by Cory Woodroof | Apr 17, 2013 | News Slider
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,...
by Leah Raich | Apr 13, 2011 | News Slider
The Nashville Film Festival (NaFF) should be high on the to-do list for everyone in town this April. With so many activities, concerts and other opportunities abounding in Nashville, it is easy to overlook this event that takes place virtually in Lipscomb’s backyard. But this year, Lipscomb University is sponsoring a film– Fambul Tok. Because of Lipscomb’s partnership with the film festival, students can get in, with their ID, to any weekday matinee screening of a movie for free. Students can also attend panel discussions for free. They simply need to arrive at the location of the panel, and, if there are still seats available five minutes prior to the discussion, they can get in free. The NaFF, April 14-21, is a cultural arts institution that inspires, educates and entertains through an annual celebration of the art of motion pictures, year-round events and community outreach. NaFF presents the best in World Cinema, American indies, documentaries and numerous short form programs by veteran masters, up-and-coming directors and first-time filmmakers. The festival has been held at the Regal Green Hills Cinema 16 since 1999. Since 2004, the festival has doubled in attendance to 23,000 and screens more than 250 films from 48 nations around the world. Gustavo Santaolalla headlines an impressive and diverse list of panelists for this year’s festival. He is the two-time Academy Award-winning composer of the scores of Brokeback Mountain and Babel. Michael Uslan will also be involved with this year’s events. Uslan is the executive producer of 2012’s The Dark Knight Rises, along with every other Batman movie since the original Tim Burton adaptation 22 years ago. There...
