Film Categories
· Feature (60 minutes and over)
· Documentary Feature (40
minutes and ove r )
· Documentary Short (under 40
minutes
· Short Narrative (under 60 minutes)
· College Student Short Narrative
· Animation
· College Student Animation
· Experimental
· Music Video
· Young Filmmaker (18 and under)
Deadlines & Entry Fees
Early Deadline: Sept. 9, 2005
Under 40 min...................$35
40 min. and over..............$50
Regular Deadline: Nov. 4, 2005
Under 40 min...................$40
40 min. and over..............$55
Extended Deadline: Dec. 2, 2005
Under 40 min....................$45
40 min. and over.............. .$60
All Deadlines:
Music Video...................... .$20
Young Filmmaker................$15
For a $5 discount, submit your film
through withoutabox.com
SEND YOUR ENTRY TO:
Nashville Film Festival
P.O. Box 24330
Nashville TN 37202-4330 USA
Attn: Mandy McBroom
(615) 742-2500 phone
(615) 742-1004 fax
info@nashvillefilmfestival.org
www.nashvillefilmfestival.org
If shipping via FEDEX, UPS, or other
shipping service, send to:
N a s hville Film Fe s t i val, 161 Rains Ave .,
N a s hville TN 37203 USA
Please notify us of any contact
c h a n g e s .
L i a b i l i t y
-- Although every possible
care will be taken with entries while in
our possession, we cannot accept
r e s p o n s i b i l i ty for loss or damage
enroute. Do not send original prints
or tapes.
S h i p p i n g
-- The cost of ship-
ping an entry to the Fe s t i val must be
paid by the entrant. All international
entries must be sent "free domicile" to
the Fe s t i val office with all tra n s p o r t a t i o n
charges, duties, and taxes prepaid by
the shipper. For films accepted into the
Fe s t i val, the filmmaker is responsible for
inbound shipping. The Fe s t i val will pay
the cost of shipping the print to the next
destination. However, the Festival
will not be responsible for
unneccessary expedited or
overnight shipping charges to other
o r g a n i z a t i o n s .
R e p r o d u c t i o n
A g r e e m e n t
-- Submission of an entry
g i ves the Fe s t i val permission to have
accepted work photographed, locally
telecast, and reproduced, either in part
or whole, for educational or publicity
purposes, unless otherwise requested in
writing by the filmmake r.
List of Awards (and 2005
W i n n e r s )
Feature Film Awards
· Dreammaker Award, sponsored by
Regal Cinemas (A Mid Winter
Night's Dream, G o ran Pa s k a l j e v i c ,
Serbia and Montenegro)
· Audience Award for Best Feature
(open to all features; tie: The Aryan
C o u p l e, John Daly, USA; Hustle and
F l o w, Craig Brewer, USA ;The Thing
About My Folks, Raymond De Fe l i t t a ,
U SA; L o g g e r h e a d s, Tim Kirkman,
U SA )
Documentary Awards
· Best Documentary Feature ( f o r
documentaries without US distribu-
tion; The Real Dirt on Farmer
J o h n, Taggart Siegel, USA )
· Best Short Documentary (S m a l l
Town Secrets, Katherine Legget,
U SA )
· Audience Award for Best
D o c u m e n t a r y (Cowboy Jack
Clement's Home Movies, Ro b e r t
Gordon, Morgan Neville, USA )
Music Films in Music City Awards,
sponsored by Curb Entertainment
· Best Music In a Feature Film
(Hank Williams First Nation, A a r o n
James Sorensen, Canada)
· Impact of Music Award (R h y t h m
Is It!, Thomas Grube, Enrique
Sanchez Lansch, Germany )
· Best Music Video (W h i s k e y
L u l l a b y, Rick Schroder, USA )
· Best Nashville-Produced Music
Video (When I Think About
C h e a t i n ', Robert Deaton, George
Flanigen, Marc Oswald, USA )
· Audience Award for Best Music
Video (Mercy Now, Demetria
Kalodimos, USA )
Short Film Awards
· Best Short Narrative (In the
M o r n i n g, Danielle Lurie, USA )
· Best College Student Short
Narrative (Victoria Para Chino,
Cary Fukunaga, USA )
· Best Animation (The Tree Officer,
Neil Jack, United Kingdom)
· Best College Student Animation
(Backseat Bingo, Liz Blaze r, USA )
(Above four awards qualify each top
winner for Academy Award
®
c o n s i d e r a t i o n )
· Best Experimental Work (film or
video; L a y e t t e, Arianna Gerstein,
U SA )
· Best Young Filmmaker (And Then
Everything I Saw, I Liked, Ariel
Jackson, Ashley Rutledge, Emily
Brisbon, USA )
Tennessee Filmmaker Award
· Tennessee Independent Spirit
A w a r d (for the best film directed by a
Tennessee resident, any category;
Cowboy Jack Clement's Home
M o v i e s, Robert Gordon, Morgan
Neville, USA )
The Dreammaker Award, B e s t
Documentary Feature, Best Music In
A Feature Film and Impact of Music
competitions are each limited to seve n
films. If your feature or documentary is
accepted, we will inform you of its
competition status in early March.
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