NASHVILLE, Tenn. - (December 27, 2007) -- The 2008 Nashville Film Festival (NaFF) will take place April 17 through 24 at Regal Green Hills Stadium 16 in Music City. The longest-running film festival in the South, NaFF also ranks among the most prestigious, continually garnering accolades and notice from a wide range of entertainment and trade publications, including MovieMaker Magazine, Film Festival Today, IndieWire, Variety, Billboard, New York, and Script Magazine.

Between 2003 and 2007, NaFF’s attendance numbers doubled, capped off with a staggering 26% increase in festival goers between 2006 and 2007. In 2007, more than 20,000 film lovers, entertainment professionals and industry insiders from all over the world made the trek to NaFF, enjoying 240 films from 44 countries, incisive industry panels, music showcases and spirited party mixers.

Among the diverse group of celebrities who have attended NaFF in the past either as film presenters, award recipients or film fans are Rob Thomas, Lawrence Bender, Ray McKinnon, Walton Goggins, Craig Brewer, Harmony Korine, Rob Hardy, Namrata Singh Gujral, Al Gore, Ashley Judd, Kiefer Sutherland, Joshua Jackson, Darryl Hunt, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Peter Falk, Paul Reiser, John Pierson, Patrick Swayze, Rick Schroder, Christine Vachon, John Waters, Matthew McConaughey, Robert Redford, James Cromwell, Harry Belafonte, Oprah Winfrey, Barbara Kopple, Michael Moore, and D.A. Pennebaker.

For lineup updates, statistics and details on NaFF’s goals and accomplishments, please visit nashvillefilmfestival.org.

About Nashville Film Festival
Nashville Film Festival is a non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation and receives funding from The H. Franklin Brooks Philanthropic Fund, William N. Rollins Fund for the Arts of The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee, Curb Records, The Frist Foundation, The Memorial Foundation, Nashville Metro Arts Commission, National Endowment for the Arts, Ragsdale Family Foundation, Target Stores, Tennessee Arts Commission, and its generous patrons and sponsors.