Keith McDaniel, an award-winning documentary filmmaker, and Lisa Duncan, executive director of the Dogwood Arts Festival, will partner to create the Knoxville Film Festival, a four-day event which will debut Sept. 19-22, at the Regal Downtown West Cinema 8. The film festival will replace the Secret City Film Festival.
Workshops, 50 hours of film screenings, special guests, networking and educational events, a filmmaking competition and a student filmmaking competition will be featured.
In addition to the 7-Day Shootout Filmmaking Competition and the Battle Cry of Freedom Student Filmmaking Competition, the festival will screen films submitted for consideration by independent filmmakers from around the world. The film festival line-up will be announced in August.
A panel of industry professionals will view and judge each film to determine awards which will be presented at a ceremony on the last day of the film festival.
The mission of the Knoxville Film Festival is to recognize and celebrate the art of independent cinema. It exists to provide a stimulating gathering in which the lovers and creators of independent cinema come together to see and discuss interesting works from local, regional, national and international filmmakers.
For more information, visit www.knoxvillefilmfestival.com.
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