Welcome to the Southern Appalachian International Film Festival, (SOAPIFF) where one can watch world-class films within minutes of glorious hiking trails through the Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains. The purpose of SOAPIFF is to publicly recognize, promote, and preserve the work of independent filmmakers and encourage film production and film culture in Southern Appalachia.  The Filmmaker can film in a kaleidoscope of site locations that provide a unique setting in Southern Appalachia.  Films you might know that were shot in Southern Appalachia: “Dirty Dancing,” “Goodbye, Miss 4th of July,”  “The River,”  “What about Bob” among others.

SOAPIFF has revived an annual film festival in greater East Tennessee, the birthplace of the oldest continuous independent film festival in the American South (the Sinking Creek Film Celebration*).  Therefore one of our most prestigious awards is dedicated to Sinking Creek founder Mary Jane Coleman.

* Note: the Sinking Creek Film Celebration is now the Nashville Film Festival

Greeneville Tennessee

TUSCULUM COLLEGE

Directions  to  Tusculum

From  Johnson  City:

Take Highway 11E into Greeneville. Turn left onto State Route 107 at traffic signal just past Greene Valley Developmental Center. Turn almost immediat ely to the right at first road to the right (college directional sign there). Follow that road to the end and turn right. The main campus is to your left.

From  Knoxville:

Take Interstate 40 to Interstate 81. Exit I-81 at Exit 23. Take U.S. 11E toward Greeneville. Stay on 11E Bypass around Greeneville. Take a right at traffic signal at Ryan’s Steakhouse (Hardee’s to the right). The college is one mile on t he right.

From  Interstate  81  North:

Take exit 36 onto Highway 172. Travel toward Greeneville for approximately 10 miles. At the junction of 172 and U.S. 11E North, turn onto 11E North. At traffic signal at Ryan’s Steakhouse, take a right. The college is one mile on the right.

PELLISSIPPI/KNOXVILLE

More Info of SOAPIFF at PELLISSIPPI STATE – CLICK HERE

DIRECTIONS TO
PELLISSIPPI STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

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