2024 INDIE MEMPHIS FILM FESTIVAL AWARD RECIPIENTS
The results are in!! Congratulations to all the recipients of this year’s Audience Awards, IndieGrants, and Youth Film Fest awards, presented as part of the 27th Indie Memphis Film Festival, presented by Hyde Family Foundation.
Check out the complete list below!
Winner by Category
AUDIENCE AWARDS
BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE
BOYS GO TO JUPITER (Dir. Julian Glander)
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
UNION (Dirs. Brett Story, Stephen Maing)
BEST SOUNDS FEATURE
DORY PREVIN: ON MY WAY TO WHERE (Dirs. Julia Greenberg, Dianna Dilworth)
BEST DEPARTURES FEATURE
THE BALLAD OF SUZANNE CÉSAIRE (Dir. Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich)
BEST HOMETOWNER FEATURE
BIG TIME (Dir. Jasmine Blue)
BEST NATIONAL NARRATIVE SHORT
BEYOND FAILURE (Dir. Marissa Losoya)
best NATIONAL DOCUMENTARY SHORT
WOULDN'T MAKE IT ANY OTHER WAY (Dir. Hao Zhou)
best HOMETOWNER NARRATIVE SHORT
FREEDOM'S VILLAGE (Dir. Kristen Hill)
best HOMETOWNER DOCUMENTARY SHORT
HOW TO SUE THE KLAN (Dir. John Beder)
best HOMETOWNER MUSIC VIDEO
"A SPIKE LEE JOINT" By Blvck Hippie (Dir. Lawrence Shaw)
INDIEGRANTS
Awarded by jury members Maria Altamirano (producer), Zandashé Brown (filmmaker), Curtis Caesar John (Executive Director of The Luminal Theater)
(Sponsored by Mark Jones, with Rentals and Donations Provided by Firefly Grip & Electric, LensRentals, Archer Recording Studio, and VIA)
THE END OF THE SONG by Jacob Simmons - $15K Grant ($7.5K cash, $7.5K In-Kind Filmmaking Services)
VOICES OF FAITH: THE SALEM HARMONIZERS' STORY by Ashley Ave - $15K Grant ($7.5K cash, $7.5K In-Kind Filmmaking Services)
YOUTH AWARDS
AUDIENCE AWARD for best memphis youth short
PS I CLUB YOU (Dirs. Carli Allen, Mikey Graves, Sophie Wilson, Mentor: Sisa Wang)
AUDIENCE AWARD for best NATIONAL youth short
AMERICAN VIDEO RENTAL (Dirs. Murphy Diddle, Bethany York, Charlie Linkel, Graham Waltenbaugh, Peter Snowden)
Rising Filmmaker Award
Noah Hand
CrewUp Jury Award
Award by jury members Bart Shannon (filmmaker), Joshua Woodcock (filmmaker), Fatima Wardy (filmmaker)
PS I CLUB YOU (Dirs. Carli Allen, Mikey Graves, Sophie Wilson, Mentor: Sisa Wang)
CrewUp Mentee of the Year
Andrew Green
CrewUp Mentor of the Year
Sisa Wang
