Hospitality is Tupelo's middle name and the annual film festival is a great place to meet and mingle with filmmakers and film enthusiasts.
Mississippi actors arriving in Tupelo for the 2009 Festival.
Each year the festival brings film industry leaders into to town to discuss emerging trends in the industry.
Weather permitting, each year's festival begins with an outdoor screening on the historic Lee County Courthouse lawn.
The Tupelo Film Festival is delighted to offer quality film-related workshops and events for children.
M for Mississippi, a blues documentary, was the 2009 recipient of the Made in Mississippi Award.
From writing workshops, to seminars on editing, acting and action, each festival offers new, compelling workshops for festival attendees.
"Who Does She Think She Is?" a documentary exploring how creative women balance their lives, was the winner of the 2009 Ron Tibbett Award for Excellence.
What's a festival without food? The Tupelo Film Festival opens each year with a special screening, music and outdoor dining (weather permitting).
"Silent Treatment", a humorous short film, was the second place winner in the Short Film category for 2009.
"The Cave", a stop-motion film based on Plato's Allegory, took top honors in the Animation category for 2009.
"Treasure Diversity", a documentary that explores how some groups are treated as inferior, won the top award in the Young Filmmakers' Category.
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