Awards:
· Dreammaker Award
· Audience Award for Best
Feature (open to all features)
· Best Documentary Feature
(40min. and longer)
· Best Documentary Short
(under 40 min.)
· Audience Award for Best
Documentary
· Best Short (qualifies
for an Academy Award)
· Best Student Short
· Best Animation (qualifies
for an Academy Award)
· Best Student Animation
· Best Experimental Work
· Best Young Filmmaker Video
Rules and Regulations
Competition is open to U.S. and
International entries. Entries must
be submitted on VHS videocassette
or DVD for pre-screening. NTSC is
preferred, but we also accept entries
in PAL and SECAM. Foreign language
entries must have English subtitles.
Works in progress are accepted.
Please indicate the screening format
(35mm, 16mm, Beta or Digital Beta)
on your entry.
If chosen, all screening prints
must be submitted on 35mm or 16mm
(optical sound or silent) film, or on
Beta-NTSC or Digital Beta-NTSC for
festival screening. We regret that we
are unable to screen PAL video.
Entries must have been completed
after January 1, 2002. No repeat
entries. Send entries in sturdy,
reusable containers or bubble wrap
envelopes. There is no limit to the
number of entries.
Deadlines & Entry Fees
Early Deadline: Oct. 31, 2003
Under 30 min.............$35
30 min. and over........$50
Regular Deadline: Nov. 26, 2003
Under 30 min.............$40
30 min. and over.........$55
Extended Deadline: Dec. 15, 2003
Under 30 min.............$45
30 min. and over.........$60
Young Filmmaker ........$15 (flat)
For a $5 discount,
submit your film through
withoutabox.com
ALL PACKAGES AND INQUIRIES
MUST BE ADDRESSED TO:
Nashville Film Festival
P.O. Box 24330
Nashville,TN 37202-4330 U.S.A.
Attn: Mandy McBroom
(615) 742-2500 phone
(615) 742-1004 fax
e-mail:
info@nashvillefilmfestival.org
www.nashvillefilmfestival.org
If shipping via FEDEX, UPS, or other
shipping service, send to:
NFF c/o NPT, 161 Rains Ave,
Nashville, TN 37203
(615) 742-2500
Genres
· Feature
· Documentary
· Short Narrative
· Animation
· Experimental
· Young Filmmaker
Festival Workshops
Workshops and panel discussions will
also take place during the festival.
Past workshop/panel participants
include Gail Silva (Executive Director,
Film Arts Foundation), Nancy
Gerstman (Co-President, Zeitgeist
Films), D.A. Pennebaker (filmmaker),
Olympia Dukakis (actress), Kevin
Keller, (Sr. Film Buyer, Regal
Cinemas), Tom Bertino (Industrial
Light and Magic), T-Bone Burnett
(music producer, recording artist),
Lynda Hansen (independent market-
ing consultant), and Nicholas Meyer
(screenwriter). For information write
or call the NFF office.
How To Enter
All of the following must accom-
pany entry for it to be considered
for the Festival:
·
Entry fee (credit card, check or
money order in U.S. funds made
payable to the Nashville Film
Festival).
·
Official entry form, completed and
signed.
·
25 words or less synopsis of
entry (VERY IMPORTANT) and
filmmaker bio.
The following are optional:
·
Still photos or color slides
(non-returnable).
·
Self-addressed, stamped postcard
for notification of receipt of entry.
·
Stamped, self-addressed return
packaging for each entry.
TAPES
WILL NOT BE RETURNED
WITHOUT SASE.
"Some genuine discoveries as well as some deft
archival programming...a bold, formidable lineup
of narrative features, documentaries and shorts."
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