"The last time I visited Tennessee, I was 15, traveling around Memphis with my parents, and spent most of the time listening to In Rainbows on cheap headphones; we ate barbecue, visited my grand-uncle and toured Graceland. 17 years later, I returned to Tennessee for the third annual FILM FEST KNOX, co-founded by filmmaker Paul Harrill and Filmmaker contributor Darren Hughes, and quickly realized my half-remembered teenaged experiences bore almost no relevance to this trip."
"The Made in Tennessee program, alongside the eight shorts in the proof-of-concept Elev8or Pitch competition, highlights work by local filmmakers. Picks from the year's festival slate-this year including Sirāt, Afternoons of Solitude and Blake Williams's latest 3D short FELT -make up the Currents selection, while the American Regional Competition, the festival's refreshingly condensed main selection, spotlights five new features filmed outside of New York or Los Angeles."
FILM FEST KNOX programs 20 features and shorts on two screens over four days and emphasizes personal, ambitious regional cinema. The festival includes a Made in Tennessee program and an Elev8or Pitch competition presenting eight proof-of-concept shorts that highlight local filmmakers. The Currents selection features titles such as Sirāt, Afternoons of Solitude and Blake Williams's 3D short FELT. The American Regional Competition spotlights five new features filmed outside New York and Los Angeles. Mouse won first place; the film is a small-scale thriller set in Salt Lake City before the 2008 financial crash, starring writer-director Kenny Riches as Danny.
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