Nashville Film Festival
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The Nashville Film Festival (NaFF), held annually in Nashville, Tennessee
, is the oldest running film festival in the South and one of the oldest in the United States. In 2009, Nashville Film Festival received close to 2000 submissions from 86 countries, programmed nearly 260 films and had an attendance of almost 23,000. In addition to eight days of film screenings, the festival provides industry panels, music showcases, parties and receptions, and workshops.
The 2010 Nashville Film Festival was held April 15–22, 2010.
Because Nashville is known as "Music City," one focus of the festival is the "Music Films in Music City" section. In addition to films about music, attention to music in films, and the Music Films in Music City awards, NaFF presents showcases, workshops, and other events bringing songwriters, artists, and music industry insiders together with film professionals to promote collaboration.
Nashville Film Festival, a non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation, also provides year-round outreach efforts with programs for senior citizens, challenged teens, and high school and college-age filmmakers. These programs include lectures and screenings at elementary, middle and high schools, colleges, museums, libraries and community centers. NaFF also oversees the Young Filmmakers Program designed to teach teens filmmaking skills.
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
, is the oldest running film festival in the South and one of the oldest in the United States. In 2009, Nashville Film Festival received close to 2000 submissions from 86 countries, programmed nearly 260 films and had an attendance of almost 23,000. In addition to eight days of film screenings, the festival provides industry panels, music showcases, parties and receptions, and workshops.
The 2010 Nashville Film Festival was held April 15–22, 2010.
Program and focus
Films shown at the Nashville Film Festival include narrative features, short films, and documentaries. They cross all genres including drama, comedy, family, experimental, and animation. The festival partners with numerous local cultural and ethnic groups.Because Nashville is known as "Music City," one focus of the festival is the "Music Films in Music City" section. In addition to films about music, attention to music in films, and the Music Films in Music City awards, NaFF presents showcases, workshops, and other events bringing songwriters, artists, and music industry insiders together with film professionals to promote collaboration.
Nashville Film Festival, a non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation, also provides year-round outreach efforts with programs for senior citizens, challenged teens, and high school and college-age filmmakers. These programs include lectures and screenings at elementary, middle and high schools, colleges, museums, libraries and community centers. NaFF also oversees the Young Filmmakers Program designed to teach teens filmmaking skills.
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. NaFF's attendance numbers doubled between 2003 and 2007. It is currently held at the Regal Green Hills Stadium 16 in the Green Hills area of Nashville, Tennessee.Accolades
Nashville Film Festival was voted as one of "20 film festivals worth the entry fee" by MovieMaker Magazine and highlighted for "One of the Best Film Festival Prizes" by Film Festival Today.Features
| Category | Winner | Movie |
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| Bridgestone Narrative Competition Grand Jury Prize | Valeriy Todorovskiy | Hipsters |
| Bridgestone Grand Jury Prize for Best Actor in Narrative Feature | Anton Shagin Anton Shagin Anton Alexandrovich Shagin is a Russian actor, most famous for his role as Mels in Hipsters.-References:... |
Hipsters |
| Bridgestone Grand Jury Prize for Best Actress in Narrative Feature | Paprika Steen Paprika Steen Paprika Steen is a Danish actress and film director best known for her performances in the films Festen, The Idiots and Open Hearts... |
Applause |
| Southwest Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature | Radu Mihaileanu Radu Mihaileanu Radu Mihăileanu is a Jewish Romanian-born French film director and screenwriter. He left Romania in 1980 and graduated the IDHEC cinematographic institute in Paris. In addition to his work in the cinema he published a book of poems in 1987 titled Une vague en mal de mer... |
The Concert Le Concert Le Concert is a 2009 French comedy film by Radu Mihăileanu starring Aleksei Guskov, Mélanie Laurent and Miou-Miou. It has won the Best Original Score and Best Sound awards at César Awards 2010.- Plot :... |
| Documentary Channel Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary Feature | Marshall Curry Marshall Curry Marshall Curry is a documentary filmmaker. His first feature-length film, Street Fight, was nominated for an Academy Award and a News and Documentary Emmy. His second film, Racing Dreams, won Best Documentary and was runner up for the Audience Award at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2009... |
Racing Dreams |
| Documentary Channel Audience Award for Best Documentary | Jim Bigham | For Once in My Life |
| Leanne Pooley Leanne Pooley Leanne Pooley was born and raised in Winnipeg, Canada, she immigrated to New Zealand in the mid-1980s and began working in the New Zealand television industry.... |
The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls | |
