Nashville Film Festival Announces Winners
Source: Lisa Trifone/BrightIrisFilm
WOODLAND DARK AND DAYS BEWITCHED: A HISTORY
OF FOLK HORROR Lauren Ponto (NashFilm)
The winners of the 52nd Nashville Film Festival were announced today, Tuesday, October 5.
The debut feature film directed by Noah Dixon and Ori Segev, POSER was named Best Narrative Feature, while Bo McGuire’s cinematic memoir SOCKS ON FIRE earned the Best Documentary Feature award; opening night selection BRIAN WILSON: LONG PROMISED ROAD received Best Music Documentary honors, and Nathalie Álvarez Mesén’s haunting CLARA SOLA won for Best New Directors Feature.
Juries in each festival category named their best films for the 2021 Nashville Film Festival during a virtual awards ceremony on Tuesday, October 5, hosted by Nashville Film Festival Director of Programming Lauren Ponto.
Below is the full list:
Best Narrative Feature - POSER (d. Ori Segev, Noah Dixon)
Best Documentary Feature - SOCKS ON FIRE (d. Bo McGuire)
Best Music Documentary Feature - BRIAN WILSON: LONG PROMISED ROAD (d. Brent Wilson)
Best New Directors Feature - CLARA SOLA (d. Nathalie Álvarez Mesén)
Best Graveyard Shift Feature - WOODLAND DARK AND DAYS BEWITCHED: A HISTORY
OF FOLK HORROR (d. Kier-La Janisse)
Best Tennessee Feature - THISTLE (d. Ryan Camp)
Best Narrative Short - LIKE THE ONES I USED TO KNOW (d. Annie St. Pierre)
Best Documentary Short - AGUILAS/EAGLES (d. Kristy Guevara-Flanagan, Maite
Zubiaurre)
Best Animated Short - NAVOZANDE, THE MUSICIAN (d. Reza Riahi)
Bet 'The Edge' Short - POINT AND LINE TO PLANE (d. Sofia Bohdanowicz)
Best Graveyard Shift Short - STUFFED (d. Theo Rhys & Joss Holden-Rea)
Best Tennessee Short - CARTHAGE HOUSE OF BEAUTY (d. Allison Inman)
Best Tennessee Student Short - MUGGY (d. Phynley Joel)
Best NextGen Short - STRIKE (d. Olivier Côté)
Best Episodic Pilot - CARY IN RETROGRADE (d. Priya & Philipp Yaw Domfeh)
Best Episodic Series - IF I'M ALIVE NEXT WEEK (d. Jennifer Morris, Robbie Sublett)
Best Virtual Reality & 360 - A PROMISE KEPT (d. Ken Winikur, Ariel Efron, Chris Healer)
The Nashville Film Festival Screenplay Competition winners are as follow:
Best Drama Feature Script - LONG WAY HOME, written by Jamaal Pittman
Best Comedy Feature Script - RAT BASTARDS, written by Keri Lee
Best Horror Feature Script - EREBUS, written by Martin Aguilera
Best Genre Feature Script - GUACAMOLE YESTERDAYS, written by Hudson Phillips
Best Short Script - I AM A GENTLEMAN, written by Nicky Calloway
Best Hour Pilot Script - CUFFING SEASON, written by Jon Bershad
Best Hour Pilot Script - HARD RICE, written by Mary Nguyen
Best Tennessee Writer - LEG, written by Kd Amond and Sarah Zanotti
The Nashville Film Festival (NashFilm) is a globally recognized nonprofit organization and cultural event presenting the best in world cinema, American independent films, and documentaries by veteran masters, up-and-coming directors, and first-time filmmakers. With Academy Award® qualifying status, the Nashville Film Festival celebrates innovation, music and the many voices of the human spirit through the art of film. Originally founded in 1969, the Nashville Film Festival is one of the first film festivals in the United States and will host its 52nd festival from September 30-October 6, 2021. For more information, visit www.nashfilm.org.
