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Submissions for the 2026 American Regional Cinema and Made in Tennessee competitions are now open.

A Sense of Place …

“As smaller festivals feel the squeeze from clout-chasing funders and boards, the decline of local journalism, and the numbing allure of algorithmically surfaced streaming content, the question becomes whether there’s still much will, domestically, to maintain the kind of infrastructure from which the next The Damned or Eephus, or the next Wanda or Northern Lights, might emerge—or through which it might connect with an audience eager to see their own quirks and concerns reflected on screen. Film Fest Knox is one attempt to answer in the affirmative; let’s hope there are more where that came from.” — Film Comment

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Visit Knoxville Announces 2026 Film Fest Knox and Elev8or Pitch Registration Details

June 2, 2026

Visit Knoxville announces the fourth annual FILM FEST KNOX, to take place November 12–15, 2026 in partnership with REGAL and The Public Cinema.

Collage of photos from the films in our monthly series

Announcing Free Film Screening Series at Regal Riviera

April 17, 2026

Six films from four countries, including restorations of two American classics.

MUBI: New American Portraiture

December 18, 2025

"It seems right that Knoxville would be the site of a renewed focus on a regional, independent American cinema."

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