FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 16, 2012  Joint VA/DOL Program Launches to Retrain 99,000 Unemployed Veterans Online Site Opens May 15 for Veterans to Apply for Education Benefits WASHINGTON – Starting May 15, unemployed Veterans between the ages of 35 and … Continue reading →

You might remember Rahul Ajmera from a short while ago as the winner of the first ever NFI Get Your Shorts On! short film festival. He recently contacted us here at Nashville Film Institute with the below film that is a … Continue reading →

Tommy Golden a local filmmaker will be setting out to film an on screen film adaptation of the Stephen King's short story "The Boogeyman". After getting funding Golden has set out to film in Shelbyville, Tennessee late February. Tommy Golden … Continue reading →

Originally posted on Daily Disruption Disruptor of the Day: Prema Thiagarajah & Nashville Film Institute (N.F.I.) – Raising Up Entrepreneurs of The Moving Image  by Bill Klump | @TheKlumper | Photos by Tori Grace/Daily Disruption | January 24th, 2012 The term film school is used to … Continue reading →

Comparing Film Schools: The core curriculum: some film schools focus on application, and some focus more on the liberal arts aspects – actually filming vs. studying cinema and film history. All schools will do both, but make sure to ask … Continue reading →

During national No Name Calling Week, it’s gratifying to learn that STARS PSA Campaign launched during last year’s No Name Calling Week has been honored with a Emmy nomination from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Nashville/Midsouth Chapter. … Continue reading →

Check out a new article in the Daily Disruptor about NFI and its founder Prema Thiagarajah. http://www.dailydisruption.com/2012/01/disruptor-of-the-day-prema-thiagarajah-nashville-film-institute-n-f-i-raising-up-entrepreneurs-of-the-moving-image/

The Nashville Film Institute (NFI) announces their new FACEBOOK CASTING OFFICE  & January OPEN CALL Auditions. Open call auditions for upcoming short film projects will be January 21, 2012 from 1PM to 4PM.  Be prepared to cold read from actual … Continue reading →

Congrats to NFI student and active filmmaker Tommy Golden, who was recently contacted by OpenFilm (a project started by James Caan and Robert Duvall) to host and show his film, "Behind My Smile" (his documentary project for NFI).

January 6, 2012 ABACKPACKJOURNALIST PARTNERS WITH THE NASHVILLE FILM INSTITUTE TO OPEN A  “BACKPACK JOURNALIST SCHOOL” AND ADDING FILM MAKING CURRICULUM FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. A Backpack Journalist – “Backpack” curriculum for writing, song writing, photography and poetry for military … Continue reading →