Pictured: Competition Jury Prize and Audience Award Winner --
FOOD FOR THOUGHT | Dir. Dinah Patt
Memphis Competition Award Winners
Competition Jury Prize
FOOD FOR THOUGHT | Dir. Dinah Patt
($500 + Award Trophy + VIA Production Package)
Special Jury Prize
Seasons | Nadifah Abdur-Rasheed
($250)
Audience Award
Food for Thought | Dir. Dinah Patt
($300)
National Showcase Award Winner
National Audience Award
DIAMOND GAME | Dir. Nolan Trifunovic
($300)
Pictured: CrewUp Pitch Rally Jury Award Winners -- Jakobi Abdur-Rasheed, Talisa Elliot, and Kira Cunningham with Mentor O'Shay Foreman for PRETTY POOR
CrewUp Pitch Rally Award Winners
CrewUp Pitch Jury Award
PRETTY POOR | Kira Cunningham, Talisa Elliot, and Jakobi Abdur-Rasheed with Mentor O'Shay Foreman
($600)
CrewUp Pitch Special Jury Award
GLASS HALF FULL | Nadifah Abdur-Rasheed, Janay Kelley, and Tya Arnold with Mentor Mica Jordan
($250)
CrewUp Pitch Audience Award
WHAT'S WRONG? | Ryleigh Deeley, Seelah Keegin, and Lucas Rayborn with Mentor Six Carolino
($300)
Pictured: Staff Pick Conversation Starter Award Winner -- A REASON TO PROTEST | Dir. Nick Davis
Staff Pick Award Winners
Youth Fest Spirit Award
Joey Hopper
Conversation Starter Award
A REASON TO PROTEST | Dir. Nick Davis
Cinematography Award
GOING GORILLAS | Dir. Cameron Boyd
Rising Filmmaker Award
Evy Allen
Jury
Zaire Love
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Zaire Love is a filmmaker and music maker whose work honors and amplifies the voices of the Black South. She is a graduate of Spelman College, Houston Baptist University, and the University of Mississippi. The South has always had cornbread to share; Zaire is just adding creative packaging and shipping it worldwide through her films and music.
Jing Niu
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Jing Niu's films have screened at dozens of film festivals and museums. She is a recipient of the Helen Hill Memorial Award, two Telly Awards, the Visual Communications AWC fellowship program and the Crosstown Artist Residency. Her music videos have premiered on The Fader, Flaunt Magazine, Sukeban, booooooom.tv and StereoGum. She holds a MFA from Duke University. Jing lives to tell stories featuring strong female leads, and to paint communities of color in a new light.
Art Jones
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Art Jones works with Film, Digital Video and Interactive media in the roles of Director, Director of Photography, Motion Graphics Designer and Editor. He has produced and directed pieces for organizations including MTV, Deep Dish Television and the Women’s Health Project (New York City Department of Health). He has served as Director of Photography on projects for clients including Red Bull, The New York Times, and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and on numerous short and long-form films and videos. Jones’ films and new media projects have been presented at the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum, London’s Tate Gallery and media festivals and broadcast outlets internationally. Jones works in a variety of genres, most significantly in documentary and music related pieces.