Submit Your Films Today...

2025  Season submission has started!

Submit your film today to join us at the historical venue, Chambers-McClure Academic Center at Lane College in Jackson, Tennessee.

We accept these films…

– American History
– Humanity
– Equality
– Social Justice
– Environment
– Student Film

Why Documentary Films are Important?
It’s a funny thing with documentary films – you want them to feel as entertaining and as gripping as a fictional film. With a fictional film you want it to feel as realistic as a documentary film.
Jonathan Demme​
I don’t know what truth is. Truth is something unattainable. We can’t think we’re creating truth with a camera. But what we can do, is reveal something to viewers that allows them to discover their own truth.
Michel Brault
Documentary film is the one place that our people can speak for themselves. I feel that the documentaries that I’ve been working on have been very valuable for the people, for our people to look at ourselves, at the situations, really facing it, and through that being able to make changes that really count for the future of our children to come.
Alanis Obomsawin

IN JACKSON, TENNESSEE

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AWARD SHOW
September 27, 2025

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The Next Award Gala Show: September 27, 2027