If you are planning on attending the 56th Nashville Film Festival to view any of the 150 or so feature films, shorts, animated shorts or documentaries (Sept.18-24, 2025) check out some reviews of a few of the offerings that have appeared on this blog and on The Movie Blog previously, usually after having seen them at Sundance or SXSW.

Also, please pay attention to the warnings about “spoilers.”

The 3 films I saw at other festivals I’ve listed in the order I enjoyed them, at the time. It’s tough comparing a 7-minute hilarious short (“Retirement Plan” from Ireland) with a full-length drama like “Omaha,” but both are worth your time.

I’ll be covering more in the week to come on the ground in Nashville and there are others up on WeeklyWilson and The Movie Blog.

Enjoy!

https://www.weeklywilson.com/retirement-the-7-minute-short-that-tells-the-truth/https://

www.themovieblog.com/2025/02/retirement-plan-a-7-minute-short-that-amuses/https://

www.weeklywilson.com/omaha-is-a-film-for-our-times-from-debut-feature-film-director-cole-webley/

https://www.weeklywilson.com/the-beguiling-screens-at-sxsw-on-march-9-2025/https://

www.themovieblog.com/2025/03/the-beguiling-short-screens-sxsw-2025/