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Nashville Film Festival

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    Best Documentary Feature

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    Documentary Competition

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Minding the Gap

      8.0 (11K)
      Bing Liu
    • [object Object]

      Weed the People

      7.3 (412)
      Abby Epstein
    • [object Object]

      Chef Flynn

      6.7 (329)
      Cameron Yates
    • [object Object]

      Circles

      7.8 (14)
      Cassidy Friedman
    • [object Object]

      Crime + Punishment

      7.4 (719)
      Stephen Maing
    • [object Object]

      Crossroads

      8.8 (35)
      Ron Yassen
    • [object Object]

      Dark Money

      7.1 (963)
      Kimberly Reed
    • [object Object]

      Every Act of Life

      7.6 (183)
      Jeff Kaufman
    • [object Object]

      A Murder in Mansfield

      7.0 (244)
      Barbara Kopple
    • [object Object]

      Hillbilly

      6.7 (534)
      Sally Rubin
      Ashley York
    • [object Object]

      On Her Shoulders

      7.3 (526)
      Alexandria Bombach
    • [object Object]

      Zero Weeks

      8.1 (48)
      Ky Dickens
    • [object Object]

      The World Before Your Feet

      7.4 (782)
      Jeremy Workman
    • [object Object]

      Say Her Name: The Life and Death of Sandra Bland

      7.1 (770)
      Kate Davis
      David Heilbroner

    Best Documentary Short

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    Best Documentary Short

    • [object Object]

      Lotte That Silhouette Girl

      7.8 (7)
      Elizabeth Beecherl
      Carla Patullo

    Best Narrative Short

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    Short Film

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      Deux dollars

      7.1 (62)
      Emmanuel Tenenbaum
    • [object Object]

      Careful How You Go

      6.1 (94)
      Emerald Fennell

    Best Short Film

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    Short Film

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      Sacrilège

      6.8 (116)
      Christophe M. Saber
    • [object Object]

      Matria

      7.1 (166)
      Álvaro Gago
    • [object Object]

      Rendez-vous mè Dieu

      7.8 (7)
      Kevin Van Doorslaer
    • [object Object]

      Rendez-vous mè Dieu

      7.8 (7)
      Kevin Van Doorslaer

    Best College Short

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    Short Narrative

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      Winner

      Lunch Time

      6.8 (155)
      Alireza Ghasemi(director)

    Grand Jury Prize for Best Student Short

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      Iron Hands

      7.7 (46)
      Johnson Cheng

    Special Jury Prize

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    Breakout Performances by a Young Actress

    • Meijun Zhou
      Wen-Qi
      Winners
      • Meijun Zhou
      • Wen-Qi
      • Angels Wear White

    Special Jury Prize for Imagination, Philosophical and Scientific Rigor and Visual Inventiveness

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Laplace's Demon

      6.5 (366)

    Honorable Mention

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    Gibson Music Films/Music City Competition

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      Winner

      If I Leave Here Tomorrow: A Film About Lynyrd Skynyrd

      7.8 (1.7K)
      Stephen Kijak
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Bathtubs Over Broadway

      7.6 (1.3K)
      Dava Whisenant

    Best Music in a Feature Film

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    Best Music

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      Winner

      Tijuana Jackson: Purpose Over Prison

      6.0 (742)
      Carl Thiel(composer)

    Audience Choice Award

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    Documentary Competition

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      Winner

      Weed the People

      7.3 (412)
      Abby Epstein

    Gibson Music Films/Music City Competition

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      If I Leave Here Tomorrow: A Film About Lynyrd Skynyrd

      7.8 (1.7K)
      Stephen Kijak

    Graveyard Shift

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      Winner

      The Odds

      4.9 (2.2K)
      Bob Giordano

    Narrative Competition

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Tijuana Jackson: Purpose Over Prison

      6.0 (742)
      Romany Malco(director)

    New Directors Competition

    • Alex O Eaton
      Winner
      • Alex O Eaton
      • Mountain Rest

    Special Presentations

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      Winner

      Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me

      7.6 (280)
      Sam Pollard

    Tennessee First

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      Winner

      Another Version of You

      6.1 (627)
      Motke Dapp

    Tennessee Horizon Audience Award

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      Strategy and Pursuit

      7.2 (270)
      Matt Riddlehoover

    Graveyard Shift Competition Award

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    Best Actress

    • Cate Jones
      Winner
      • Cate Jones
      • Mickey Reece's Alien
      Perm Machine

