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FILM FESTIVAL NEWS: Karl Jacobs ‘s COLD NOVEMBER, FOR AHKEEM lead The 20th Annual Indie Memphis announces award winners taking the top jury prizes

By admin 8 years ago

Karl Jacob’s COLD NOVEMBER won the jury award (and a $1000 cash prize) for Best Narrative Feature, Landen Van Soest and Jeremy Levine’s FOR AKHEEM took home the jury award (and $1000 courtesy of Classic American Hardwoods) for Best Documentary Feature, and Laura Jean Hocking and Melissa Sweazy’s GOOD GRIEF received the nod (and a $1000 cash prize) as Best Hometowner Feature.

FILM FESTIVAL NEWS: Oliver Butler and Will Eno’s THOM PAIN Premieres at Indie Memphis; Special Programs and Appearances and a Block Party to Celebrate its 20th Anniversary

By admin 9 years ago

Indie Memphis also announced additional programming highlights, including; MLK50, which will commemorate the upcoming 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination in Memphis; an Abel Ferrara mini-retrospective, with the iconoclastic filmmaker in attendance; and a greatly increased footprint in the city to mark the anniversary year.