The 54th annual festival will end its powerful lineup with Amazon Studios’ psychological drama
The Nashville Film Festival (NashFilm), a week-long celebration of film, music and culture, today announced that the Closing Night film for the 54th annual festival will be “Foe,” an psychological drama based on best-selling author Iain Reid’s novel. The festival’s final screening will take place at the historic Belcourt Theatre on Wednesday, October 4th at 6 p.m.
Directed by Garth Davis, “Foe” is a haunting exploration of marriage and identity set in an uncertain dystopian world. The Amazon Studios film stars Academy Award® nominees Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal as Hen and Junior who’s quiet farm life is thrown into turmoil when an uninvited stranger shows up with the proposal of a lifetime for Junior.
“We’re looking forward to closing this year’s festival with this powerful dystopian, sci-fi story of love, fractured relationships, mother nature’s breaking point and what happens when the government creates your doppelganger, ” said Lauren Thelen, Programming Director of NashFilm. “This captivating film provides a unique perspective on the future of home and society and is the perfect way to close this year’s slate of exciting and vibrant cinema.”
“Foe” marks the second selection from Amazon Studios slated for the 54th festival following “Silver Dollar Road,” a searing documentary that tells the powerful story of the Reels family in North Carolina battling decades of harassment by land developers attempting to seize their property. Directed by Academy-Award Nominee Raoul Peck and based on the 2019 ProPublica article, the film highlights the covert ways the legal system has been exploited to keep Black land ownership fragile and the racial wealth gap growing. “Silver Dollar Road” will screen ahead of “Foe” on Wednesday, October 4th at 3:30 p.m. at the Belcourt Theatre.
All Nashville Film Festival program details, images and trailers are available online here. Tickets for the festival are on sale and can be purchased online at www.nashvillefilmfestival.org.
The Nashville Film Festival (N.ashFilm) is a globally recognized nonprofit organization and cultural event presenting the best in world cinema, American independent films and documentaries by veteran masters, up-and-coming directors, and first-time filmmakers. With Academy Award® qualifying status, the Nashville Film Festival celebrates innovation, music and the many voices of the human spirit through the art of film. Originally founded in 1969, the Nashville Film Festival is one of the first film festivals in the United States and will host its 54th festival from September 28-October 4, 2023. For more information, visit www.nashfilm.org
