Pictured: Departures Juror Yasmina Price

 
 

Winner by Category

Jury Awards

Narrative Features

Awarded by Jury Members Marlowe Granados, Doreen St. Félix

  • Best Narrative Feature, OUR FATHER, THE DEVIL (Dir. Ellie Foumbi) - $1000 Cash Prize

  • Duncan Williams Best Screenplay Award, ACTUAL PEOPLE (Dir. Kit Zauhar) - $1000 Cash Prize


Documentary Features

Awarded by Jury Members Brooke Marine, Tara Violet Niami, Tchaiko Omawale

(Sponsored by Classic American Hardwoods)

  • Best Documentary Feature, Best Documentary Feature, SAM NOW (Dir. Reed Harkness) - $1000 Cash Prize

  • Special Jury Mention for Revolutionary Cinema, SILENT BEAUTY (Dir. Jasmin Mara López)

  • Special Jury Mention for Transcendent Cinema, OUTTA THE MUCK  (Dir. Ira McKinley, Bhawin Suchak)


Hometowner

Awarded by Jury Members Jessica Chriesman, Brandon Harris, Larry Karaszewski

(Sponsored by Tennessee Entertainment Commission)

  • Best Hometowner Feature, THE ‘VOUS (Dir. Jack Lofton) - $1000 Cash Prize

  • Best Hometowner Narrative Short, “Nordo” (Dir. Kyle Taubken) - $500 Cash Prize

  • Best Hometowner Documentary Short, “What We’ll Never Know” (Dir. Lauren Ready) - $500 Cash Prize


Departures

Awarded by Jury Members Blair McClendon, Ashley Clark, Yasmina Price

  • Best Departures Feature, THIS HOUSE (CETTE MAISON) (Dir. Miryam Charles) - $500 Cash Prize

  • Best Departures Mid-Length, “Civic” (Dir. Dwayne LeBlanc)

  • Best Departures Short, “Maya at 24” (Dir. Lynne Sachs)

Sounds

Awarded by Maya Cade, Rōgan Graham, Sydney Urbanek

  • Best Sounds Feature, KUMINA QUEEN (Dir. Nyasha Laing) - $500 Cash Prize

  • Best National Music Video, “Vacant Spaces” (Dir. Joe Baughman)

  • Best Hometowner Music Video, “Don’t Come Home” by Emily Rooker (Dirs. Emily Rooker, Mitchell Carter)


Shorts

Awarded by Jury Members Laure Bender, Faridah Gbadamosi, Kate Gondwe

  • Best Documentary Short, “The Body is a House of Familiar Rooms” (Dirs. Eloise Sherrid, Lauryn Welch) - $500 Cash Prize

  • Best Narrative Short, “Sugar Glass Bottle” (Dir. Neo Sora) - $500 Cash Prize

IndieGrants

Awarded by Jury Members Mandy Marcus, Soraya McDonald, Maria Santos

Sponsored by Mark Jones with Rentals and Donations Provided by Firefly Grip & Electric, LensRentals, Archer Recording Studio, and VIA.

  • “Bluff City Chinese” (Dir. Anna Cai) - $15K Grant ($7.5K cash, $7.5K In-Kind Filmmaking Services)

  • “R.E.G.G.I.N." (Dir. A.D. Smith) - $15K Grant ($7.5K cash, $7.5K In-Kind Filmmaking Services)


Poster Design

Awarded by Jury Members Brittney Boyd Bullock, Coe Lapossy, Mia Saine

  • Jury Award for Best Poster Design, THIS HOUSE (CETTE MAISON) (Dir. Miryam Charles)

Festival Awards

Ron Tibbett Excellence in Filmmaking 

ME LITTLE ME (Dir. Elizabeth Ayiku)


Craig Brewer Emerging Filmmaker

VERY RARE (Dir. Eric Younger)

SOUL OF SOUTHERN FILM AWARD

OUTTA THE MUCK by (Dir. Ira McKinley, Bhawin Suchak)


Vision Award

Ryan Watt


Indie Award

Sallie Sabbatini


Best After Dark FILM

“Gussy” (Dir. Chris Osborn)

Audience Awards

Narrative Feature

OUR FATHER, THE DEVIL (Dir. Ellie Foumbi)


Documentary Feature

BUTTERFLY IN THE SKY (Dirs. Brett Whitcomb, Bradford Thomason)


Sounds Feature

KUMINA QUEEN (Dir. Nyasha Laing)


Departures

ELEPHANT (Dir. Maria Judice)


Hometowner Feature

SHOW BUSINESS IS MY LIFE - BUT I CAN'T PROVE IT (Dir. G.B. Shannon)


National Narrative Short

“F^¢K '€M R!GHT B@¢K” (Dir. Harris Doran)


National Documentary Short

“Call Me Anytime, I'm Not Leaving The House” (Dir. Sanjna Selva)


Departures Short

"Civic" (Dir. Dwayne LeBlanc)


Hometowner Narrative Short

“Homeboys Haunted 2” (Dir. Caleb Suggs)


Hometowner Documentary Short

“What We'll Never Know” (Dir. Lauren Ready)


Hometowner Music Video

“Imagine That” by Talibah Safiyah (Dir. Zaire Love)


National Music Video

"Stress Dreams" by Greensky Bluegrass (Dir. Grant Kolton)

Poster Design

SAM NOW (Dir. Reed Harkness)