An annual event here in Music City, the 44th annual Nashville Film Festival is set to begin its weeklong run at the Regal Green Hills 16 Theater by campus this week.
This year’s slate of films ranges from a past Oscar nominee to highly anticipated films that have running the festival circuit.
Portia Knox, the Media Manager for the Nashville Film Festival, spoke about the benefits the festival offers students, as the event offers discounts and free admittance to weekday matinee showings to those with a college ID.
“Since Lipscomb University is a Partner University with the Film Festival this year, students can see any weekday matinee film for free, and all the other films are discounted to $8 (as opposed to $12),” Knox said. “All of the red carpet events are open to the public as well, so students can catch a glimpse of the film makers and celebrities as their films premiere.”
The festival is showing the Nashville premieres of such notable releases as Jeff Nichol’s Mud, the indie comedy The Way, Way Back (from Oscar winners Jim Rash and Nat Faxon) and the documentary Muscle Shoals. Knox recommends that attendees check out some of the big titles the festival is offering, as well as Kon Tiki, a Best Foreign Language Film nominee from the 2013 Oscars.
“As far as films I’d recommend, all of the Special Presentation films this year are really awesome,” Knox said. “I’m most excited about The Kings of Summer and Kon Tiki. There’s also some excitement about Good O’ Freda, which is a documentary about The Beatles’ long-time secretary.”
The event will run from Thursday, April 18th, to Thursday, April 25th.