| New Directors Competition Grand Jury Prize | Michael Mohan | One Too Many Mornings One Too Many Mornings (film) One Too Many Mornings is a 2009 independent comedy film directed by Michael Mohan, who co-wrote the movie with Anthony Deptula and Stephen D.B. Hale. Deptula and Hale also star in the film alongside Tina Kapousis, Red State Update's Jonathan Shockley, and the Actors' Gang's V.J. Foster... |
| New Directors Competition Grand Jury Prize for Best Actor | Anthony Deptula | One Too Many Mornings One Too Many Mornings (film) One Too Many Mornings is a 2009 independent comedy film directed by Michael Mohan, who co-wrote the movie with Anthony Deptula and Stephen D.B. Hale. Deptula and Hale also star in the film alongside Tina Kapousis, Red State Update's Jonathan Shockley, and the Actors' Gang's V.J. Foster... |
| New Directors Competition Grand Jury Prize for Best Actress | Eileen Nicholas | Bomber Bomber (2009 film) Bomber is a 2009 British comedy-drama film directed and written by Paul Cotter about an 83 year-old man returning to Germany for a long planned journey of atonement.-Plot:... |
| Gibson Impact of Music Award | Jim Bigham | For Once in My Life |
| Naxos Award for Best Music in A Feature Film | Konstantin Meladze | Hipsters |
| Ground Zero Tennessee Spirit Award for Best Feature | Brent Stewart Brent Stewart Brent D. Stewart was appointed to the Provincial Court of Manitoba on April 16, 1998.Prior to his appointment, Judge Stewart was a partner in the law firm of Hoeschen and Stewart located in Morden, Manitoba. He has extensive experience in criminal, family and civil litigation matters. He was... |
The Colonel's Bride |
| Bridgestone Narrative Competition Grand Jury Prize - Honorable Mention | Bruce Webb | The Be All and End All The Be All and End All The Be All and End All is a British film shot in Liverpool. It stars Eugene Byrne, Josh Bolt, Connor Mcintyre, Liza Tarbuck and Neve McIntosh. With comic and heartfelt results the story tells the story of a friendship between two boys Ziggy and Robbie... |
| Documentary Channel Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary Feature - Honorable Mention | Taggart Siegel Taggart Siegel Taggart Siegel is an American documentary filmmaker. For 25 years, he has produced and directed Emmy-nominated, award-winning documentaries and dramas that reflect cultural diversity... |
Queen of the Sun Queen of the Sun Queen of the Sun: What Are the Bees Telling Us? is a 2010 documentary film directed by Taggart Siegel. The film investigates multiple angles of the recent bee epidemic colony collapse disorder. It also explores the historical and contemporary relationship between bees and humans... |
| New Directors Grand Jury Prize - Honorable Mention | Paul Cotter | Bomber Bomber (2009 film) Bomber is a 2009 British comedy-drama film directed and written by Paul Cotter about an 83 year-old man returning to Germany for a long planned journey of atonement.-Plot:... |
| Gibson Impact of Music Award - Honorable Mention | Bruce Bryant | For the Sake of the Song: The Story of Anderson Fair |
| Bridgestone Narrative Competition Grand Jury Prize - Honorable Mention | Bruce Webb | The Be All and End All The Be All and End All The Be All and End All is a British film shot in Liverpool. It stars Eugene Byrne, Josh Bolt, Connor Mcintyre, Liza Tarbuck and Neve McIntosh. With comic and heartfelt results the story tells the story of a friendship between two boys Ziggy and Robbie... |
Shorts
| Category | Winner | Movie |
|---|---|---|
| Ground Zero Tennessee Spirit Award for Best Narrative Short | Clay Jeter | 5 Dollars |
| Ground Zero Tennessee Spirit Award for Best Documentary Short | Jonathan Epstein Jonathan Epstein Jonathan Epstein is an economist who worked on the implementation and establishment of Australia's sovereign wealth fund, the Future Fund as a senior analyst and adviser to the chairman.... |
I Am A Man: from Memphis, A Lesson in Life |
| Documentary Channel Award for Best Short Documentary | Tim Rauch and Mike Rauch | Q&A |
| Documentary Channel Award for Best Short Documentary - Honorable Mention | T.G. Herrington | Mr. Okra |
| Vanderbilt Golden Opportunity Award for Best College Student Short | Giacomo Cimini | The City in the Sky |
| Vanderbilt Golden Opportunity Award for Best College Student Short - Honorable Mention | Michael Rochford | Carpet Kingdom |
| Best Animated Short | Chris Landreth Chris Landreth Chris Landreth is an American animator working in Canada, best known for his work on the 2004 film, Ryan. He has made many CGI animated films since the mid-90s, including The End, Bingo, The Listener, Caustic Sky: A Portrait of Regional Acid Deposition, and Data Driven The Story Of Franz... |
The Spine The Spine (film) The Spine is a 2009 animated short by Chris Landreth about a married dysfunctional couple, created in Landreth's "psycho realist" style, in which characters' mental states are reflected in their physical appearance... |
| Best Animated Short - Honorable Mention | Nick Cross Nick Cross Nick Cross is an award-winning Canadian independent animator. His works include The Waif of Persephone, Yellow Cake, Pig Farmer, and Black Sunrise.-External links:*... |
Yellow Cake |
| Best Experimental Short | Joseph Ernst | Feeder |
| Best Live Action Short | Jamie Travis Jamie Travis Jamie Travis is a Toronto-based filmmaker who has written and directed award-winning short films, music videos and television commercials. He received international recognition for his two short film trilogies: The Patterns Trilogy and the Saddest Children in the World trilogy. His six short films... |
