Flim Fest Knox

Showcasing and advocating for personal, ambitious regional cinema.

Schedule Of events

New Directions in Regional Filmmaking

Free Event
Moderated by Scott Macaulay, this panel will survey the landscape of regional filmmaking with five experienced directors and producers.
SEC Room · 10:00 a.m.

Elev8or Pitch Screening 1
Shorts Program
The first of two screenings for all Elev8or films that did not make the top eight.
Regal Riviera · 11:00 a.m.

Dahomey
Dir. by Matt Diop
In 2021, 26 objects from the Kingdom of Dahomey leave Paris and are returned to present-day Benin.
Regal Riviera · 11:00 a.m.

Elev8or Pitch Screening 2
Shorts Program
The second of two screenings for all Elev8or films that did not make the top eight.
Regal Riviera · 1:15 p.m.

Bitterroot
Dir. by Vera Brunner-Sung
Reeling from a failed marriage and in need of a new perspective, a middle-aged man takes care of his aging mother within the deceptively tranquil landscape of rural Montana.
Regal Riviera · 1:00 p.m.

The Damned
Dir. by Roberto Minervini
In the winter of 1862, during the Civil War, the U.S. Army sends a volunteer company to patrol the uncharted Western territories.
Regal Riviera · 3:15 p.m.

Made in Tennessee Shorts 1
Seven Short Films
Films that are an emotional journey of reconciling or dealing with loss.
Regal Riviera · 3:30 p.m.

Bob Trevino Likes It
Dir. by Tracie Laymon
When Lily Trevino accidentally befriends a stranger online who shares the same name as her father, encouragement and support from this new Bob Trevino could change her life.
Regal Riviera · 5:30 p.m.

Glass Valley
A Feature and Two Shorts
Upon returning to his hometown in rural Appalachia, a young man is reunited with his estranged father and introduced to a seedy side of life.
Regal Riviera · 5:30 p.m.

Desert Hearts
Dir. by Donna Deitch
While waiting for her divorce papers, a repressed professor is unexpectedly seduced by a carefree, spirited young woman.
Regal Riviera · 7:45 p.m.

To Kill a Wolf
Dir. by Kelsey Taylor
In a modern re-imagining of Little Red Riding Hood, a social pariah discovers a teenage runaway in the Oregon Wilderness and does his best to help her find a way home.
Regal Riviera · 8:00 p.m.

Angel of Light
Dir. by Crue Smith
Diagnosed with cancer, a car salesman asks a pastor to help him get right with God. When the salesman discovers the pastor can preform miracles, he begs the pastor to heal him -- in exchange for the salesman's family.
Regal Riviera · 9:45 p.m.

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