Nashville Film Festival

The Nashville Film Festival showcases feature films, short films, music videos, and episodic projects from across the globe, with specific competition categories for Tennessee and student filmmakers. The program highlights many genres, including narrative, documentary, music documentary, drama, comedy, experimental, animation, and horror. Because Nashville is known as "Music City," a major focus of the festival is music programming. In addition to unique competition categories like Music Documentary Features and Music Videos, NashFilm presents showcases, workshops, and other events bringing songwriters, composers, and music industry professionals together with filmmakers to promote collaboration. In addition to producing the annual festival, NashFilm is a 501(c)(3) arts advocacy organization that serves the local community through year-round programs, including film education screenings for public school students, a summer film camp for high schoolers, and free outdoor film screenings for locals. == History ==

Founder Mary Jane Coleman began the Sinking Creek Film Celebration in East Tennessee in 1969. The festival was later moved to Nashville. In 1998, the name was changed to the Nashville Independent Film Festival and shortened to Nashville Film Festival in 2003. It is currently held across seven days in September at venues across Nashville. == Reception ==

The festival was voted as one of the "50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee" by MovieMaker in 2015, 2024, and 2025, and by Dread Central as one of the "90 Best Genre Film Festivals on Earth" in 2025 for its sidebar Graveyard Shift Shorts. == Winners ==

Narrative Competition Graveyard Shift Competition Documentary Competition Shorts Music videos Special 2010 winners In 2010 edition, the following prizes have been assigned. Features Shorts Special == References ==