The Armoire |
| Best Live Action Short - Honorable Mention | Roland Honeycutt Jr. | Dwight David Honeycutt for Conway School Board |
| Best Young Filmmaker | Edward Heffernan | The Letter |
Special
| Category | Winner | Movie |
|---|---|---|
| Special Jury Prize for Remarkably Weaving Documentary and Narrative Footage into a Subtly Moving Whole | Davey Frankel and Rasselas Lakew | The Athlete The Athlete The Athlete is a 2009 Ethiopian drama film directed by Davey Frankel and Rasselas Lakew. The film was selected as the Ethiopian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards, but it didn't make the final shortlist... (Atletu) |
| Special Jury Prize for Bravery in Storytelling | Dean Hamer | Out in the Silence |
| Special Jury Prize for Artistic Perseverance through Commercial Adversities | Clark Stiles | Don't Quit Your Daydream |
| NAHCC Award for Best Hispanic Filmmaker | Javier Fuentes-León | Undertow Undertow (2009 film) Undertow is a 2009 Peruvian drama film directed by Javier Fuentes-León. The film won the prestigious World Cinema Audience Award in the Dramatic category at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival... |
| Best GLBT Film | Leanne Pooley Leanne Pooley Leanne Pooley was born and raised in Winnipeg, Canada, she immigrated to New Zealand in the mid-1980s and began working in the New Zealand television industry.... |
The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls |
| Mike Curb Career Achievement Award for Film Music | Carter Burwell Carter Burwell Carter Benedict Burwell is an American composer of film scores.-Life and career:Burwell was born in New York City, the son of Natalie , a math teacher, and Charles Burwell, who founded Thaibok Fabrics, Ltd... |
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| 2010 President's Impact Award | Adrian Grenier Adrian Grenier Adrian Grenier is an American actor, musician and director. He is best known for his lead role on the HBO original series, Entourage, as Vincent Chase.-Early life:... |
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| Coleman Sinking Creek Award | Steve James | |
| Governor's Award | Watkins College of Art, Design & Film | |
| Nashville Public Television Human Spirit Award | Peter Wiedensmith | Raw Faith |
| Rosetta Miller-Perry Award for Best Black Filmmaker | Mario Van Peebles Mario Van Peebles Mario "Chip" Cain Van Peebles is an American director and actor who has appeared in numerous Hollywood films. He is son of filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles.-Life and career:... |
Black, White and Blues |
| Best Film by a Woman Director | Jac Schaeffer Jac Schaeffer Jac Schaeffer is a film director, producer and screenwriter who came to fame with her feature film debut TiMER.Schaeffer holds a B.A. from Princeton University.-External links:*... |
TiMER Timer A timer is a specialized type of clock. A timer can be used to control the sequence of an event or process. Whereas a stopwatch counts upwards from zero for measuring elapsed time, a timer counts down from a specified time interval, like an hourglass.Timers can be mechanical, electromechanical,... |
| Film Musicians Secondary Market Fund Best Director/Composer Collaboration | Mario Van Peebles Mario Van Peebles Mario "Chip" Cain Van Peebles is an American director and actor who has appeared in numerous Hollywood films. He is son of filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles.-Life and career:... /Tree Adams |
Black, White and Blues |
Feature
| Regal Cinemas Regal Cinemas Regal Cinemas is a UK-based cinema chain since the early days of the cinema. In 1928, Regal Cinemas became part of Associated British Cinemas but has retained the name 'Regal Cinemas'.... / Nashville Film Festival Dreammaker Award |
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| Year | Film | Director |
| 2009 | Make-out with Violence Make-out with Violence -Plot synopsis:The film tells the story of twin brothers Patrick and Carol Darling, newly graduated from high school and struggling to come to terms with the mysterious disappearance of their friend, the bright and beautiful Wendy Hearst... |
The Deagol Brothers |
| 2008 | Two embraces | Enrique Begne |
| 2007 | Small engine repair | Niall Heery |
| 2006 | Almost heaven | Ed Herzog |
| 2005 | Midwinter Night's Dream | Goran Paskaljevic Goran Paskaljevic Goran Paskaljević is a Serbian film director. He was raised by his grandparents in Niš, following the divorce of his parents, and 14 years later returned to Belgrade where he worked in his stepfather's cinema.... |
| 2004 | Take Out Take Out (feature film) Take Out is a 2004 independent film depicting a day-in-the-life of an illegal Chinese immigrant working as a deliveryman for a Chinese take-out shop in New York City... |
Sean Baker, Shih-Ching Tsou |
| Audience Choice Award for Best Narrative Feature | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | Director |
| 2009 | That Evening Sun That Evening Sun (film) That Evening Sun is a 2009 film based on a 2002 short story I Hate to See That Evening Sun Go Down by William Gay. The movie, produced by Dogwood Entertainment, stars Hal Holbrook as Abner Meecham and is directed by Scott Teems who also wrote the screenplay... |
Scott Teems |
| 2008 | Cook County | David Pomes |
| 2007 | Randy and the Mob Randy and The Mob Randy and The Mob is a 2007 comedy film written, directed and starring Ray McKinnon. It also stars Lisa Blount, Walton Goggins and Bill Nunn, with a cameo by Burt Reynolds.... |
