Nashville Film Festival
| Location | Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
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| Founded | 1969 |
| Most recent | 2024 |
| Festival date | Annually, in September |
| Language | English, International |
| Website | nashvillefilmfestival |
The Nashville Film Festival (NashFilm), held annually in Nashville, Tennessee, is the oldest running film festival in the South and one of the oldest in the United States. In 2016, Nashville Film Festival received more than 6,700 submissions from 125 countries and programmed 271 films. Attendance has grown to nearly 43,000.
The festival also offers a screenplay competition with features, teleplays and shorts categories and a web series competition. In addition to tendays of film screenings, the festival provides industry panels, music showcases, parties and receptions. The festival is Academy Award-qualifying for short films.