23 FILM OFFICES, ORGANIZATIONS AND SCHOOLS JOIN MAYOR DEAN @ NASHVILLE FILM/TELEVISION TOWN MEETING & NASHY AWARD

On February 19th – Mayor Dean and NASHY AWARD recipient, Beth Curley, CEO of Nashville Public Television, headline important gathering of Nashville’s film-related institutions.  Doors open at 6:30 p.m. — Town Meeting begins promptly at 7 p.m.,

SCHEDULED PARTICIPANTS in alphabetical order [speakers being finalized]:

OFFICES

Mayor’s Office of Film & Special Events – https://nashville.gov/Public-Works/Permits/Film-Special-Events-Permits.aspx
Tennessee Film, Entertainment & Music Commission – http://www.tennessee.gov/film

ORGANIZATIONS

[These are entities that have been operating for years or decades to build our film community, are formally incorporated, including those with dues-paying members]
AFFT – Association for the Future of Film & Television - http://www.AFFTtennessee.org 
Artlightenment – http://www.artlightenment.com
Belcourt Theatre – http://www.belcourt.org
54 Film Fest – http://www.54filmfest.com
Film-Com – http://www.film-com.com
FilmNashville – http://www.filmnashville.org
International Black Film Festival Nashville – http://www.ibffnashville.com
Nashville Composers Association – http://www.nashvillecomposers.org
Nashville Film Festival – http://www.nashvillefilmfestival.org
Nashville Screenwriters Conference – http://www.nashscreen.com
NECAT Network – http://www.necat.tv
SAG/AFTRA – http://www.sagaftra.org/nash
Tennessee Screenwriting Association – http://www.tennscreen.com
Women in Film & Television Nashville – http://www.wiftnashville.org

SCHOOLS

Art Institute of Tennessee/Nashville – http://www.artinstitutes.edu/nashville/
Belmont University – http://www.belmont.edu
Columbia State – http://www.columbiastate.edu/filmcrew
Nashville Film Institute – http://www.theNFI.com
Pearl Cohn Entertainment Magnet High School – http://www.pearlcohnhs.mnps.org/
Tennessee State University – http://www.tnstate.edu/Communications
Watkins College of Art, Design & Film – http://www.watkins.edu

Doors open at 6:30 p.m. — Town Meeting begins promptly at 7 p.m., to be immediately followed by Nashy Award presentation, with special guests. PLUS After-Party at the Belcourt.

It is important for our community to show Mayor Dean how significant film and television is to our local economy and culture, so please invite board members, faculty, students, organization members so that your entity has a strong presence at this event.

The Nashville Film/Television Town Meeting & Nashy Awards are hosted by the Belcourt Theatre and produced by FilmNashville.