Ray McKinnon Ray McKinnon (actor) Ray McKinnon is an American actor, screenwriter, film director and producer. He was married to actress and producer Lisa Blount from 1998 until her death on October 25, 2010... |
| 2006 | Live and Become | Radu Mihaileanu |
| 2005 | The Aryan Couple The Aryan Couple (2004 film) The Aryan Couple is a 2004 drama directed by John Daly. It was the director's ninth film and motion picture to be released by Atlantic Film Productions... |
John Daly |
| Hustle & Flow Hustle & Flow Hustle & Flow is a 2005 independent drama film written and directed by Craig Brewer and produced by John Singleton. Terrence Howard stars as a Memphis hustler and pimp who faces his aspiration to become a rapper... |
Craig Brewer Craig Brewer Craig Brewer is an American film director and screenwriter. His 2005 movie Hustle & Flow won the Audience Award at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival and achieved commercial success, along with an Academy Award for Best Original Song, "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp".- Life and career :Hustle & Flow... |
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| Loggerheads Loggerheads (film) Loggerheads is an independent film written and directed by Tim Kirkman, produced by Gill Holland and released in the United States by Strand Releasing in October 2005. After its debut at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize, Loggerheads screened at... |
Tim Kirkman | |
| The Thing About My Folks The Thing About My Folks The Thing About My Folks is a 2005 American drama film directed by Raymond De Felitta. The screenplay by Paul Reiser focuses on the effect a terminal illness has on the marriage of an aging couple and their adult children.-Plot:... |
Raymond De Felitta | |
| 2004 | Saved! Saved! Saved! is a 2004 teen comedy-drama film involving elements of religious satire. It was directed by Brian Dannelly and written by Dannelly and Michael Urban. It stars Jena Malone, Mandy Moore, Macaulay Culkin, Patrick Fugit, Eva Amurri, Martin Donovan, and Mary-Louise Parker... |
Brian Dannelly |
| Best Documentary Feature | ||
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| Year | Film | Director |
| 2009 | Shakespeare and Victor Hugo's Intimacies | Yulene Olaizola |
| 2008 | Shake the Devil off | Peter Entell |
| 2007 | Banished Banished (film) Banished is a 2007 documentary film about four U.S. cities, which were part of many communities that violently forced African American families to flee in post-reconstruction America. In incidents which took place in Texas, Missouri, Georgia and Indiana between 1886 and 1923... |
Marco Williams Marco Williams Marco Williams is a documentary filmmaker and professor of film production at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. His films have received several awards, including the Gotham Documentary Achievement Award for and he has been nominated three times for the Sundance Film Festival grand... |
| 2006 | The Trials Of Darryl Hunt | Ricki Stern, Annie Sundberg |
| A lion in the house | Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert | |
| 2005 | The Real Dirt on Farmer John The Real Dirt on Farmer John The Real Dirt on Farmer John is a 2005 documentary film directed by Taggart Siegel about the life of Midwestern farmer John Peterson, operator of Angelic Organics.-Awards:The Real Dirt on Farmer John has won awards at over 30 film festivals... |
Taggart Siegel |
| 2004 | Born into Brothels Born into Brothels Born into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids is a 2004 American documentary film about the children of prostitutes in Sonagachi, Kolkata's red light district... |
Ross Kauffman, Zana Briski Zana Briski Zana Briski is a photographer and filmmaker best known as the director of Born into Brothels, the 2004 winner of the Academy Award for Documentary Feature... |
| Audience Choice Award for Best Documentary Feature | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | Director |
| 2009 | Rock Prophecies Rock Prophecies Rock Prophecies is a 2009 documentary film concerning rock photographer Robert M. Knight. It is directed by John Chester and produced by Tim Kaiser .-Plot:... |
John Chester John Chester John Chester is a documentary filmmaker, TV director, and cinematographer. During his high school years he made student films in his hometown, the mainly seasonal resort town of Ocean City, Maryland, USA. but later lived in the Los Angeles area where he worked as a Production assistant on a... |
| 2008 | Sons of Lwala | Barry Simmons |
| 2007 | The Clinton 12 | Keith McDaniel |
| 2006 | Chances: The Women of Magdalene Chances: The Women of Magdalene Chances: The Women of Magdalene is a documentary film produced and directed by Tom Neff, and written by Neff and Barry Rubinow. The documentary features the socially conscious organization known as "Magdalene," located in Nashville, Tennessee, that recovers prostitutes off the street.-Interviews:*... |
Tom Neff Tom Neff Thomas Linden Neff, known as Tom Neff, is a film executive, director and producer, born in Chicago, Illinois. Currently, he lives in Nashville, Tennessee.-Education:Neff received his Bachelor of Arts from Lawrence University with a major in English... |
| 2005 | Cowboy Jack's Home Movies (or, Shakespeare was a big George Jones fan) | Robert Gordon, Morgan Neville |
