Whistle Stop FILM Series

11/08/2025

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Let’s face it: The publishing industry reflects the same economic divide we see everywhere else. The rich and famous receive substantial advances, national interviews, and prime shelf space. The re…

04/24/2020

And the winner of the Self-Isolation Filmmaking contest is ... Ash Albiniak with this topical hair-raising movie!

Whistle Stop Film Festival

04/03/2020

Still bored? The first fast F.I.L.M. (Filmmakers, Interactive, Lockdown Meetup) making contest entries are due Saturday April 18th enter early and often - winner announced Tuesday April 21st! Post your movie to youtube and share it here by the deadline. Do you have a dog, cat, bird, fish, or some other pet you've been cooped up with during self-isolation? Let's make some movies! We're sponsoring a FREE fast filmmaking contest featuring movies no longer than two-minutes (02:00:00) featuring your pet shot inside your house, or in your yard. No remote locations. Shoot in 4K, HD, Tik Tok, continuous shot in your phone, edit on iMovie or GoPro. But it doesn't matter since your movies will be uploaded to Youtube so they can be shared! Contact Alan O'Hashi for more info or details at [email protected] https://whistlestopfilmfest.wordpress.com/2020/04/02/self-isolation-filmmaking-contest/

Do you have a dog, cat, bird, fish, or some other pet you’ve been cooped up with during self-isolation? Let’s make some movies! We’re sponsoring a FREE 24-hour fast filmmaking con…

04/03/2020

Do you have a dog, cat, bird, fish, or some other pet you've been cooped up with during self-isolation? Let's make some movies! We're sponsoring a FREE 24-hour fast filmmaking contest featuring 3-minute stories featuring your pet shot inside your house, or in your yard. No remote location. To minimize the chance of pre-produced work, there will be a short list of items that must be included in your movies. You'll have 24 hours to make a movie in-phone, no external editing - continuous shots, edited in the phone with iMovie and the android equivalent are allowed. Stay tuned for dates and details!

06/07/2017

If you'd like a 2017 laurel set from the WSFF ...
https://filmfreeway.com/laurels/5493/wsff

05/10/2017

Here's a link for the program schedule in Nashville, TN. It includes screening copies of movies that were provided by the April 21st deadline. There is a program change.

There is a program change, Childhood Dreams is playing as a part of program 6. It's too late to update it. The festival regrets the error.
Childhood Dream (TRT 04:55) Mladen Vukasinovic, Montenegro

The festival is not typical. Screenings are salon format for the 500 NationalCohousing Conference attendees in Nashville's Millennium Harvest House.
If you missed the cut off, you're still a festival selection. We are a mobile festival.http://www.cohousing.org/sites/default/files/2017%20Whistle%20Stop%20Film%20Festival%20one%20sheet_0.pdf

03/13/2017

There's still time to submit your movie to the WSFF. It chugs into Nashville May 18 - 20. This is NOT a usual film festival screening. Movies will screen in a salon-format at the National Cohousing Association conference. There will be 500 attendees at the Millennium Maxwell House Conference Center.

06/12/2016

Beginning Monday June 13, the WSFF will be accepting movies for the May 19-21, 2017 screenings that chug into Nashville, TN ... https://filmfreeway.com/festival/wsff

The Whistle Stop F.I.L.M. Festival (Filmmaker Interactive Local Meetups) is a series of screenings of independent movies, which may be of local interest, of ...

06/09/2016

The Whistle Stop FILM Festival - WSFF chugs into Nashville, TN for the national Cohousing Association of the US conference about community and sustainability. We'll be screening movies and seeking submissions. https://whistlestopfilmfest.wordpress.com/2016/06/09/the-wsff-chugs-into-nashville-may-19-21-2017/

The Whistle Stop F.I.L.M. Festival (WSFF) is again partnering with the Cohousing Association of the US to screen films at its national conference in Nashville, TN. We’re accepting themed movi…

06/04/2016

the Boulder Community Media (BCM) / Wyoming Community Media movie was 5th out of 58 in the Wyoming Film Contest and now raising a few bucks on kickstarter. Please reach reach down into your couches and scrounge up a few bucks for our movie project, featuring climber and artist Joe Arnold and his son Jason Arnold, "Plein Air in Thin Air" documentary slated to shoot on the Grand Teton in August. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1397946626/plein-air-in-thin-air-painting-on-the-grand-teton?ref=email

A documentary will be produced featuring the artist Joe Arnold painting at various locations along routes ascending the Grand Teton.