2020 Nashville Film Festival

Experimental Narratives Shorts Program: American Vanguards

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8 films in package
Foreign Powers
Tantrums
Nobody throws a fit like Francis
Renchik
Sport is the last frontier.
Like Flying
A little Chinese-American girl, surprised by an unexpected visitor, navigates her childhood through her parents’ broken relationship.
Dye Red
Celeste and Aurora have lived together for some time. Dye-Red is a dark but graceful slice-of-life look at their relationship.
Hoss
Hoss checks in on an empty house and finds a stranger inside.
Closed captions available
Waters of March
Experimental Narratives Shorts Program: American Vanguards Q&A
This screening was eligible for NashFilm 2020 Audience Awards. The voting period has now closed. Results will be announced on the morning of Wednesday, October 7th in the Festival Flash email, and on NashFilm social media channels.
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For those of you with an adventurous palette, get ready for some of the most distinctive and formally arresting short films at the festival. This selection of narrative shorts highlights truly singular, boundary-pushing work from some of the most dynamic emerging US filmmakers.


This virtual screening includes a pre-recorded Q&A, which will follow the short films.


Congratulations to Dye Red, winner of the 51st Annual Nashville Film Festival Award for Best Experimental Short Film!


And to Waters of March, Winner of the Audience Award for Experimental Narrative Short Film!

Francis didn't want to go on an elk hunting trip with his mother's boyfriend. But now that it's too late, he's changed his mind.

  • Year
    2020
  • Runtime
    10 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    United States
  • Premiere
    Southeast
  • Director
    Zander Coté
  • Screenwriter
    Zander Coté
  • Producer
    Blaze Saunders
  • Executive Producer
    Pantea Ghaderi, Stephen Buchanan
  • Cast
    Kris Avedisian, Trin Miller, Graham Vines
  • Cinematographer
    Jake Bianco
  • Editor
    Rex Lowry
  • Production Design
    Lillie Kennedy
  • Sound Design
    Rob Marshall
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