| 2004 | Born into Brothels Born into Brothels Born into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids is a 2004 American documentary film about the children of prostitutes in Sonagachi, Kolkata's red light district... |
Ross Kauffman, Zana Briski Zana Briski Zana Briski is a photographer and filmmaker best known as the director of Born into Brothels, the 2004 winner of the Academy Award for Documentary Feature... |
| Best Music In a Narrative Feature Film | |||
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| Year | Performers | Film | Director |
| 2009 | The Non-Commissioned Officers | Make-out with Violence Make-out with Violence -Plot synopsis:The film tells the story of twin brothers Patrick and Carol Darling, newly graduated from high school and struggling to come to terms with the mysterious disappearance of their friend, the bright and beautiful Wendy Hearst... |
The Deagol Brothers |
| 2008 | Jessica Fogle, Cory James Krueckeberg and Tim Sandusky | Were the World Mine Were the World Mine Were the World Mine is a 2008 romantic musical fantasy film directed by Tom Gustafson and written by Gustafson and Cory James Krueckeberg.Were the World Mine is a story of gay empowerment, inspired by Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream... |
Tom Gustafson |
| 2007 | John Swihart | Randy and the mob | Ray McKinnon |
| 2006 | Sweet Land Sweet Land Sweet Land is a 2005 American independent period drama film written and directed by Ali Selim. It is an adaptation of the 1989 short story "A Gravestone Made of Wheat" by Will Weaver... |
Ali Selim Ali Selim Ali Selim is an Arab-American advertising and independent film director. Over the past fifteen years he has directed over 850 television commercials, five half-hour documentaries and several music videos.-Early life:... |
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| 2005 | Hank Williams First Nation Hank Williams First Nation Hank Williams First Nation is a 2005 film, directed by Aaron James Sorensen. It is Sorensen's first feature film.The film stars Gordon Tootoosis, Jimmy Herman , Stacy Da Silva, Bernard Starlight, and Colin VanLoon.... |
Aaron James Sorensen | |
| 2004 | One Last Dance | Stacy Widelitz | |
| Impact of Music Award | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | Director |
| 2009 | Youssou Ndour: I bring what I Love | Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi |
| 2008 | Young@Heart Young@Heart (film) Young@Heart is a 2008 British documentary film directed by Stephen Walker. Its focus is Young@Heart, a New England chorus of senior citizens that sings contemporary and classic rock and pop songs.-Synopsis:... |
Stephen Walker |
| 2007 | Gypsy Caravan | Jasmine Dellal Jasmine Dellal Jasmine Dellal is a British-born Film director and producer. She was born and raised in Great Britain, studied in the United States and has often visited India, where her grandmother lives. She speaks Spanish, French, and English. She received her Bachelors Degree in French and Spanish language &... |
| 2006 | The Refugee All-Stars | Zach Niles, Banker White |
| 2005 | Rhythm Is It! Rhythm Is It! Rhythm Is It! is a 2004 German documentary film directed by Thomas Grube and Enrique Sánchez Lansch. The film documents a project undertaken by the Berlin Philharmonic principal conductor Simon Rattle and choreographer Royston Maldoom who decided to popularize classical music by staging a... |
Thomas Grube & Enrique Sanchez Lansch Enrique Sánchez Lansch Enrique Sánchez Lansch is a Spanish-German film director and screenwriter.-History:Enrique Sánchez Lansch was born in Gijón, Northern Spain to a Spanish father and German mother. He was raised in Gijón and Cologne, Germany... |
| 2004 | Give me your hand | Heddy Honigmann |
| Tennessee Independent Spirit Award for the Best Feature-Length Film Directed By a Tennessee Resident | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | Director |
| 2009 | Make-utu with Violence | The Deagol Brothers |
| 2008 | Sons of Lwala | Barry Simmons |
| 2007 | Adrenaline | Robert S. Lynn |
| 2006 | Chances: The Women of Magdalene Chances: The Women of Magdalene Chances: The Women of Magdalene is a documentary film produced and directed by Tom Neff, and written by Neff and Barry Rubinow. The documentary features the socially conscious organization known as "Magdalene," located in Nashville, Tennessee, that recovers prostitutes off the street.-Interviews:*... |
Tom Neff Tom Neff Thomas Linden Neff, known as Tom Neff, is a film executive, director and producer, born in Chicago, Illinois. Currently, he lives in Nashville, Tennessee.-Education:Neff received his Bachelor of Arts from Lawrence University with a major in English... |
| 2005 | Cowboy Jack's Home Movies (or, Shakespeare was a big George Jones fan) | Robert Gordon, Morgan Neville |
| 2004 | The Royal Academy | Tony Cane-Honeysett |
Shorts
| Best Narrative Short | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | Director |
| 2009 | Next Floor | Denis Villeneuve Denis Villeneuve Denis Villeneuve is a Canadian film director and writer. In his early career he won Radio-Canada's youth film competition "La Course Europe-Asie" in 1990-91. He is a three-time winner of the Genie Award for Best Director, for Maelström in 2001, Polytechnique in 2010 and Incendies in 2011... |
| 2008 | I love Sarah Jane | Spencer Susser |
| 2007 | The Last Dog in Rwanda | Jens Assur |
| 2006 | Doll no. 639 | Andras György Desi |
| 2005 | In the morning | Danielle Lurie |
| 2004 | Deep Silence | Gustavo Loza |
| Best Animated Short | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | Director |
