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Nashville Film Festival (NashFilm)
NashFilm presents the best in World Cinema, American Indies, documentaries, and numerous short form programs by veteran masters, up-and-coming directors, and first-time filmmakers. NashFilm films have won the highest honors in the film world. Films screened in the past include 13 Assassins, (500) Days of Summer, Cyrus, Terri, Buck, Nowhere Boy, Project Nim and Academy Award nominees, I Am Love, Ajami, and Dogtooth.
With Academy Award qualifying status and numerous well-attended shorts programs, NashFilm has screened many prize-winning narrative and animated shorts.
NashFilm is also the place where many up-and-coming filmmakers get their first big break. Craig Brewer – Footloose, Hustle & Flow, and Black Snake Moon won his first award at NashFilm. Most recently, Clay Jeter received the Ground Zero Tennessee Spirit Award for Best Short Film and used the finishing funds to complete Jess + Moss, which then premiered at Sundance and was accepted for competition in Berlin before returning to NashFilm in 2011.
Nashville Film Festival (NashFilm) started in 2003 and takes place in Nashville, Tennessee
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Psychological Drama ‘Foe’ Starring Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal to Close Nashville Film Festival
Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal in Foe directed by Garth Davis The psychological drama Foe based on best-selling author Iain Reid’s novel starring Academy Award® nominees Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal will close the 54th Nashville Film Festival (NashFilm) on Wednesday, October 4th.
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54th Nashville Film Festival Unveils Full Slate of Films – Fingernails, Eileen, La Chimera, Jesszilla
La Chimera Nashville Film Festival (NashFilm) unveiled its full lineup of more than 140 titles, including 51 feature-length films, for its 54th annual event, taking place September 28 – October 4, 2023.
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Gloria Gaynor: I Will Survive Documentary to Open Nashville Film Festival
Gloria Gaynor: I Will Survive With disco legend Gloria Gaynor in attendance, Nashville Film Festival (NashFilm), will open the 54th annual event with the documentary film Gloria Gaynor: I Will Survive.
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Black Barbie, Uncharted Among First Films Confirmed for 54th Nashville Film Festival
Black Barbie: A Documentary The Nashville Film Festival (NashFilm) revealed the first four official films selected for its 54th annual event taking place from September 28 – October 4, 2023.
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Nashville Film Festival Returns for 54th Annual Edition at Premier Arts Venues Throughout the City
Nashville Film Festival (NashFilm) returns for its 54th annual event from September 28 – October 4, 2023, with film screenings, post-film Q&As with filmmakers, industry panels, live music showcases, social events and more. This year, an expanded offering of film screenings are slated to take place at several arts venues throughout the area, including the historic Belcourt Theater, Regal Green Hills, the Franklin Theatre, Vanderbilt’s Rothschild Black Box Theater and Sarratt Cinema.
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MARS ONE, RELATIVE and AND STILL I SING Win Top Prizes at 2022 Nashville Film Festival
Cícero Lucas in Marte Um (Mars One) by Gabriel Martins | photo by Leonardo Feliciano. The Brazilian film Mars One, written and directed by Gabriel Martins, was named Best Narrative Feature, and Tracey Arcabasso Smith’s Relative earned the Best Documentary Feature award at the 53rd Nashville Film Festival (NashFilm).
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LeVar Burton’s BUTTERFLY IN THE SKY Among First 4 Films Confirmed for 2022 Nashville Film Festival
LeVar Burton in Butterfly in the Sky by Bradford Thomason, Brett Whitcomb Nashville Film Festival (NashFilm) revealed four films selected for the 53rd annual event, taking place September 29 through October 5, 2022, marking the first film selections to be made public since the festival announced the Nashville premiere of The Return of Tanya Tucker as the opening night film.
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THE RETURN OF TANYA TUCKER Documentary to Open 53rd Nashville Film Festival
The Return of Tanya Tucker — Featuring Brandi Carlile directed by Kathlyn Horan The 53rd Nashville Film Festival will open with The Return of Tanya Tucker the moving new documentary by Kathlyn Horan chronicling the collaboration between Brandi Carlile, Shooter Jennings and Tanya Tucker for the latter’s triumphant return to the stage.
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‘Poser’ and ‘Socks on Fire’ Win Top Awards at Nashville Film Festival 2021
Poser directed by Noah Dixon and Ori Segev Poser directed by Noah Dixon and Ori Segev won Best Narrative Feature, and Bo McGuire’s Socks on Fire won the Best Documentary Feature award at the 52nd edition of Nashville Film Festival.
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