AWARDS
DEPARTURES
JURY AWARD
Best Departures Feature – ($500 cash prize)
> EMPTY METAL by Adam Khalil, Bayley Sweitzer
DOCUMENTARY
JURY AWARDS
Best Documentary Feature –
($1,000 cash prize presented by Classic American Hardwoods)
> MIDNIGHT IN PARIS by James Blagden, Roni Moore
NARRATIVE FEATURES
JURY AWARDS
Best Narrative Feature – ($1,000 cash prize)
> DE LO MIO by Diana Peralta
Duncan-Williams Scriptwriting Award – ($1,000 cash prize)
> NO ORDINARY LOVE by Chyna Robinson
SOUNDS
JURY AWARD
Best Sounds Feature – ($500 case prize)
> BAKOSÓ: AFROBEATS OF CUBA by Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi
SHORT FILM
JURY AWARDS
Best Narrative Short – $500 cash prize
> I'M THE ONE WHO'S SINGING by Blair Seab McClendon
Best After Dark Short – $500 cash prize
> WE DIE ALONE by Marc Cartwright
Best Departures Short
> MIRRORS by Jas Marie
Best Animated Short
> INTO THE FLAME by Sean McClintock
Best Sounds Music Video
> "GOT IT, GOT IT" by Darrius The Greatest
Best Documentary Short – $500 cash prize
> SIDELOTS by Atieno Nyar Kasagam
FESTIVAL AWARDS
Cinematography Award> Sean Price Williams
Craig Brewer Emerging Filmmaker Award
> JEZEBEL by Numa Perrier
Soul of Southern Film Award
> YOU GAVE ME SONG: THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF ALICE GERRARD by Kenny Dalsheimer
Ron Tibbett Excellence in Filmmaking Award
> THE UNICORN by Isabelle Dupuis & Tim Geraghty
The INDIE Award
> Alicia George
Vision Award
> Iddo Patt
Jury Best Poster Design
> MIDNIGHT IN PARIS
Audience Best Poster Design
> CLEMENCY
AUDIENCE AWARDS
Narrative Feature
> NO ORDINARY LOVE by Chyna Robinson
Documentary Feature
> BORDER SOUTH by Raúl O. Paz-Pastrana
Departures Feature
> UN FILM DRAMATIQUE by Éric Baudelaire
Sounds Feature
> YOU GAVE ME A SONG: THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF ALICE GERRARD by Kenny Dalsheimer
Narrative Short
> YOU ARE GOING TO EXPLODE by Tayler Vee Robinson
Departures Short
> GUAXUMA by Nara Normande
Documentary Short
> THE LOVE BUGS by Allison Otto, Maria Clinton
Hometowner Feature
> LIL BUCK: REAL SWAN by Louis Wallecan
Hometowner Narrative Short
> FUCKBOY DEFENSE 101 by Munirah Safiyah Jones
Hometowner Documentary Short
> HOW WE FALL SHORT by Brody Kuhar, Julie White
HOMETOWNER AWARDS
Best Hometowner Feature
(Narrative or Documentary)
$1,000 cash prize
> LIL BUCK: REAL SWAN by Louis Wallecan
Best Hometowner Narrative Short
$500 cash prize
> SOUL MAN by Kyle Taubken
Best Hometowner Documentary Short
$500 cash prize
> FLOATING PILGRIMS by David Goodman
Best Hometowner Music Video
> HEALING CREEK by Kevin Brooks
BLACK FILMMAKERS
PITCH RALLY WINNER
$10K Bounty Prize Provided by Epicenter Memphis
> Nubia Yasin's SEE.JANE.RUN
INDIEGRANTS
$5,000 in cash, $8,000 in-kind services
Narrative IndieGrant Winner
> Abby Meyers for ORIFICE
Narrative IndieGrant Winner
> Noah Glenn for THE SECRET
Documentary IndieGrant Winner
> Nubia Yasin for OKBIH[Cut Up]DEN