| 2009 | I Am So Proud Of You I Am So Proud Of You I Am So Proud Of You is a 2008 animated short film by Don Hertzfeldt. It is the second chapter of a planned three-part story about the character Bill andcontinues the dark and philosophical humor of the first film, Everything Will Be OK.... |
Don Hertzfeldt Don Hertzfeldt Don Hertzfeldt is the creator of many short animated films, including the Academy-Award nominated Rejected and Everything Will Be OK. His animated films have received over 150 awards and have been presented around the world. Before the age of thirty, his films were already the subject of several... |
| 2008 | Madame Tutli-Putli | Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowksi |
| 2007 | Dreams and Desires- Family Ties | Joanna Quinn Joanna Quinn Joanna Quinn is an English film director and animator. She was born in Birmingham. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Famous Fred in 1998.... |
| 2006 | City Paradise | Gaelle Denis |
| 2005 | The Tree Officer | Neil Jack |
| 2004 | Hello | Jonathon Nix |
| Best Documentary Short | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | Director |
| 2009 | Witness - From the balcony of room 306 | Adam Petrofsky |
| 2008 | My olympic summer | Daniel Robin |
| 2007 | Fighting Cholitas Fighting Cholitas The Fighting Cholitas are a group of female lucha libre wrestlers who perform in El Alto, Bolivia. The Cholitas were the subject of an award-winning 2006 short-subject documentary, The Fighting Cholitas.... |
Mariam Jobrani |
| 2006 | The Tribe The Tribe (documentary) The Tribe is an award winning short documentary film directed by Tiffany Shlain and narrated by Peter Coyote. Weaving together archival footage, graphics and animation, it tells the history of both the Barbie doll and the Jewish people from Biblical times to the present.-Awards:*Best Documentary:... |
Tiffany Shlain Tiffany Shlain Tiffany Shlain is an American filmmaker and founder of the Webby Awards. Recognized by Newsweek as "one of the women shaping the 21st century."-Bio:... |
| 2005 | Small Town Secrets | Katherine Legget |
| 2004 | African American | Askia Holloway |
| Best Experimental Short | ||
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| Year | Film | Director |
| 2009 | Hallelujah! Gorilla revival | Jason LaRay Keener, Jeremiah Ledbetter |
| 2008 | SEVILLA --> ∞ 06 | Olivo Barbieri Olivo Barbieri Olivo Barbieri is an Italian artist and photographer of urban environments.He is recognized for his innovative technique creating miniature still photography from actual landscapes by simulating shallow depth of field via the use of tilt-shift lens photography... |
| 2007 | 3 Minutes | Christopher Brunner |
| 2006 | Careless Reef - Abu Kifan | Gerard Holthuis |
| 2005 | Layette | Ariana Gerstein |
| 2004 | Papillon d'amour | Nicolas Provost |
| Golden Opportunity Award for Best College Student Short | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | Director |
| 2009 | Walnut | Amy Gebhardt |
| 2008 | The Execution of Solomon Harris | Wyatt Garfield & Ed Yonaitis |
| 2007 | Bitch | Lilah Vandenburgh |
| 2006 | Lucky | Avie Luthra |
| 2005 | Victoria para Chino | Cary Fukunaga |
| 2004 | Savior | Erla Skuladottir |
| Best College Student Animation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | Director |
| 2007 | The Wraith of Cobble Hill | Adam Parrish King |
| 2006 | She She She She's a Bombshell | Ben Levin |
| 2005 | Backseat Bingo | Liz Blazer |
| 2004 | Pedantphilia | Sandra Cheng |
| Best Young Filmmaker | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | Director |
| 2009 | Eye for an eye | Arni Beinteinn Arnason |
| 2008 | Western spaghetti | Joseph Procopio |
| 2007 | Drive | Joseph Procopio |
| 2006 | Shoes | Jake Sawyer |
| 2005 | And then everything I saw, I liked | Ariel Jackson, Ashley Rutledge, Emily Brisbon |
| 2004 | Jai-Yen: Cool Heart | Daniel Howard |
| Tennessee Independent Spirit Award for the Best Short-Form Directed By a Tennessee Resident | ||
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| Year | Film | Director |
| 2009 | Jennifer | Stewart Copeland |
| 2008 | Blindsided | Drew Langer |
Music videos
| Best Music Video by a Nashville Filmmaker | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | Director |
| 2007 | You don't know me | Jason Satterlund |
| 2006 | Apparitions of melody - Kids in the way | Blake McClure & The Brads |
| 2005 | When I think about cheatin' | Robert Deaton, George Flanigen & Marc Oswald |
| Best Music Video by a Non-Nashville Filmmaker | ||
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| Year | Film | Director |
| 2007 | Jumbo in the modernworld | minivegas |
| 2006 | When in Rome | Nickel Creek Nickel Creek Nickel Creek was an American progressive acoustic music trio consisting of Chris Thile , Sara Watkins and Sean Watkins . The band was founded in 1989 and released 6 albums between 1993 and 2006... , Dir. Dean Karr Dean Karr Dean Karr is an American photographer and music video, commercial, and film director.-Official biography:Director/Photographer Dean Karr's signature style, often copied but never... |
| 2005 | Whiskey Lullaby | Rick Schroder Rick Schroder Richard Bartlett "Rick" Schroder, Jr. is an American actor and film director.He debuted in the 1979 hit film The Champ, going on to become a child star on the sitcom Silver Spoons... |
| Best Music Video | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | Director |
