Nashville Film Festival

We’re incredibly #thankful for every scene, every smile, and every story shared at the 55th Nashville Film Festival✨ To our filmmakers, screenwriters, panelists, jurors, sponsors, staff, volunteers, pre-screeners and readers, community partners and attendees — THANK YOU for making this year’s festival extraordinary! Here’s to more stories and great moments ahead 💛🎥 https://lnkd.in/g9xWu8a9

Nashville Film Festival is thrilled to be included in Film Festival Alliance’s newly launched Film Festival Directory, a comprehensive list of more than one hundred reputable film festivals committed to upholding the newly established best practices for professional film festivals. FILMMAKERS: We encourage you to explore this resource as you map out your festival submission plans. Explore the directory to read through our profile and learn more about our fellow member festivals, their programming philosophies, and more here: https://lnkd.in/grq3g8Zz

And that's a wrap! 🎬 #NashFilm55 has come to an end, and what an incredible journey it has been! Wednesday, at the Belcourt Theatre, we closed out the festival with THIS IS A FILM ABOUT THE BLACK KEYS. After, we celebrated at AB Hillsboro Village where we bid farewell to this year's festival—the perfect way to conclude an amazing week of film and festivities! Thank you to everyone who participated in and attended the 55th Nashville Film Festival. Your support and passion for cinema have made this festival truly special and unforgettable. https://lnkd.in/dkMm8_g3

DAY SIX RECAP ✨We had another amazing day at #NashFilm55 at Regal Green Hills and the Franklin Theatre. Great films, great stories, great connections! https://lnkd.in/dDE245Rp

Yesterday morning at the Frist Art Museum , Nashville Metro Public School students attended a screening of WE CAN BE HEROES, followed by a Q&A with co-director Alex Simmons and cinematographer Michael Lockridge as a part of the #NashFilm55 Education Screening Program. 📚

Last night at The Franklin Theatre, the LET THEM BE NAKED screening was preceded by a special fashion presentation of the Prophetik Couture Collection. After the film, attendees stayed for a Q&A with the director Jeff Garner and crew. #NashFilm55

DAY FIVE RECAP✨ Day Five at #NashFilm55 was all about intriguing film screenings, insightful discussions, and innovation through film and art. Attendees enjoyed a variety of films and even a fashion show! https://lnkd.in/eWnhpBfK

Announcing the #NashFilm55 Audience Award winners 🏅 These are the audience's favorite short films from the 55th Nashville Film Festival. Thank you to our incredibly supportive audience that came out to the festival and voted this year! Audience Award-winning films will be screening tomorrow at Regal Green Hills—don't miss out on these beloved films! Get tickets>> https://lnkd.in/eHeTcq3k 🎞 Short Films  Documentary Short: FRANK Animated Short: RUTHLESS BLADE Episodic: NEO-DOME TN Student Short: THE LEGEND OF BILL TN Short: ONE LAST TOUCH Graveyard Shift Short: OBSESSION NextGen Student Short: SOMETHING BLUE Narrative Short: YOU'RE INVITED TO TUSCAN'S 5TH BIRTHDAY PARTY Music Video: GOLD STAR: WILD BOYS Edge Short: SUNDOWN

Announcing the #NashFilm55 Audience Award winners 🏆 These are the audience's favorite feature films from the 55th Nashville Film Festival. Thank you to our incredibly supportive audience that came out to the festival and voted this year! Audience Award-winning films will be screening tomorrow at Regal Green Hills—don't miss out on these beloved films! Get tickets >> https://lnkd.in/eHeTcq3k 🎞 Feature Films  Narrative Feature: BOB TREVINO LIKES IT  Documentary Feature: THE STREAK  New Directors: THE FRENCH ITALIAN  Music Documentary Feature: ANY OTHER WAY: THE JACKIE SHANE STORY  Tennessee Feature: THE DAY THE MUSIC STOPPED Spotlight Feature: CATCH A KILLER

📣Announcing our #NashFilm55 Film and Screenplay Competition Award Winners! These include the best films in each category and the winning scripts in our esteemed screenplay competition. Juries in each festival category named their best films for the 2024 Nashville Film Festival during an awards ceremony at the Hilton Green Hills. 🏆✨ Best Narrative Feature: THE BLACK SEA Best Documentary Feature: SUGARCANE Best Music Documentary Feature: SWAMP DOGG GETS HIS POOL PAINTED Best New Directors Feature: EXHIBITING FORGIVENESS Best Tennessee Feature: A MAN CALLED HURT: THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF MISSISSIPPI JOHN HURT Best Narrative Short: DREAMS LIKE PAPER BOATS Best Documentary Short: SHOTPLAYER Best Animated Short: WANDER TO WONDER Best 'The Edge' Short: MAST-DEL Best Graveyard Shift Short: UNIVERSE 25 Best Tennessee Short: FIRST NIGHT Best Tennessee Student Short: WHAT SCARES A DINOSAUR Best NextGen Short: DON’T YOU DARE FILM ME NOW Best Music Video: CHAPPELL ROAN - CASUAL Best Episodic: NEO-DOME Best Tennessee Writer: I AM Best Short Script: HOOD Best Hour Pilot Script: DISPLACEMENT Best Horror Feature Script: EDGEPLAY Best Half Hour Pilot Script: ANDI LAKE HAS THINGS TO DO Best Genre Feature Script: THE MOST MARVELOUS MAN IN THE WORLD Best Drama Feature Script: R.E.G.G.I.N Best Comedy Feature Script: BASS CHAMPS View the full announcement: https://lnkd.in/eU4RSfYd