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Nashville Film Festival Screenwriting Competition

Nashville Fest

Contact

161 Rains Ave
Nashville, TN 37203
(615) 742-2500 (voice)
(615) 649-0001 (fax)

Web:
Click here
Email:
cat@nashfilm.org

Contact: Cat Stewart, Screenwriting Competition Manager

Report Card

Overall: 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars (4.1/5.0)
Professionalism: 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars (4.2/5.0)
Feedback: 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars (3.8/5.0)
Signficance: 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars (3.3/5.0)
Report Cards: 19    
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Objective

Founded in 1969 as the Sinking Creek Film Celebration, Nashville Film Festival (NashFilm) is one of the longest-running film festivals in the country and one of the most acclaimed festivals in the South. Hosted in Music City, NashFilm attracts enthusiastic film lovers from all across the country and has been praised by film-goers and filmmakers alike for its unique combination of big city festival atmosphere and laid back Southern hospitality. Showcasing approximately 200 films from over 30 countries, a screenplay competition, episodic competition, live music showcases, and a Creators Conference. Even in a virtual format, NashFilm was able to find a way to include creatives in networking and provide excitement for award winners through a virtual awards ceremony. Show More

Deadline/Entry Fees

Deadline Date
Days till:
Entry Fee
Early Bird January 15, 2024 $40
Regular January 17, 2024 $50
Late April 21, 2024
2
$60
Extended May 19, 2024
30
$100

Notification: June 23, 2024

Rules

Please see website.

Rules - https://nashvillefilmfestival.org/screenwritingrules/

Awards

Nashville Film Festival offers cash and in-kind sponsor prizes to screenwriters with winners selected by our all-industry jury including active producers, reps from top management companies, readers from top screenwriting labs, and industry executives.

Nashville Fest

Contact

161 Rains Ave
Nashville, TN 37203
(615) 742-2500 (voice)
(615) 649-0001 (fax)

Web:
Click here
Email:
cat@nashfilm.org

Contact: Cat Stewart, Screenwriting Competition Manager

Report Card

Overall: 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars (4.1/5.0)
Professionalism: 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars (4.2/5.0)
Feedback: 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars (3.8/5.0)
Signficance: 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars (3.3/5.0)
Report Cards: 19    
Have you entered?
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Nashville Film Festival Screenwriting Competition

Contact

161 Rains Ave
Nashville, TN 37203
(615) 742-2500 (voice)
(615) 649-0001 (fax)

Web:
Click here
Email:
cat@nashfilm.org

Contact: Cat Stewart, Screenwriting Competition Manager

Report Card

Overall: 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars (4.1/5.0)
Professionalism: 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars (4.2/5.0)
Feedback: 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars (3.8/5.0)
Signficance: 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars (3.3/5.0)
Report Cards: 19    
Have you entered?
Submit a Report card

Contest News

Nashville Fest Names Screenplay Contest Winners

Lisa Gold's The Secret of Shangri-La has been named the Grand Prize Winning Feature Screenplay Winner of the 2017 Nashville Film Film Festival Screenwriting Competition. Raj Trivedi's Del Rio, Texas was named the Short Screenplay Winner.

Grand Jury Prizes:

Grand Jury Prize – Feature Screenplay:
The Secret of Shangri-La
by Lisa Gold

Grand Jury Prize – Short Screenplay:
Del Rio, Texas
by Raj Trivedi

Feature Screenplays:

Best Comedy Feature:
The Anklebiter
by Andrew Jones

Best Drama Feature:
The Low Road
by Darren McInerney

Best Action/Adventure Feature:
Duel of the Immortals
by Michael Gibrall

Best Family/Animation Feature:
The Secret of Shangri-La
by Lisa Gold

Best Historical Feature:
A Man Called White
by Randy Hines

Best Inspirtational Feature:
The Moonbeam Fisherman
by John Dummer

Best Music-Inspired Feature:
The Jack-O-Lanterns
by Dan Goforth

Best Science-Fiction Feature:
Alien in my Pocket
by Joe Borriello

Best Tennessee Feature:
Café New York
by Katy Chevigny-Smith

Best Thriller/Horror Feature:
The Sand Reckoner
by Christopher Colpitts

Short Screenplays:

Best Comedy Short:
Anatomically Modern Human for President
by Amanda Martinez

Best Drama Short:
Del Rio, Texas
by Raj Trivedi

Best Genre Short:
Fly!
by Dave Chan

Best Tennessee Short:
The Morning After
by Conway Preston

Best Thriller/Horror Short:
Gone
by David Cramer

Best Young Screenwriter Short:
Ruth(less)
by Lauren Marie Miller

Teleplays:

Best 30-Minute Teleplay:
Millennial Rules
by Heidi Putallaz

Best 60-Minute Teleplay:
Blood Oath
by Jake Bottiglieri

Updated: 05/11/2017

Nashville Film Festival Screenwriting Competition

Contact

161 Rains Ave
Nashville, TN 37203
(615) 742-2500 (voice)
(615) 649-0001 (fax)

Web:
Click here
Email:
cat@nashfilm.org

Contact: Cat Stewart, Screenwriting Competition Manager

Report Card

Overall: 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars (4.1/5.0)
Professionalism: 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars (4.2/5.0)
Feedback: 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars (3.8/5.0)
Signficance: 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars (3.3/5.0)
Report Cards: 19    
Have you entered?
Submit a Report card

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