April 17, 2008

Nashville Scene. NFF.

Reel Nashville 08 "The Nashville Film Festival isn't huge, like Sundance or Toronto. Nor is it tiny, like the many regional festivals that have sprouted in the past 10 years like mushrooms after rain. What the Nashville Film Festival is, mostly, is ours. It reflects our identity as Music City, with an ever-expanding section of films devoted to bluegrass, country and beyond. It has a makeup as diverse as our own population, with selections targeted to Nashville's thriving Mexican and Kurdish communities. Its audiences - celebrities, college kids, churchgoers, out-of-towners - could be the line outside Pancake Pantry any given Saturday."

The Nashville Scene's day-by-day guide runs all up and down one long, long page. The festival opens tonight and runs through April 24.

Update: Paul Harrill's short, Quick Feet, Soft Hands, featuring Greta Gerwig, will see its world premiere in Nashville.



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Posted by dwhudson at April 17, 2008 2:10 AM

Comments

Which Mexican movies? There's not one doc about Mexico or Mexicans playing at Nashville, yet there's a few on the circuit this year...

Posted by: Mexican? at April 17, 2008 4:54 AM

I don't know about docs, but the feature film TWO EMBRACES is from Mexico.

Posted by: Noel Murray at April 17, 2008 7:46 AM

TWO EMBRACES and QUE VIVA LA LUCHA, both from Mexico, and a number of Hispanic shorts are in the Festival this year.

Posted by: Brian Gordon at April 17, 2008 10:56 AM