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