Founded in 1969, the Nashville Film Festival brings global stories to Music City. Nearly 140 films–from documentaries to music videos–screen at venues across town. With panels, parties, and stories rooted in Tennessee and beyond, NashFilm is a celebration of film and creativity.
NASHVILLE FILM FESTIVAL
Nashville Film Festival,one of the longest-running film festivals in the country, will showcase nearly 140 films on screens across Music City September 18–24.
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Travel’s great, but few things transport you to as many places and expose you to as many people all at once as a good film festival. From the comfort of a climate-controlled theater, you can see the world and meet its people.
Founded in 1969, the Nashville Film Festival was one of the first in the country, and it continues to bring ideas and experiences from around the world to audiences in Music City. The 56th Nashville Film Festival (sometimes called NashFilm) runs from Sept. 18–Sept. 24, this year, with opening night festivities on Sept. 18.
The lineup of nearly 140 films includes student shorts, documentaries, music videos (this is Music City after all), plus movies that have deep ties to Tennessee storytelling. Highlights already announced include The Easy Kind, the story of Nashville singer-songwriter Elizabeth Cook’s journey toward artistic authenticity, and Matter of Time, a documentary spotlighting Eddie Vedder and the fight for a rare disease cure. Locals are excited about Opryland USA: A Circle Broken, a documentary tracing the rise and fall of the beloved theme park. More films will be announced as the start of the festival approaches.
Most of the films will be screened at Regal Green Hills, with some lighting up the screen at the historic Belcourt Theatre in Hillsboro Village and an opening party at Urban Cowboy in East Nashville.
Running simultaneously to NashFilm is its Creators Conference. From Sept. 19-Sept. 21, head to the Hilton Nashville Green Hills for panels and conversations about how to fund your first film, networking to get started and all sorts of essential information for people who want to do more than be in the audience.
You can buy individual tickets to select screenings or buy a pass to see as many movies as your eyeballs can handle. If you can’t be in Nashville for the whole run, no worries. You can watch some of the movies from home (or your hotel room) between Sept. 22 - Sept. 29.
