Category: News
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Memphis Film Prize To Reveal Top 10 Filmmakers for 2021 Competition
After a year off due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Memphis Film Prize and Prize Foundation are poised to announce the Top 10 filmmakers who will compete for the $5,000 cash grand prize during the 2021 festival. “The filmmakers triumphed over so many obstacles to tell these stories and keep their cast and crew safe,” said […]
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Memphis Film Prize Expands Eligibility for 2021 Competition
Memphis Film Prize, a short film competition based out of Memphis, TN, is announcing changes to its rules for the 2021 competition to accommodate for the cancellation of the 2020 contest and to allow filmmakers across the state of Tennessee to participate. In 2020, Memphis Film Prize halted the competition as the pandemic spread across […]
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Memphis Film Prize 2018 Winner: “Last Day” by Kevin Brooks
Third Year Film Competition Shatters Attendance Records and boasts record Filmmaker Participation Memphis, TN (August 6, 2018) – The winner of the 3rd annual Memphis Film Prize (www.memphisfilmprize.com) was announced at the event’s traditional celebratory brunch at The Arcade (540 S. Main Street) held on Sunday, August 5th. The Film Prize’s coveted top award of […]
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Memphis Film Prize Announces Winners
The winner of the first Memphis Film Prize was writer-director-actress McGhee Monteith for “He Could’ve Gone Pro,” a 13-minute drama shot the day before Easter in the Midtown home of co-star Cecelia Wingate. Originally conceived for the stage, “He Could’ve Gone Pro” demonstrates the influence of two playwrights cited by Monteith as favorites, Edward Albee […]
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Winner McGhee Monteith Speaks About Her Experience with Film Prize Memphis
The winner of Film Prize: Memphis in 2016 talks about her experience filming He Could’ve Gone Pro and tells filmmakers why they should make a film and compete.
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David Merrill Welcomes Filmmakers to the Memphis Film Prize
My fellow filmmakers! (seems appropriate for an election year). Welcome to Memphis & welcome to the first annual Memphis Film Prize! Let the word go forth from Memphis & Shelby County, that the torch of creative competition and cinematic collaboration has been passed from our sister city of Shreveport and our friends at the Louisiana […]
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Award-Winning Film Prize Foundation Announces the Memphis Film Prize
Most Unique Film Competition in the Country Launches $10,000 Short Film Competition in Memphis, TN MEMPHIS, TN – February 17, 2016 — Film Prize Foundation Executive Director Gregory Kallenberg will join forces with FuelFilm’s David Merrill at LOCAL on the Square, on February 18th at 6 p.m. to launch the Memphis Film Prize, a brand-new […]