In Brief – FILM FEST KNOX | November 6-9, 2025

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A new 4K restoration of one of the great filmmaker’s Mexican films, about a man whose suave exterior unravels after his marriage.

Winner of the 2023 Jury Prize in our Regional Competition, Mountains will be distributed by Music Box Films

Restored Time of the Heathen, which had US premiere at FFK, will have a New York release in May.

Knoxville-based filmmaker takes top honor from American Society of Cinematographers.

Written by Paul Harrill, Strawweight will star Lupita Nyong’o and Chloe Grace Moretz.

An Evening Song (for three voices) plays MoMI’s First Look and Berlin Critics’ Week.

FILM FEST KNOX is another reason Knoxville is one of the best places to live and work as a moviemaker.

A Hard Problem, winner of Best Film in our Made in Tennessee program, is now available for streaming.

A short film co-produced by Amy Leigh Hubbard (coordinator of our Elev8or Pitch program) has been short-listed for an Academy Award.