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Nashville Film Festival

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    Best Narrative Short

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    Short Film

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      Submarine

      7.0 (179)
      Mounia Akl
    • [object Object]

      Mariner

      6.5 (49)
      Thyrone Tommy
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      After the Ashes

      7.9 (10)
      Eduardo Sosa Soria
      Vagabundo Films

    Best Short Film

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    Best Narrative Short

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      Mutants

      7.0 (76)
      Alexandre Dostie(Director)
      Hany Ouichou(Producer)
      Gabrielle Tougas-Fréchette(Producer)

    Short Film

    • [object Object]

      The Silence

      7.1 (181)
      Ali Asgari(director)
      Farnoosh Samadi(director)
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      Vlees van my vlees

      7.9 (14)
      Air FIlms
      Make Stuff Machine

    Tennessee Horizon Audience Award

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      Next of Kin

      Dakota Diel(director)

    Best Young Filmmaker

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      Images

      Dean Parker(writer, editor, director)

    Best College Short

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    Grand Jury Prize for Best Student Short

    • Winner

      The Art of Not Appearing

      9.6 (9)
      Pernille Rivedal Hellevik(director)

    Special Jury Prize

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    Best Actor

    • Dave Davis
      Winner
      • Dave Davis
      • Bomb City
      3rd Identity Films

    Best Music

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      Some Freaks

      6.2 (2.2K)
      Walter Sickert(Composer)
      Dan Wilcox(Music supervisor)

    Best Screenplay

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      Winner

      Play the Devil

      5.9 (372)
      Maria Govan

    Outstanding Filmmaking

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      Winner

      Small Talk

      7.6 (425)
      Hui-Chen Huang

    Overall Film Aesthetics

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      Winner

      Flowers of Evil

      5.0 (495)
      Antti J. Jokinen

    Honorable Mention

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    Best Documentary Feature

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      Winner

      Quest

      7.2 (370)
      Jonathan Olshefski

    Best U.S. Short

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      Winner

      A Funeral for Lightning

      7.4 (31)
      Emily Kai Bock(Director)

    Bridgestone Narrative Feature Competition

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      Winner

      Play the Devil

      5.9 (372)
      Maria Govan

    Gibson Music Films/Music City Competition

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      Winner

      Score

      7.5 (5.1K)
      Matt Schrader

    Graveyard Shift Competition

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      Winner

      Birdboy: The Forgotten Children

      7.2 (3.4K)
      Pedro Rivero
      Alberto Vázquez

    New Directors Competition

    • Winner
      • Jorge Thielen Armand
      • La Soledad

    Tennessee Horizon Audience Award

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      Winner

      A Funeral for Lightning

      7.4 (31)
      Emily Kai Bock(Director)

    Audience Choice Award

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    Animated Feature

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      Winner

      Window Horses

      6.8 (629)
      Ann Marie Fleming

    Best Documentary

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      Winner

      Augie

      7.9 (20)
      James Keach

    Bridgestone Narrative Feature Competition

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      Winner

      The Migrumpies

      6.5 (479)
      Arman T. Riahi

    Gibson Music Films/Music City Competition

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      The Last Songwriter

      Mark Barger Elliott

    Graveyard Shift

    • [object Object]
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      Show Yourself

      4.8 (176)

    Graveyard Shift Short Film Audience Award

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      Winner

      Hand Fart

      5.9 (48)
      Stanley Wong
      Travis Ashkenasy

    New Director Competition - Best Narrative Feature

    • Jameson Brooks works with DP Jake Wilganowski on set of Bomb City.
      Winner
      • Jameson Brooks(Director)
      • Bomb City
      3rd Identity Films

    New Directors Competition

    • Dorie Barton
      Winner
      • Dorie Barton
      • Girl Flu.
    • Jameson Brooks works with DP Jake Wilganowski on set of Bomb City.
      Winner
      • Jameson Brooks
      • Bomb City

    Tennessee Horizon Audience Award

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      Winner

      Adult Interference

      4.5 (182)
    • [object Object]

      McMurphy

      Charles Dillon Ward(Director)
    • [object Object]

