The Nashville Film Festival (NashFilm) is a globally-recognized non-profit organization and cultural event presenting the best in world cinema, American independent films and documentaries by veteran masters, up-and-coming directors, and first-time filmmakers. With Academy Award® qualifying status, the Nashville Film Festival celebrates innovation, music and the many voices of the human spirit through the art of film. If you have a background in or passion for film, we encourage you to be a part of our Pre-Sceening and/or Reader Committees for the 55th Nashville Film Festival, September 19 – 2 ..read more

Interested in getting your idea for a film or television pilot out there? The Nashville Film Festival Screenwriting Competition began in 2014 with a mission to embrace new voices, creativity and a passion for innovative storytelling. Going into its 10th year, the competition features several categories including, drama, comedy, horror and genre features in addition to short competition, 30 minute and 60 minute pilots. The Nashville Film Festival Screenwriting Competition offers a special category award to a Tennessee Writer. Entries for the 2024 Nashville Film Festival Screenwriting Competitio ..read more

Narrative feature MAMACRUZ earns Best Narrative Film honors; Liza Mandelup’s CATERPILLAR wins Best Documentary The Nashville Film Festival today announces the 54th edition’s award winners, including best films in each category and the winning scripts in the organization’s esteemed screenplay competition. Spanish film MAMACRUZ, written and directed by Patricia Ortega, was named Best Narrative Feature, while Liza Mandelup’s CATERPILLAR earned the Best Documentary Feature award; DUSTY & STONES received Best Music Documentary honors, and Ryan Martin Brown’s FREE TIME received th ..read more

The 54th annual festival kicks off September 28, 2023, with the story of global music icon and survivor. The Nashville Film Festival (NashFilm), a week-long celebration of film, music and culture, announced its official opening night film for the 54th annual event from September 28 – October 4, 2023, will be GLORIA GAYNOR: I WILL SURVIVE. The screening will take place on Thursday, September 28th at 6:30 pm at the historic Belcourt Theatre. A red carpet event will be held prior along with a special Q&A with Gloria Gaynor and director and Emmy-nominated producer Betsy Schechter, m ..read more

Nashville, TN (August 15, 2023) – The Nashville Film Festival (NashFilm), a week-long celebration of film, music and culture, today announced a sneak peek of four acclaimed films selected for its 54th annual event, taking place from September 28 – October 4, 2023 at venues throughout the city. This range of films serves as a preview of the first selections made public for the festival and a window to the diverse offering of screenings to come at this year’s event. While the full slate of programming will be announced later in August, the first four official selections confirmed&nbs ..read more

Congratulations once again to all those who were selected as quarterfinalists. While it takes a great deal of creative force to make it to the rank of quarterfinalist, it takes even more to make it to the semifinalist round. Drawing from an amazing pool of talent, we have the pleasure of announcing which of the screenplays submitted to the 2023 Screenwriting Competition have moved forward to the status of semifinalist. These screenplays contain a truly unique sense of what film is and can be, evoking our emotions with the turn of every page. Truly, they were a pleasure to read. Congratulation ..read more

Congratulations once again to all those who were selected as quarterfinalists. While it takes a great deal of creative force to make it to the rank of quarterfinalist, it takes even more to make it to the semifinalist round. Drawing from an amazing pool of talent, we have the pleasure of announcing which of the screenplays submitted to the 2023 Screenwriting Competition have moved forward to the status of semifinalist. These screenplays contain a truly unique sense of what film is and can be, evoking our emotions with the turn of every page. Truly, they were a pleasure to read. Congratulation ..read more

The screenplay: it’s the foundation of a successful film and the cornerstone upon which films and television are built. Though often overlooked, these are the works of art that initially capture our hearts and minds. It is a great feat to write a screenplay. To write an incredible one, even greater. Every year, we have the pleasure of reading countless different screenplays, with this year being no exception. Today, we announce which of these screenplays are quarterfinalists. Congratulations to those who have made it this far and thank you to everyone who submitted this year. Your passion and ..read more

The Historic Franklin Theatre and Nashville Film Festival are proud to announce a special Tennessee Short Film Showcase at the Franklin Theatre on Thursday, June 17 at 7pm. The event will feature eight short films from Tennessee filmmakers including: Bury Me at Taylor Hollow directed by Orion Pahl; La Sirena directed by Matteo Servente; Ten by Ten directed by Jami L. Bennett; Hermie directed by Jonathan Becker & Anthony Pitsilos; Champagne For One directed by Seth Iliff; Carthage House of Beauty directed by Allison Inman; A Family That Steals Dogs directed by John C Kelley and Porch Pirate ..read more

Nashville Film Festival is proud to be recognized as one of the top film festivals by MovieMaker Magazine by providing incredible opportunities to filmmakers to build their audiences and advance their careers. MovieMaker Magazine is one of the industry’s most trusted sources for filmmaking and film festival information. Each year the magazine releases a list of recommended film festivals for filmmakers to participate in. Being included in this list is further validation of our continued focus on creating an event that offers great benefit to filmmakers as well as being an entertaining and enl ..read more