    Grand Jury Prize for Feature Film

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      Winner

      Mickey Reece's Alien

      6.8 (58)
      Mickey Reece
      Perm Machine

    Graveyard Shift Shorts

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      She Came from the Woods

      7.5 (53)
      Erik Bloomquist(producer)
      Carson Bloomquist(producer)
      Eric Wolf(executive producer)
      Kristen Anne Ferraro(executive producer)
      Mainframe Pictures
      Erixco
    • [object Object]

      After We Have Left Our Homes

      6.0 (37)
      Marc Adamson(director)
    • [object Object]

      De Dode Spreekt

      Marcos Mereles(director)

    Grand Jury Prize

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    Animated Feature Competition

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      Winner

      The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales

      7.4 (4.1K)
      Patrick Imbert
      Benjamin Renner
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      Still

      5.2 (1.4K)
      Takashi Doscher
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      Virus tropical

      6.8 (1.2K)
      Santiago Caicedo

    Animation

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Weekends

      7.2 (1.7K)
      Trevor Jimenez

    Best Narrative Short

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      Winner

      The President's Visit

      5.6 (88)
      Cyril Aris

    Best Student Short

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      Winner

      Schoolyard Blues

      6.9 (82)
      Maria Eriksson-Hecht

    Bridgestone Narrative Feature Competition

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Tijuana Jackson: Purpose Over Prison

      6.0 (742)
      Romany Malco
    • [object Object]

      Angels Wear White

      7.1 (2.6K)
      Vivian Qu
    • [object Object]

      Goliath

      5.8 (278)
      Dominik Locher(director)
    • [object Object]

      1985

      7.2 (2.7K)
      Yen Tan
    • [object Object]

      When She Runs

      6.8 (112)
      Robert Machoian
      Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck
    • [object Object]

      Across the Waters

      6.3 (1.2K)
      Nicolo Donato
    • [object Object]

      Adventures in Public School

      5.9 (2.2K)
      Kyle Rideout
    • [object Object]

      DriverX

      5.8 (713)
      Henry Barrial
    • [object Object]

      Dating My Mother

      5.2 (506)
      Mike Roma
    • [object Object]

      Bikini Moon

      6.7 (296)
      Milcho Manchevski
    • [object Object]

      I Got Life!

      6.3 (1.4K)
      Blandine Lenoir
    • [object Object]

      Filth City

      4.4 (818)
      Andy King
      Matt King
      Andrew Ferguson
      Marianna Khoury
      Randy Morgan
      LaRue Entertainment
      LaRue Productions
      Studio Plus

    Gibson Music Films/Music City Competition

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Satan & Adam

      7.7 (526)
      V. Scott Balcerek
    • [object Object]

      Bathtubs Over Broadway

      7.6 (1.3K)
      Dava Whisenant
    • [object Object]

      If I Leave Here Tomorrow: A Film About Lynyrd Skynyrd

      7.8 (1.7K)
      Stephen Kijak
    • [object Object]

      Loud Krazy Love

      7.1 (395)
      Trey Hill
      Scott Mayo
    • [object Object]

      Industrial Accident: The Story of Wax Trax! Records

      7.6 (301)
      Julia Nash
    • [object Object]

      Fatherhood

      7.9 (13)
      Ben Gregor
    • [object Object]

      Conny Plank: The Potential of Noise

      7.4 (234)
      Reto Caduff
      Stephan Plank

    Graveyard Shift Competition

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Mickey Reece's Alien

      6.8 (58)
      Mickey Reece(director)
      Fall Films
      Perm Machine
    • [object Object]

      Prototype

      6.0 (58)
      Blake Williams

    Ground Zero Tennessee First Competition

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Rukus

      6.9 (25)
      Brett Hanover
    • [object Object]