      The Meanest Man in Texas

      6.0 (376)
      Justin Isaac Ward
      Brad Wilson
      Casey Bond
      Higher Purpose Entertainment
      Ohana Films Entertainment

    Young Filmmaker

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Recess

      8.8 (11)
      Aidan Wonderling(writer)

    Human Spirit Award

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      Winner

      Swim Team

      7.4 (141)
      Lara Stolman

    Grand Jury Prize

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    Animated Feature Competition

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      Winner

      Revengeance

      6.1 (256)
      Bill Plympton
      Jim Lujan
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      Bad Cat

      7.0 (9.2K)
      Mehmet Kurtulus(director)
      Ayse Ünal(director)
    • [object Object]

      Window Horses

      6.8 (629)
      Ann Marie Fleming(director)
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      Seoul Station

      6.1 (8.4K)
      Yeon Sang-ho(director)

    Best Animated Short

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      Winner

      Garden Party

      7.3 (2.1K)
      Florian Babikian(director)
      Victor Caire(director)
      Théophile Dufresne(director)
      Gabriel Grapperon(director)
      Lucas Navarro(director)
      Sève Films
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      Adam

      7.0 (982)
      Veselin Efremov

    Best Documentary Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Unrest

      7.5 (3.3K)
      Jennifer Brea
    • [object Object]

      44 Pages

      7.0 (111)
      Tony Shaff
    • [object Object]

      Actors of Sound

      7.4 (40)
      Lalo Molina
    • [object Object]

      Augie

      7.9 (20)
      James Keach
    • [object Object]

      Backpack Full of Cash

      7.5 (31)
      Sarah Mondale
    • [object Object]

      California Typewriter

      7.3 (1.1K)
      Doug Nichol
    • [object Object]

      Chasing Evel: The Robbie Knievel Story

      6.9 (63)
      Jesse James Miller
    • [object Object]

      Finding Kim

      7.4 (53)
      Aaron Bear
    • [object Object]

      The Gateway Bug

      7.9 (59)
      Johanna B. Kelly
    • [object Object]

      Quest

      7.2 (370)
      Jonathan Olshefski
    • [object Object]

      The Road Movie

      6.4 (962)
      Dmitrii Kalashnikov
    • [object Object]

      Small Talk

      7.6 (425)
      Hui-Chen Huang
    • [object Object]

      Spettacolo

      7.0 (192)
      Jeff Malmberg
      Chris Shellen
    • [object Object]

      Swim Team

      7.4 (141)
      Lara Stolman

    Best Documentary Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Refugee

      6.9 (11)
      Joyce Chen
      Emily Moore
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Still Sophie

      8.3 (16)
      Caroline Knight(Director)
      Chad McClarnon(Producer)
      Best Part Productions

    Best Narrative Tennessee Short

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      Winner

      A Funeral for Lightning

      7.4 (31)
      Emily Kai Bock(Director)

    Bridgestone Narrative Feature Competition

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      Winner

      Some Freaks

      6.2 (2.2K)
      Ian McDonald
    • [object Object]

      Egon Schiele: Death and the Maiden

      6.5 (1.6K)
      Dieter Berner
    • [object Object]

      Flowers of Evil

      5.0 (495)
      Antti J. Jokinen
    • [object Object]

      Krotoa

      6.4 (84)
      Margaret Goldsmid
      Kaye Ann Williams
    • [object Object]

      The Lears

      5.6 (125)
      Carl Bessai
    • [object Object]

      The Migrumpies

      6.5 (479)
      Arman T. Riahi
    • [object Object]

      Play the Devil

      5.9 (372)
      Maria Govan
    • [object Object]

      The Relationtrip

      5.6 (731)
      C.A. Gabriel
      Renée Felice Smith
    • [object Object]

      The Scent of Rain & Lightning

      5.0 (1K)
      Blake Robbins
    • [object Object]

      Signature Move

      5.8 (735)
      Jennifer Reeder
    • [object Object]

      The Student

      6.9 (6.3K)
      Kirill Serebrennikov
    • [object Object]

      Sundowners

      6.1 (112)
      Pavan Moondi
    • [object Object]

      We've Forgotten More Than We Ever Knew

      5.0 (638)
      Thomas Woodrow
    • [object Object]