| 2004 | 100 Years | Five for Fighting Five for Fighting Five for Fighting is the stage name of American singer-songwriter John Ondrasik. He is best known for his piano-based rock, such as the Top 40 songs "Superman " , "100 Years" , and "The Riddle" .-Early years:... , Dir. Trey Fanjoy Trey Fanjoy Trey Fanjoy is a country music and pop music video director. Fanjoy has directed over 150 major label music videos. Her videos have appeared on CMT, VH-1, GAC, The Nashville Network, CMT Canada, and MTV.-Music videos:... |
| Music Video Audience Award | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | Director |
| 2005 | Mercy Now | Mary Gauthier Mary Gauthier Mary Gauthier is an American folk singer-songwriter.-Life and career:Gauthier was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. Given up at birth by a mother she never knew, Gauthier was adopted by an Italian Catholic couple in Thibodaux, Louisiana... , Dir. Demetria Kalodimos Demetria Kalodimos Demetria Kalodimos is an Emmy Award-winning anchorperson for WSMV-TV, an NBC affiliate based in Nashville in the U.S. state of Tennessee. She anchors the weeknight broadcasts at 5, 6 and 10 PM, and is the longest continuously-serving evening news anchor ever at WSMV.-Life and education:Kalodimos... |
| 2004 | 100 Years | Five for Fighting Five for Fighting Five for Fighting is the stage name of American singer-songwriter John Ondrasik. He is best known for his piano-based rock, such as the Top 40 songs "Superman " , "100 Years" , and "The Riddle" .-Early years:... , Dir. Trey Fanjoy Trey Fanjoy Trey Fanjoy is a country music and pop music video director. Fanjoy has directed over 150 major label music videos. Her videos have appeared on CMT, VH-1, GAC, The Nashville Network, CMT Canada, and MTV.-Music videos:... |
| Best use of coffee in a scene | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | Director |
| 2004 | Mother May-o | Wes Edwards |
Special
| REEL Current Award | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | Director |
| 2009 | Garbage Dreams Garbage Dreams Garbage Dreams is a 2009 feature length documentary film produced and directed by Mai Iskander. It premiered at the 2009 Phoenix Film Festival on April 3, 2009... |
Mai Iskander |
| 2008 | Mountain Top Removal Mountain Top Removal (film) Mountain Top Removal is a 2007 documentary film directed by Michael O'Connell. The film explores how Mountaintop removal mining in West Virginia has affected local communities... |
Michael O'Connell |
| 2007 | Manufactured Landscapes Manufactured Landscapes Manufactured Landscapes is a 2006 documentary film about the work of photographer Edward Burtynsky. It was directed by Jennifer Baichwal and is distributed by Zeitgeist Films.- Subject matter :... |
Jennifer Baichwal |
| 2005 | The Real Dirt on Farmer John The Real Dirt on Farmer John The Real Dirt on Farmer John is a 2005 documentary film directed by Taggart Siegel about the life of Midwestern farmer John Peterson, operator of Angelic Organics.-Awards:The Real Dirt on Farmer John has won awards at over 30 film festivals... |
Taggart Siegel |
| Nashville Public Television (NPT) Human Spirit Award | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | Director |
| 2009 | Crude Crude (film) Crude is a 2009 American documentary film directed and produced by Joe Berlinger. It follows a two year portion of an ongoing class action lawsuit against the Chevron Corporation in Ecuador.-Synopsis:... |
Joe Berlinger |
| 2008 | Sons of Lwala | Barry Simmons |
| 2007 | The Clinton 12 | Keith McDaniel |
| Lonely Seal Releasing Feature Film Award | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | Director |
| 2008 | Eden court | Paul Leuer |
| Rosetta Miller Perry Award for the Best Film By A Black Filmmaker | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | Director |
| 2009 | Gospel Hill Gospel Hill Gospel Hill is a 2008 film directed and produced by Giancarlo Esposito, who also stars in the film. The film was released on February 10, 2009 on DVD in the United States after being at numerous film festivals.-Plot:... |
Giancarlo Esposito Giancarlo Esposito Giancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito is a Danish-born American film and television actor and director.-Early life:Esposito was born in Copenhagen, Denmark to an Italian father and African-American mother. His mother was an opera and nightclub singer from Alabama, who once appeared on the same... |
| 2008 | The Black List | Elvis Mitchell Elvis Mitchell Elvis Mitchell is an American film critic, host of the public radio show The Treatment, and visiting lecturer at Harvard University. He has served as a film critic for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, the LA Weekly, The Detroit Free Press, and The New York Times... |
| 2007 | Matthew Kennedy: one man's journey | Nina Kennedy |
| Best Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, or Transgendered (GLBT) Film Award | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | Director |
| 2009 | The Baby Formula The Baby Formula The Baby Formula is a Canadian mockumentary film, premiering May 22, 2009 at the Inside Out Film and Video Festival in Toronto.Directed by Alison Reid, the film stars Angela Vint and Megan Fahlenbock as Athena and Lilith, a lesbian couple each pregnant with the other's baby through an experimental... |
Alison Reid |
| 2008 | Were the World Mine Were the World Mine Were the World Mine is a 2008 romantic musical fantasy film directed by Tom Gustafson and written by Gustafson and Cory James Krueckeberg.Were the World Mine is a story of gay empowerment, inspired by Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream... |
