaCosta | Starring Tessa Thompson, Imogen Poots, Tom Bateman, Nicholas Pinnock and Nina Hoss
From writer and director Nia DaCosta comes a provocative, modern reimagining of Henrik Ibsen’s classic play. Hedda finds herself torn between the lingering ache of a past love and the quiet suffocation of her present life. Over the course of one charged night, long-repressed desires and hidden tensions erupt—pulling her and everyone around her into a spiral of manipulation, passion and betrayal.
MAGIC HOUR | Directed by Katie Aselton | Starring Katie Aselton, Daveed Diggs, Susan Sullivan, D.J. “Shangela” Pierce and Brad Garrett
From writers Katie Aselton and Mark Duplass is a moving film following Erin and Charlie as they escape to the desert to navigate an unexpected and challenging new phase of their relationship.
STITCH HEAD | Directed by Steve Hudson | Starring Asa Butterfield, Joel Fry, Alison Steadman, Rob Brydon, Fern Brady, Tia Bannon and Jamali Maddix
This whimsical animated feature follows Stitch Head, a small creature awoken by a Mad Professor in a castle to protect the professor’s other creations from the angry mob of townspeople in Grubbers Nubbin. Stitch Head does it all, unnoticed and unthanked. But when a ramshackle freak show rolls into town, its sly owner, Fulbert Freakfinder, comes knocking, offering Stitch Head fame, fortune…and maybe even love. A whimsical, heartfelt twist on the Frankenstein legend, STITCH HEAD is a comedy adventure for monsters of every age.
STRONGER THAN YOU THINK | Directed by Janice C. Molinari and Melissa Forman | Starring Ali Truwit
A moving documentary following competitive swimmer Ali Truwit’s journey from shark attack survivor to the Paralympic stage. Just days after her college graduation, a snorkeling trip turned into a nightmare when the accomplished collegiate swimmer was attacked by a shark. The brutal encounter tested every ounce of her strength and will to live, and against staggering odds, Ali survived. This film follows her extraordinary journey: through the pain of recovery, the battle to return to the water, the triumph of making Team USA and ultimately, rising to the podium in Paris. It’s a story of survival, strength and a young woman’s unbreakable spirit — a testament to what’s possible when resilience meets purpose.
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