      The White King

      5.5 (4.8K)
      Alex Helfrecht
      Jörg Tittel

    Episodic Competition - Long Form

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Nest

      6.6 (150)
      Filipe Matzembacher
      Marcio Reolon

    Episodic Competition - Short Form

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Guest Appearances

      8.8 (38)
      Elizabeth Guest
      Pamela Guest

    Gibson Music Films/Music City Competition

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape

      6.4 (364)
      Zack Taylor
    • [object Object]

      Arktisk superstjerne

      7.5 (25)
      Simen Braathen
    • [object Object]

      Bill Frisell: A Portrait

      7.3 (66)
      Emma Franz
    • [object Object]

      Davi's Way

      6.8 (24)
      Tom Donahue
    • [object Object]

      G-Funk

      7.2 (321)
      Karam Gill
    • [object Object]

      The Last Songwriter

      Mark Barger Elliott
    • [object Object]

      Score

      7.5 (5.1K)
      Matt Schrader
    • [object Object]

      Tokyo Idols

      6.9 (1.3K)
      Kyoko Miyake

    Graveyard Shift Competition

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      A Closer Walk with Thee

      3.8 (260)
      John C. Clark
      Brie Williams
    • [object Object]

      Birdboy: The Forgotten Children

      7.2 (3.4K)
      Pedro Rivero
      Alberto Vázquez
    • [object Object]

      Bloodlands

      5.5 (155)
      Steven Kastrissios
    • [object Object]

      Insomnium

      3.5 (722)
      Scott Powers
    • [object Object]

      JackRabbit 29

      6.5 (16)
      Kyle Klubal
    • [object Object]

      The Night Watchmen

      5.4 (3K)
      Mitchell Altieri
    • [object Object]

      Show Yourself

      4.8 (176)
      Billy Ray Brewton
    • [object Object]

      The Void

      5.9 (45K)
      Jeremy Gillespie
      Steven Kostanski
    • [object Object]

      Without Name

      5.3 (1.6K)
      Lorcan Finnegan
    • [object Object]

      H.P. Lovecraft's the Beast in the Cave

      5.4 (24)
      Cameron McCasland
      Red Headed Revolution Pictures
      Shackle Island Productions

    Graveyard Shift Shorts

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      I Am the Doorway

      6.7 (40)
      Robin Kasparik(director)

    New Directors Competition

    • Ronny Trocker
      Winner
      • Ronny Trocker
      • The Eremites
    • 74th Venice Film Festival "Disappearance" photocall
      • Pouria Heidary Oureh
      • Apricot Groves
    • Aisha Tyler
      • Aisha Tyler
      • Axis
    • Jameson Brooks works with DP Jake Wilganowski on set of Bomb City.
      • Jameson Brooks
      • Bomb City
    • Sabyn Mayfield
      • Sabyn Mayfield
      • Boomtown
    • Adam Keleman
      • Adam Keleman
      • Easy Living
    • Dorie Barton
      • Dorie Barton
      • Girl Flu.
    • Sofia Exarchou
      • Sofia Exarchou
      • Park
      • Jorge Thielen Armand
      • La Soledad

    VR & 360 Film Competition

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Invasion!

      6.1 (90)
      Baobab Studios

    Best Student Short

    • [object Object]

      Rosario

      8.3 (7)
      Marlén Ríos-Farjat
      Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica (CCC)
    • [object Object]

      The Alan Dimension

      7.3 (75)
      Jac Clinch
    • [object Object]

      Angst

      Rory Gibson
    • [object Object]

      Emily Must Wait

      7.4 (19)
      Christian Wittmoser
    • [object Object]

      Eye for an Eye

      8.1 (16)
      Steve Bache
      Mahyar Goudarzi
      Louise Peter

    • The Art of Not Appearing

      9.6 (9)
      Pernille Rivedal Hellevik
    • [object Object]

      The French Revolution

      Hai Afik
    • [object Object]

      I'm Free

      7.4 (15)
      Edvard Karijord
    • [object Object]

      Kryo

      6.4 (67)
      Christoph Heimer
    • [object Object]

      Night

      5.8 (48)
      Joosje Duk
    • [object Object]