Tom Gustafson |
| The Manual | Sophie Gregg | |
| Best Hispanic Filmmaker Award | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | Director |
| 2009 | Hands of Abel | Victor Barcena |
| Women In Film & Television Award For Best Film Directed By A Woman | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | Director |
| 2009 | Shakespeare and Victor Hugo's intimacies | Yulene Olaizola |
| 2008 | Taking root: the vision of Wangari Maathai | Lisa Merton & Alan Dater |
| Best Cinematography in a Feature Film | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | Director |
| 2009 | Seamus Tierney, the Narrows | Francois Velle |
| 2008 | Tracing Cowboys | David Morrison |
| 2007 | The hip hop project | Ari Issler and Matt Ruskin |
| Special Jury Prize for Acting Ensemble | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Winner | Film |
| 2009 | cast of Children of Invention | Children of Invention Children of Invention Children of Invention is an American independent feature film written and directed by Tze Chun. It premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, screened at more than 50 film festivals, and won 17 festival awards including 8 Grand Jury or Best Narrative Feature prizes. The film was released... |
| Special Jury Prize for Acting | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Winner | Film |
| 2009 | Vincent D'Onofrio Vincent D'Onofrio Vincent Phillip D'Onofrio is an American actor, director, film producer, writer, and singer. Often referred to as an actor's actor, his work as a character actor has earned him the nickname of "Human Chameleon"... |
The Narrows The Narrows (2008 film) The Narrows is an American 2008 independent film starring Kevin Zegers, Sophia Bush, Vincent D'Onofrio, Eddie Cahill and Monica Keena.-Plot:... |
| Special Jury Prize for Experimental Narrative | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | Director |
| 2009 | Afterschool Afterschool Afterschool is a 2008 drama film filmed, written, and directed by Antonio Campos. It premiered at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival in the program Un Certain Regard... |
Antonio Campos |
| Special Jury Prize for Bravery in Storytelling | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | Director |
| 2009 | Prodigal Sons Prodigal Sons (film) Prodigal Sons is a 2008 American documentary produced and directed by Kimberly Reed.-Background:In the 1960s Carol McKerrow is a married woman living in Montana. She and her husband Loren, believing that she is infertile, adopt a baby boy they name Marc... |
Kimberly Reed |
| Lifetime Achievement Award | |
|---|---|
| Year | Winner |
| 2009 | Hal Holbrook Hal Holbrook Harold Rowe "Hal" Holbrook, Jr. is an American actor. His television roles include Abraham Lincoln in the 1976 TV series Lincoln, Hays Stowe on The Bold Ones: The Senator and Capt. Lloyd Bucher on Pueblo. He is also known for his role in the 2007 film Into the Wild, for which he was nominated for... |
| 2008 | Patricia Neal Patricia Neal Patricia Neal was an American actress of stage and screen. She was best known for her film roles as World War II widow Helen Benson in The Day the Earth Stood Still , wealthy matron Emily Eustace Failenson in Breakfast at Tiffany's , middle-aged housekeeper Alma Brown in Hud , for which she won... |
| President's Award | |
|---|---|
| Year | Winner |
| 2009 | William Shatner William Shatner William Alan Shatner is a Canadian actor, musician, recording artist, and author. He gained worldwide fame and became a cultural icon for his portrayal of James T... |
| 2008 | Kimberly Williams-Paisley |
| 2007 | Lawrence Bender Lawrence Bender Lawrence Bender is an American film producer. He rose to fame by producing Reservoir Dogs in 1992 and has since produced all of Quentin Tarantino's films with the exception of Death Proof.... |
| 2005 | Rick Wakeman Rick Wakeman Richard Christopher Wakeman is an English keyboard player, composer and songwriter best known for being the former keyboardist in the progressive rock band Yes... |
| 2004 | Rick Schroder Rick Schroder Richard Bartlett "Rick" Schroder, Jr. is an American actor and film director.He debuted in the 1979 hit film The Champ, going on to become a child star on the sitcom Silver Spoons... |
| Governor's Award | |
|---|---|
| Year | Winner |
| 2009 | Dixie Carter Dixie Carter Dixie Virginia Carter was an American film, television and stage actress, best known for her role as Julia Sugarbaker in the CBS sitcom Designing Women... |
| 2008 | William H. Macy William H. Macy William Hall Macy, Jr. is an American actor and writer. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his role as Jerry Lundegaard in Fargo. He is also a teacher and director in theater, film and television. His film career has been built mostly on his appearances in small, independent films, though... |
| 2007 | Steve Oedekerk Steve Oedekerk Stephen Brenton "Steve" Oedekerk is an American comedian, director, editor, producer, screenwriter and actor. Oedekerk is best known for his collaborations with actor Jim Carrey and director Tom Shadyac , his series of "Thumbmation" shorts and his film Kung Pow: Enter the Fist .-Life and... |
| 2005 | Cary Brokaw |
| Coleman Sinking Creek Award | |
|---|---|
| Year | Winner |
| 2009 | Les Blank Les Blank Les Blank is an American documentary filmmaker best known for his portraits of American traditional musicians.... |