The Crossroads Film Festival is an independent film festival

Film festival

A film festival is an organised, extended presentation of films in one or more movie theaters or screening venues, usually in a single locality. More and more often film festivals show part of their films to the public by adding outdoor movie screenings...

 that takes place annually around the Jackson metropolitan area

Jackson metropolitan area

The Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area is a metropolitan area in the central region of the U.S. state of Mississippi that covers five counties: Copiah, Hinds, Madison, Rankin, and Simpson. As of the 2000 census, the MSA had a population of 497,197...

 in the state of Mississippi

Mississippi

Mississippi is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States. Jackson is the state capital and largest city. The name of the state derives from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, whose name comes from the Ojibwe word misi-ziibi...

. It focuses on independent film of all kinds, as well as regional and Mississippi film. The 12th annual festival will take place in Jackson on April 1–3, 2011.

The festival takes place over three days, as more than 75 selected films are screened throughout the weekend. In addition, workshops and receptions are typically held at various locations, including Millsaps College

Millsaps College

Millsaps College is a private liberal arts college located in Jackson, Mississippi. Founded in 1890, the college is recognized as one of the country's best private colleges dedicated to undergraduate teaching and educating the whole individual. Affiliated with the United Methodist Church, Millsaps...

 and the Mississippi Museum of Art.

Naming

The Crossroads Film Festival was named in part for the widely-known area of Mississippi where Robert Johnson was said to have sold his soul to the devil. It is also a reference to hometown Jackson's role as a metropolitan hub of the New South

New South

New South, New South Democracy or New South Creed is a phrase that has been used intermittently since the American Civil War to describe the American South, after 1877. The term "New South" is used in contrast to the Old South of the plantation system of the antebellum period.The term has been used...

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Awards

• Best Experimental Film
• Best Animated Film
• Best Music Video
• Best Student Film
• Best Short Documentary
• Best Feature Documentary
• Best Short Narrative
• Best Feature Narrative
• Director's Choice
• The Ruma (for most promising Mississippi filmmaker)
• The Adam Ford Youth Filmmaking Award
• Transformative Film Award
• Audience Choice