Submit your film to the 40th Annual Nashville Film Festival, One of MovieMaker Magazine’s “20 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee.”

2009 Festival – April 16-23
Nashville Film Festival (NaFF) is hosted by the Regal Green Hills Stadium 16 in the Green Hills area of Nashville, Tennessee. With over 22,000 people attending our 2008 edition, it is one of the best-known arts events in Tennessee and is the biggest, most international film festival in the mid-South.

Last year NaFF received over 1700 submissions from all over the world and 215 films from 38 countries were selected. NaFF provides the only opportunity to see many of these films in this region of the U.S.

"One of the Best Film Festival Prizes," Film Festival Today

With over $15,000 in cash awards, as well as other valuable goods and services, submitting your film to NaFF offers great opportunities to compete for unique and diverse awards that really pay off!

See 2009 NaFF Awards

Because it takes place in “Music City,” Nashville Film Festival places special focus on music in films with its “Music Films in Music City” section and two special music awards. Additionally, NaFF has special sections for family films, local film screenings, gay & lesbian films, and young filmmakers age 18 and under.

NaFF has had such notable guests as William H. Macy, Al Gore, Vincent D'Onofrio, Joey Lauren Adams, Danny Glover, Lawrence Bender, Harmony Korine, Ray McKinnon, Walton Goggins, Rob Hardy, Brad & Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Rob Thomas, Keifer Sutherland, Joshua Jackson, Craig Brewer, Ashley Judd, Peter Falk, Paul Reiser, Patrick Swayze, Rick Schroder, Oprah Winfrey, Matthew McConaughey, Christine Vachon, Michael Moore, Barbara Kopple, D.A. Pennebaker, and John Waters, to name a few.

Read more about NaFF here.

Film Categories

Entries 40 minutes and over:
• Narrative Feature
• Documentary Feature

Entries under 40 minutes:
• Documentary Short
• Narrative Short
• Animation
• Experimental
• Young Filmmaker (18 and under)

Submission Deadlines & Entry Fees:

Earlybird Deadline: Friday, Aug. 1, 2008
Under 40 min...................$35
40 min. and over..............$50
College Students.............$25

Regular Deadline: Friday, Oct. 17, 2008
Under 40 min...................$40
40 min. and over..............$55
College Students..............$30

Late Deadline: Friday, Dec. 5, 2008
Under 40 min....................$45
40 min. and over...............$60
College Students..............$35

All Deadlines:
Young Filmmaker..............$15

Withoutabox users enjoy the advantages of Extended Deadlines and Online Press Kit submissions and filmmakers with an upgraded project on Withoutabox receive $5.00 off their Entry Fees

If you cannot apply online,  download and print the PDF version of our entry form and mail it in with your submission.