      Nisha and Sealo

      Amy Hudkins
    • [object Object]

      The Noise of Licking

      6.4 (100)
      Nadja Andrasev
    • [object Object]

      A Test

      Matthew Zuxiang Zhao
    • [object Object]

      Whatever the Weather

      6.5 (20)
      Remo Scherrer

    Ground Zero Tennessee First Competition

    • [object Object]

      The Meanest Man in Texas

      6.0 (376)
      Justin Isaac Ward
      Brad Wilson
      Casey Bond
      Higher Purpose Entertainment
      Ohana Films Entertainment

    Tennessee First Narrative Short

    • [object Object]

      McMurphy

      Charles Dillon Ward(Director)
    • [object Object]

      H.P. Lovecraft's the Beast in the Cave

      5.4 (24)
      Cameron McCasland
      Red Headed Revolution Pictures
      Shackle Island Productions

    Lipscomb Ecumenical Prize

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Menashe

      6.6 (2.7K)
      Joshua Z Weinstein

    Best Actress

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    Best Actress

    • Lily Mae Harrington in The Glee Project (2011)
      Winner
      • Lily Mae Harrington
      • Some Freaks

    Graveyard Shift Competition

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Bloodlands

      5.5 (155)
      Suela Bako

    Screenwriter Award

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    Action/Adventure Feature Screenplay

    • Winner
      • Michael Gibrall
      for the screenplay "Duel of the Immortals"
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Shabu

      Judah Ray
      A-Level Pictures
    • [object Object]

      Dragon Run

      Bradley Stryker
      Stryke-Force Films

    Best Comedy Feature

    • Winner

      The Anklebiter

      Andy Jones

    Best Genre Short Script

    • Winner

      Fly!

      Dave Chan

    Comedy - Episodic

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Millennial Rules

      8.7 (31)
      Heidi Putallaz

    Music-Inspired Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Jack-O-Lanterns

      Dan Goforth(writer)

    Best Drama Screenplay

    • Against Mi Destino

      Gunnar Garrett

    Comedy Short Screenplay (Semi-Finalist)

    • In Shadows

      Cooper Justus(Cooper Justus)

    Family Feature Script

    • [object Object]

      Cheat Code Kids

      Judah Ray
      A-Level Pictures

    Feature Film Script

    • [object Object]

      The House of the White Bee

      Jane Therese
      Align Films
    • [object Object]

      The Meanest Man in Texas

      6.0 (376)
      Justin Isaac Ward
      Don Umphrey
      Higher Purpose Entertainment
      Ohana Films Entertainment

    • The Twin Within

      Gunnar Garrett

    Genre Short

      • Toby Osborne
      Chambered

    Semi-Finalist Thriller/Horror Short Screenplay

      • Dave Chan
      Semi-Finalist Thriller Short Screenplay "Blackout"

    Tennessee Short Script

    • A Visit with Pearl

      Jason K. Allen

    Nashville Area Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Dolores

      7.3 (403)
      Peter Bratt

    Best Actor

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    Bridgestone Narrative Feature Competition

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Student

      6.9 (6.3K)
      Pyotr Skvortsov

    Graveyard Shift Competition

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      A Closer Walk with Thee

      3.8 (260)
      Aj Knight

    New Directors Competition

    • Dave Davis
      Winner
      • Dave Davis
      • Bomb City

    Best U.S. Short

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    Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      American Paradise

      7.8 (104)
      Joe Talbot(director)

    SPECTRUM Audience Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin

      7.6 (833)
      Jennifer M. Kroot

    VER Award

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    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Boomtown

      5.1 (205)
      David Newbert

    Short Film Audience Award

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    Animated Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Nowhere Line: Voices from Manus Island

      7.0 (76)
      Lukas Schrank(director)

    Best Original Screenplay Award

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    Best Feature Film Screenplay

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      The Fostered

      7.4 (11)
      Gunnar Garrett
      Ranch Hand Films

    Screenwriting Competition

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    Tennessee Short Screenplay

    • [object Object]

      The Seashell

      Jason K. Allen

    Audience Award

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    Episodic Competition - Long Form

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Es lebe der Tod

      7.5 (297)
      Sebastian Marka

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