      Strategy and Pursuit

      7.2 (270)
      Matt Riddlehoover

    New Directors Competition

    • Vincent Gagliostro at an event for After Louie (2017)
      • Vincent Gagliostro
      • After Louie
      • Adrian Goiginger
      • The Best of All Worlds
    • Alex O Eaton
      • Alex O Eaton
      • Mountain Rest
      • Blerta Zeqiri
      • The Marriage
    • Kathleen Hepburn
      • Kathleen Hepburn
      • Never Steady, Never Still
    • Vandana Kataria
      • Vandana Kataria
      • Noblemen
    • Takashi Doscher
      • Takashi Doscher
      • Still
    • Writer&Director Asa Hjorleifsdottir
      • Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttir
      • The Swan

    New Directors Competition

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    Best Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Thunder Road

      7.0 (20K)
      Jim Cummings
    • [object Object]

      3/4

      6.3 (486)
      Ilian Metev

    Lipscomb Ecumenical Prize

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Across the Waters

      6.3 (1.2K)
      Nicolo Donato

    Best Actress

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    Actor's Challenge Best Actress

    • Carla Christina Contreras
      Winner
      • Carla Christina Contreras
      • The Secrets Society

    Graveyard Shift Competition

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Mickey Reece's Alien

      6.8 (58)
      Cate Jones(actor)

    Screenwriter Award

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    Family Feature Script

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Cheat Code Kids

      Judah Ray
      A-Level Pictures

    TV Drama Pilot

    • Bandar Albuliwi
      Winner
      • Bandar Albuliwi

    Best Genre Short Script

    • Aicha Kandisha

      Sarah El Bakkouri(writer)
      Semi-finalist
    • Markus Mueller
      • Markus Mueller
      Mueller & Co Cinematographers KG

    Drama Short Screenplay

    • [object Object]

      Amal

      9.8 (7)
      Dilek Ince

    Feature Film Script

    • [object Object]

      Shabu

      Judah Ray
      A-Level Pictures

    Best Actor

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    Actor's Challenge

    • David Ditmore
      Winner
      • David Ditmore(actor)
      • Ashes

    Best Actor, Narrative Competition

    • Romany Malco in The Things We Keep Inside (2021)
      Winner
      • Romany Malco(actor)
      • Tijuana Jackson: Purpose Over Prison

    Graveyard Shift Competition

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Mickey Reece's Alien

      6.8 (58)
      Jacob Ryan Snovel(actor)

    Short Narrative Award

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    Best Narrative Short

    • [object Object]

      The President's Visit

      5.6 (88)
      Cyril Aris

    Bridgestone Narrative Competition

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    Best Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Angels Wear White

      7.1 (2.6K)
      Vivian Qu

    Best U.S. Short

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    Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Debris

      7.0 (107)
      Julio O. Ramos
      Andino Films

    SPECTRUM Audience Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Into the Okavango

      7.5 (643)
      Neil Gelinas

    VER Best Cinematography Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Mountain Rest

      5.4 (259)
      Ashley Connor

    Best Original Screenplay Award

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    30-Minute Teleplay Competition

    • Winner

      OMG

      Terry Milner(writer)

    • Carcass Star

      Mike Carrier

    Best Comedy Short

    • Anna Hopkins
      Winner
      • Anna Hopkins
      The Same Page Productions

    Best Genre Short Script

    • More Than Just a Pretty Face

      Elizabeth Dean(writer)

    Documentary Competition

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    Best Documentary

    • [object Object]

      Inventing Tomorrow

      7.1 (208)
      Laura Nix
      Honorable Mention
    • [object Object]

      Dark Money

      7.1 (963)
      Kimberly Reed
      Big Sky Film Productions
      Big Mouth Productions
      Meerkat Media Collective

    Best Actor's Challenge Filim

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Secrets Society

      Motke Dapp

    Best Style and Beauty Team

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Aembras

      Chad McClarnon
      Ciciley Hoffman
      Sherita Leslie
      Aaron Crossley
      Best Part Productions

    Tennessee First Grand Jury Prize

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    Best Documentary Short

    • Winner

      Clarksville 1937

      Karen Bullis(director)
      Kathy Lee Heuston(director)

    Best Original Song

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Blindspotting

      7.4 (34K)
      Anthony Hamilton
      Song: "Talk to Me"

    Screenwriting Competition

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    Semi-Finalist

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Offline

      Kate Kelsen

    Semifinalist

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Venor

      Matt Nye(writer)

    Genre Feature

    • Midland

      Emily Lobsenz(writer)

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