Alice is 27 years old today. Even though she is suffocating a bit, she still lives with her parents and tends to live in her dreams to escape her dreary everyday life. After a psychedelic party on a factory roof, she has a serious drunken bike accident. Will this give her the courage to become an adult?

Christopher embarks on a transatlantic voyage as a passenger on a cargo ship. His hopes of finding out what lures so many men to sea sets him on a journey into solitude, fantasy and obsession.

Christopher at Sea

It’s pouring rain at the funeral. There’s a lot of crying, too much wine, several woodpeckers and a couple of dreams that fill in the gaps.

Eeva

Linh is a Vietnamese single mother who’s successfully forged a life for herself and her son in America. But when her father visits from Vietnam and insists on cooking the family a traditional Vietnamese meal, Linh is confronted with the past and culture she left behind and the question of where it belongs in her family’s new life.

Spring Roll Dream

Linh is a Vietnamese single mother who’s successfully forged a life for herself and her son in America. But when her father visits from Vietnam and insists on cooking the family a traditional Vietnamese meal, Linh is confronted with the past and culture she left behind and the question of where it belongs in her family’s new life.

An accident disrupted Lee’s dinner with his colleagues. The dark truth of the Tomato Kitchen along with Lee’s concealed past were revealed by this unexpected incident…

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Tomato Kitchen

Lee’s concealed past were revealed by this unexpected incident…

With the action taking place in the suburbs of Bucharest, a large and noisy city where the nightlife is in full swing, "Zidane Roulette" explores the passion for football that brings people together regardless of age and hardships.

Zidane Roulette

A boy sees from the window of his apartment a child playing alone with a ball every day.

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Welcome! The 56th Nashville Film Festival includes films ranging in genres from narratives, documentaries, animation, horror and much more!

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