Nashville Film Festival

Nashville Film Festival (NashFilm) is an Academy Award® qualifying festival for short subject categories.

About

Nashville Film Festival (NashFilm), held annually in Nashville, Tennessee, is the oldest running film festival in the South and one of the oldest in the United States. NashFilm celebrates innovation, music and the many voices of the human spirit through the art of film.

Originally founded in 1969, the Nashville Film Festival (NashFilm) discovers, elevates, and honors filmmakers, screenwriters and music makers from around the world while engaging, connecting and strengthening the community.

The festival also offers a screenplay competition with features, teleplays and shorts categories and a web series competition. In addition to ten days of film screenings, the festival provides industry panels, music showcases, parties and receptions.

Films shown at the festival include narrative features, short films, and documentaries. They cross all genres including drama, comedy, family, experimental, and animation. The festival partners with numerous local cultural and ethnic groups.

Nashville Film Festival (NashFilm) is an Academy Award® qualifying festival for short subject categories. The winning short films in the Narrative, Animated, and Documentary Short Film Competitions are eligible for Academy Award® consideration without the standard theatrical run, provided the film otherwise complies with the Academy rules.

Awards

Nashville Film Festival offers $100,000 in cash and in-kind sponsor prizes to filmmakers with winners selected by industry power players – including studio representatives, producers, and fellow filmmakers. The winning short films in the Narrative, Animated, and Documentary Short Film Competitions are eligible for Academy Award® consideration without the standard theatrical run, provided the film otherwise complies with the Academy rules.

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