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NaFF Staff Prepares for Opening Day

by Stephen Lackey, contributorTed Crockett

Some might call it “the calm before the storm,” but there’s nothing calm about the final days leading up to the opening day of the Nashville Film Festival. That’s not to say that the final steps to launching one of Nashville’s largest events are in total chaos either. If anything, the preparations ...

 

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“Out In The Dark” at NaFF 2013

by Stephen Lackey, contributor

"Out in the Dark"  is intended to provoke conversation as well as entertain.Out in the Dark

Michael Mayer and Yael Shafrir set out to tell a multi-layered tale of sexual identity, politics, and social commentary.  After meeting in a Tel Aviv nightclub, psychology major, Nimr, and Jewish lawyer, Roy, feel an instant attraction and ...

 

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NaFF celebrates the 90th Anniversary of the classic film “Safety Last!”

HLE102635 Safety Last 1923 dangling from clock-2.tifBy Stephen Lackey, NaFF Contributing Writer

The Nashville Film Festival not only offers film fans the opportunity to see independent films and early screenings of up-and-coming films, but it also brings back classics. Criterion and Janus Films have gone to great lengths to remaster the classic film <...

 

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“Still Here” Made the Final Cut

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Still Here

by Stephen Lackey, NaFF Contributing Writer

This is a year of innovation and evolution for the Nashville Film Festival and it all started before the festival’s first day. In order to give more Tennessee filmmakers a chance to see their work screened before a live audience, NaFF experimented ...

 

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