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Join us for the 44th Annual Nashville Film Festival!
Wed. April 24th Celebrating Hispanic Films & Filmmakers Party with the Nashville Area Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
[email protected]
Join our Board of Directors, members and friends for a Celebration of Hispanic Films only at NaFF!
Join us for the 44th Annual Nashville Film Festival!
Wed. April 24th Celebrating Hispanic Films & Filmmakers Party with the Nashville Area Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
[email protected]
Join our Board of Directors, members and friends for a Celebration of Hispanic Films only at NaFF!
NaFF Hispanic Features & Shorts
www.nashvillefilmfestival.org
www.nashvillefilmfestival.org
An Academy qualifier for short films, The Nashville Film Festival will screen 254 films in 2013, and received 3,004 entries. NaFF will host guests from all around the world, including filmmakers from Iraq. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will partner with NaFF to welcome filmmakers and present panels. (Click on title for video and description)
Post Tenebras Lux
Carlos Reygadas
Mexico
Friday 4/19 1:00 PM
Wed 4/24 6:30 PM
Juan and his urban family live in the Mexican countryside, where they enjoy and suffer a world apart. And nobody knows if these two worlds are complementary or if they strive to eliminate one another. Reygadas (Japon, Silent Light) won Best Director at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival for this challenging portrait of family life
Here Comes The Devil
Adrian Garcia Bogliano
Mexico
Friday 4/19 10:00 PM
A married couple loses their children while on a family trip near some caves in Tijuana. The kids eventually reappear without explanation, but it becomes clear that they are not who they used to be, that something terrifying has changed them.
A Lovely Day
Kerry Gawryn
USA, 73 min.
Tuesday, 4/23, 6:00 PM
Wed. 4/24, 3:15 PM
In 2009 Oakland based independent filmmaker Kerri Gawryn teamed up with Beats, Rhymes and Life and the Oakland High School Fifth Element Hip Hop Club to produce a feature-length film documenting the trials, tribulations, and achievements of a group of Oakland youth.
3
Pablo Stoll
Uruguay
Monday 4/22 8:45 PM
Wed 4/24 3:00 PM
3 is a comedy about three people condemned to the same, absurd fate: being a family.
Preceded by Facundo the Great
Mike Rauch, Tim Rauch
USA, 3 min.
Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp
Jorge Hinojosa
USA
Friday 4/19, 9:30 PM
Tuesday 4/23, 10:00 PM
ICEBERG SLIM: PORTRAIT OF A PIMP examines the tumultuous life of the notorious pimp/author whose ground breaking books are a underground sensation. Interviews with Iceberg Slim, Chris Rock, Henry Rollins, Snoop Dog and Ice-T.
Viva Cuba Libre: Rap is War
Jesse Acevedo
USA/Cuba
Tuesday, 4/23, 9:00 PM
Extraordinary Rap duo LOS ALDEANOS is sweeping the Cuban underground, with their urgent and politically stirring lyrics about the dire economic and political state of their beloved Cuba.
SHORTS
A World For Raul
Mauro Mueller
Mexico 15min.
Sunday 4/21, 6:15 PM
Tuesday 4/23, 1:00 PM
When thirteen-year-old Raúl is asked to entertain the local landowner’s son, a game of power and pride starts between the two boys.
.Sub (*)
Jossie Malis Alvarez
Spain, 15 min.
Sunday 4/21, 2:30 PM
Wednesday 4/24, 2:15 PM
An African immigrant with communication problems faces the bureaucratic difficulties of a strange society
A Story for the Modlins (Doc)
Sergio Oksman
Spain, 26 min.
Sat. 4/20, 5:00 PM
Wed. 4/24, 9:00 PM
After appearing in Rosemarys Baby, Elmer Modlin fled with his family to a far off country and shut himself away in a dark apartment for thirty years.
Mountain in Shadow (Exp)
Lois Patino
Spain, 14 min.
Sunday 4/21, 1:30 PM
Thursday, 4/25, 2:30 PM
A poetic view into the relationship of immensity between man and landscape.
Doppelganger
Julian Rojas
Brazil, 26 min.
Sat. 4/20, 9:30 PM
Sunday 4/21, 9:00 PM
Silvia is a young teacher at an elementary school. One day, her class is interrupted when the students notice her double walking on the other side of the street.
Behind the Mirrors
Julio O. Ramos
Peru, 12 min.
Friday 4/19, 12 PM
Saturday, 4/20, 7:30 PM
A young husband, and soon-to-be father, works in a sleazy motel with his wife. When one of the night’s customers leaves behind an unexpected mess, the husband's keen eye for opportunity and quick thinking may change their fortunes forever.
When I Grow Up
Sharon Arteaga
USA, 10 min.
Monday 4/22, 7:00 PM
A mother and daughter sell tacos and dream of a better life.
Pasteurized
Nicolas Villareal
Argentina, 8 min.
Friday 4/19, 12:00 PM
Sat. 4/20, 10:15 AM
While conducting experiments on a quiet night, a scientist receives an unexpected visitor - whose arrival will change everything.
