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We’re celebrating Valentine’s Day the way we know best: with great movies! Our programming team is sharing some of their favorite love stories.

Swipe for picks from
Lauren Thelen, Director of Programming
Nichole Young, Shorts Programmer
Taylor Lomax, Associate Programmer
Jennifer Bonior, TN & Graveyard Programmer
Julia Kipnis, Documentary Feature Programmer

What are your favorites? Happy Valentine’s Day from NashFilm 💌

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We’re celebrating Valentine’s Day the way we know best: with great movies! Our programming team is sharing some of their favorite love stories. Swipe for picks from Lauren Thelen, Director of Programming Nichole Young, Shorts Programmer Taylor Lomax, Associate Programmer Jennifer Bonior, TN & Graveyard Programmer Julia Kipnis, Documentary Feature Programmer What are your favorites? Happy Valentine’s Day from NashFilm 💌

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This week for our #BlackFilmmakersInFocus series, we’re excited to spotlight Tennessee native Raven Jackson, writer and director of ALL DIRT ROADS TASTE OF SALT from #NashFilm54.

Raven Jackson is an award-winning filmmaker, poet, and photographer from Tennessee. Her work often explores landscapes of indefinable experiences and emotions, intimacy, connection, and the body’s relationship to nature. Nominated for a Film Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature and a Gotham Award for Breakthrough Director, Raven’s debut narrative film, ALL DIRT ROADS TASTE OF SALT, world-premiered in the US Dramatic Competition at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, and was named one of the top ten movies of the year by The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, and RogerEbert.com.

A 2025 Guggenheim Fellow and a featured artist on Kahlil Joseph’s BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions, she has served as a Story Editor for HBO’s adaptation of Sula, based on Toni Morrison’s novel, and co-wrote an episode of the Apple TV+ Series, Surface. She’s currently an inaugural Black Film Project Fellow at Harvard University, and has been a Film Independent Amplifier Fellow, a Sundance Momentum Fellow, and a Rideback Rise Resident.

ALL DIRT ROADS TASTE OF SALT is available to stream on @primevideo and to rent on Google Play, YouTube, and Apple TV.

Follow along as we continue to spotlight incredible Black storytellers shaping the future of cinema this #BlackHistoryMonth.

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This week for our #BlackFilmmakersInFocus series, we’re excited to spotlight Tennessee native Raven Jackson, writer and director of ALL DIRT ROADS TASTE OF SALT from #NashFilm54. Raven Jackson is an award-winning filmmaker, poet, and photographer from Tennessee. Her work often explores landscapes of indefinable experiences and emotions, intimacy, connection, and the body’s relationship to nature. Nominated for a Film Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature and a Gotham Award for Breakthrough Director, Raven’s debut narrative film, ALL DIRT ROADS TASTE OF SALT, world-premiered in the US Dramatic Competition at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, and was named one of the top ten movies of the year by The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, and RogerEbert.com. A 2025 Guggenheim Fellow and a featured artist on Kahlil Joseph’s BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions, she has served as a Story Editor for HBO’s adaptation of Sula, based on Toni Morrison’s novel, and co-wrote an episode of the Apple TV+ Series, Surface. She’s currently an inaugural Black Film Project Fellow at Harvard University, and has been a Film Independent Amplifier Fellow, a Sundance Momentum Fellow, and a Rideback Rise Resident. ALL DIRT ROADS TASTE OF SALT is available to stream on @primevideo and to rent on Google Play, YouTube, and Apple TV. Follow along as we continue to spotlight incredible Black storytellers shaping the future of cinema this #BlackHistoryMonth.

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Join the Nashville Film Festival and Vanderbilt iLens on Tuesday, February 24th for a free community screening of REMAINING NATIVE, winner of the Documentary Feature Special Jury Award and Audience Award at SXSW.

REMAINING NATIVE is a documentary told from the perspective of Ku Stevens, a 17-year-old Native American runner, struggling to navigate his dream of becoming a collegiate athlete as the memory of his great-grandfather's escape from an Indian boarding school begins to connect past, present, and future.

The event will include a post-screening discussion with the film's director, Paige Bethmann, moderated by Sasha Crawford-Holland, Assistant Professor of Cinema and Media Arts, Communication Studies, and Climate and Environmental Studies at Vanderbilt University.

This free event will take place at 7pm in Vanderbilt's Sarratt Cinema (2301 Vanderbilt Pl, Nashville, TN 37240). Free parking is available in campus parking Lot 5A, at the corner of 21st Ave S & Terrace Pl.

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Join the Nashville Film Festival and Vanderbilt iLens on Tuesday, February 24th for a free community screening of REMAINING NATIVE, winner of the Documentary Feature Special Jury Award and Audience Award at SXSW. REMAINING NATIVE is a documentary told from the perspective of Ku Stevens, a 17-year-old Native American runner, struggling to navigate his dream of becoming a collegiate athlete as the memory of his great-grandfather's escape from an Indian boarding school begins to connect past, present, and future. The event will include a post-screening discussion with the film's director, Paige Bethmann, moderated by Sasha Crawford-Holland, Assistant Professor of Cinema and Media Arts, Communication Studies, and Climate and Environmental Studies at Vanderbilt University. This free event will take place at 7pm in Vanderbilt's Sarratt Cinema (2301 Vanderbilt Pl, Nashville, TN 37240). Free parking is available in campus parking Lot 5A, at the corner of 21st Ave S & Terrace Pl.

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In honor of #BlackHistoryMonth, we’re proud to launch our #BlackFilmmakersinFocus series! Each Friday in February, we’ll spotlight a visionary NashFilm alum whose work pushes boundaries, uplifts voices, and shapes the future of cinema.

Today, we are excited to highlight David Fortune, writer and director of the #NashFilm56 official selection COLOR BOOK.

David Fortune is an award-winning writer and director based in Atlanta, Georgia. He was named Variety’s 10 Directors to Watch, nominated for the 2025 NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Breakthrough Creative, and is a recipient of the AT&T Untold Stories Award, which provided a $1 million grant to direct his feature film COLOR BOOK. As a filmmaker, he seeks to capture character-driven stories that live inside cinematic worlds, bringing depth and humanity to narratives on a larger scale.

Add COLOR BOOK to your watchlist and check out his film SHOEBOX, produced through the Indeed-Hillman Grad’s Rising Voices Program, now streaming on Hulu and Kanopy (Season 1, Episode 8 of Rising Voices).

Stay tuned this February, celebrate with us, and show some love to these incredible filmmakers 🎥

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In honor of #BlackHistoryMonth, we’re proud to launch our #BlackFilmmakersinFocus series! Each Friday in February, we’ll spotlight a visionary NashFilm alum whose work pushes boundaries, uplifts voices, and shapes the future of cinema. Today, we are excited to highlight David Fortune, writer and director of the #NashFilm56 official selection COLOR BOOK. David Fortune is an award-winning writer and director based in Atlanta, Georgia. He was named Variety’s 10 Directors to Watch, nominated for the 2025 NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Breakthrough Creative, and is a recipient of the AT&T Untold Stories Award, which provided a $1 million grant to direct his feature film COLOR BOOK. As a filmmaker, he seeks to capture character-driven stories that live inside cinematic worlds, bringing depth and humanity to narratives on a larger scale. Add COLOR BOOK to your watchlist and check out his film SHOEBOX, produced through the Indeed-Hillman Grad’s Rising Voices Program, now streaming on Hulu and Kanopy (Season 1, Episode 8 of Rising Voices). Stay tuned this February, celebrate with us, and show some love to these incredible filmmakers 🎥

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