Location | Nashville, TN, U.S. |
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Founded | 1969 |
Language | English |
Website | nashvillefilmfestival |
The 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.[1] In 2016, Nashville Film Festival received more than 6,700 submissions from 125 countries and programmed 271 films. Attendance has grown to nearly 43,000. The festival also offers a screenplay competition with features, teleplays and shorts categories and a web series competition. In addition to tendays of film screenings, the festival provides industry panels, music showcases, parties and receptions.[2] The Nashville Film Festival is also an Academy Award qualifying festival.[3][4]