Watkins Alumnus Wins Top Prize at Nashville Film Festival

This weekend, it was announced that Make Out With Violence, a feature film co-written, co-directed, and co-produced by Watkins Film School alumnus Chris Doyle, (2003/Directing), has swept three of the top awards at the 2009 Nashville Film Festival. The award prize includes a theatrical run in Los Angeles, which makes the film eligible for an Academy Award.

Shot entirely in Middle Tennessee, and much of it on the Watkins Film School campus, Make Out With Violence also won two other top honors: The Tennessee Spirit Award and Best Music In A Feature Film. For more information on Make Out With Violence, visit the films website at www.makeoutwithviolence.com.