The Companion (El Acompanante)
Alvaro Delgado Aparicio
Peru, 20 min.
Sat.4/20, 12:00 PM
Monday 4/22, 2:30 PM
On the outskirts of Lima, a young prostitute tends to his father, a fallen-from-grace artisan. However, the young man feels that his efforts are never enough. He tries to break free, but dependence is stronger.
What the Eye Doesn't See
Natalia Mateo
Spain, 15 min.
Sat.4/20, 12:00 PM
Monday 4/22, 2:30 PM
On Christmas Eve you have to have fun, because SANTA CLAUS is on his way, because there are children. But on this night secrets are opened and lies are floating in the atmosphere. However, who cares about one more little lie, it will be the last.
Zombie
David Moreno
Spain, 13, min
Sat.4/20, 12:00 PM
Monday 4/22, 2:30 PM
If you have no memory, a blank gaze, you've forgotten how to talk...You're a zombie, right?
SHORTS PRECEDING FEATURES
Making It
Mike Rauch, Tim Rauch
USA, 3 min.
Sun 4/21, 5:45 PM
Tuesday 4/23, 12 PM
Nineteen-year-old Noe Rueda tells his former teacher Alex Fernandez about his clever money-making endeavors as a kid in Chicago's Little Village.
Facundo the Great
Mike Rauch, Tim Rauch
USA, 3 min.
Monday 4/22 8:45 PM
Wed 4/24 3:00 PM
Ramòn "Chunky" Sanchez tells the story of how the new kid at school became a hero when his name stumped their teachers.
About the 44th Annual Nashville Film Festival: An Academy qualifier for short films, The Nashville Film Festival will screen 254 films in 2013, and received 3,004 entries. NaFF will host guests from all around the world, including filmmakers from Iraq. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will partner with NaFF to welcome filmmakers and present panels.
Founded in 1969 as the Sinking Creek Film Celebration, Nashville Film Festival (NaFF) is one of the longest-running film festivals in the country and one of the most acclaimed festivals in the South. Hosted at the state-of-the-art Regal Green Hills Stadium 16 in Nashville, NaFF attracts enthusiastic film lovers from all across the country and has been praised by filmgoers and filmmakers alike for its unique combination of big city film festival atmosphere and laid back Southern hospitality.
AWARDS
Recently named one of the Five Best Film Festivals in America by the Brooks Institute and voted one of “25 film festivals worth the entry fee” by MovieMaker Magazine, NaFF offers filmmakers outstanding cash and prizes valued at over $45,000. NaFF is unique in our emphasis on music in films. All films compete for several prizes for music composition, supervision, and collaboration.
Winners of the Short Narrative and Animation competitions automatically quality for Academy Award consideration. Other short films categories compete for cash prizes. Additional independently jurried awards include prizes for the best LGBT film, best film by a black filmmaker, best Hispanic film, and for best film by a female filmmaker.
Post Tenebras Lux
Carlos Reygadas
Mexico
Friday 4/19 1:00 PM
Wed 4/24 6:30 PM
Juan and his urban family live in the Mexican countryside, where they enjoy and suffer a world apart. And nobody knows if these two worlds are complementary or if they strive to eliminate one another. Reygadas (Japon, Silent Light) won Best Director at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival for this challenging portrait of family life
Here Comes The Devil
Adrian Garcia Bogliano
Mexico
Friday 4/19 10:00 PM
A married couple loses their children while on a family trip near some caves in Tijuana. The kids eventually reappear without explanation, but it becomes clear that they are not who they used to be, that something terrifying has changed them.
A Lovely Day
Kerry Gawryn
USA, 73 min.
Tuesday, 4/23, 6:00 PM
Wed. 4/24, 3:15 PM
In 2009 Oakland based independent filmmaker Kerri Gawryn teamed up with Beats, Rhymes and Life and the Oakland High School Fifth Element Hip Hop Club to produce a feature-length film documenting the trials, tribulations, and achievements of a group of Oakland youth.
3
Pablo Stoll
Uruguay
Monday 4/22 8:45 PM
Wed 4/24 3:00 PM
3 is a comedy about three people condemned to the same, absurd fate: being a family.
Preceded by Facundo the Great
Mike Rauch, Tim Rauch
USA, 3 min.
Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp
Jorge Hinojosa
USA
Friday 4/19, 9:30 PM
Tuesday 4/23, 10:00 PM
ICEBERG SLIM: PORTRAIT OF A PIMP examines the tumultuous life of the notorious pimp/author whose ground breaking books are a underground sensation. Interviews with Iceberg Slim, Chris Rock, Henry Rollins, Snoop Dog and Ice-T.
Viva Cuba Libre: Rap is War
Jesse Acevedo
USA/Cuba
Tuesday, 4/23, 9:00 PM
Extraordinary Rap duo LOS ALDEANOS is sweeping the Cuban underground, with their urgent and politically stirring lyrics about the dire economic and political state of their beloved Cuba.
SHORTS
A World For Raul
Mauro Mueller
Mexico 15min.
Sunday 4/21, 6:15 PM
Tuesday 4/23, 1:00 PM
When thirteen-year-old Raúl is asked to entertain the local landowner’s son, a game of power and pride starts between the two boys.
.Sub (*)
Jossie Malis Alvarez
Spain, 15 min.
Sunday 4/21, 2:30 PM
Wednesday 4/24, 2:15 PM
An African immigrant with communication problems faces the bureaucratic difficulties of a strange society
A Story for the Modlins (Doc)
Sergio Oksman
Spain, 26 min.
Sat. 4/20, 5:00 PM
Wed. 4/24, 9:00 PM
After appearing in Rosemarys Baby, Elmer Modlin fled with his family to a far off country and shut himself away in a dark apartment for thirty years.
Mountain in Shadow (Exp)
Lois Patino
Spain, 14 min.
Sunday 4/21, 1:30 PM
Thursday, 4/25, 2:30 PM
A poetic view into the relationship of immensity between man and landscape.
Doppelganger
Julian Rojas
Brazil, 26 min.
Sat. 4/20, 9:30 PM
Sunday 4/21, 9:00 PM
Silvia is a young teacher at an elementary school. One day, her class is interrupted when the students notice her double walking on the other side of the street.
Behind the Mirrors
Julio O. Ramos
Peru, 12 min.
Friday 4/19, 12 PM
Saturday, 4/20, 7:30 PM
A young husband, and soon-to-be father, works in a sleazy motel with his wife. When one of the night’s customers leaves behind an unexpected mess, the husband's keen eye for opportunity and quick thinking may change their fortunes forever.
When I Grow Up
Sharon Arteaga
USA, 10 min.
Monday 4/22, 7:00 PM
A mother and daughter sell tacos and dream of a better life.
Pasteurized
Nicolas Villareal
Argentina, 8 min.
Friday 4/19, 12:00 PM
Sat. 4/20, 10:15 AM
While conducting experiments on a quiet night, a scientist receives an unexpected visitor - whose arrival will change everything.
The Companion (El Acompanante)
Alvaro Delgado Aparicio
Peru, 20 min.
Sat.4/20, 12:00 PM
Monday 4/22, 2:30 PM
On the outskirts of Lima, a young prostitute tends to his father, a fallen-from-grace artisan. However, the young man feels that his efforts are never enough. He tries to break free, but dependence is stronger.
What the Eye Doesn't See
Natalia Mateo
Spain, 15 min.
Sat.4/20, 12:00 PM
Monday 4/22, 2:30 PM
On Christmas Eve you have to have fun, because SANTA CLAUS is on his way, because there are children. But on this night secrets are opened and lies are floating in the atmosphere. However, who cares about one more little lie, it will be the last.
Zombie
David Moreno
Spain, 13, min
Sat.4/20, 12:00 PM
Monday 4/22, 2:30 PM
If you have no memory, a blank gaze, you've forgotten how to talk...You're a zombie, right?
SHORTS PRECEDING FEATURES
Making It
Mike Rauch, Tim Rauch
USA, 3 min.
Sun 4/21, 5:45 PM
Tuesday 4/23, 12 PM
Nineteen-year-old Noe Rueda tells his former teacher Alex Fernandez about his clever money-making endeavors as a kid in Chicago's Little Village.
Facundo the Great
Mike Rauch, Tim Rauch
USA, 3 min.
Monday 4/22 8:45 PM
Wed 4/24 3:00 PM
Ramòn "Chunky" Sanchez tells the story of how the new kid at school became a hero when his name stumped their teachers.
About the 44th Annual Nashville Film Festival: An Academy qualifier for short films, The Nashville Film Festival will screen 254 films in 2013, and received 3,004 entries. NaFF will host guests from all around the world, including filmmakers from Iraq. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will partner with NaFF to welcome filmmakers and present panels.
Founded in 1969 as the Sinking Creek Film Celebration, Nashville Film Festival (NaFF) is one of the longest-running film festivals in the country and one of the most acclaimed festivals in the South. Hosted at the state-of-the-art Regal Green Hills Stadium 16 in Nashville, NaFF attracts enthusiastic film lovers from all across the country and has been praised by filmgoers and filmmakers alike for its unique combination of big city film festival atmosphere and laid back Southern hospitality.
AWARDS
Recently named one of the Five Best Film Festivals in America by the Brooks Institute and voted one of “25 film festivals worth the entry fee” by MovieMaker Magazine, NaFF offers filmmakers outstanding cash and prizes valued at over $45,000. NaFF is unique in our emphasis on music in films. All films compete for several prizes for music composition, supervision, and collaboration.
Winners of the Short Narrative and Animation competitions automatically quality for Academy Award consideration. Other short films categories compete for cash prizes. Additional independently jurried awards include prizes for the best LGBT film, best film by a black filmmaker, best Hispanic film, and for best film by a female filmmaker.