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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 Announces 2019 Competition Films
Prize Foundation is proud to announce the ten films which will compete for Memphis Film Prize 2019. The ten films selected will play at the Memphis Film Prize Festival Friday and Saturday, August 2-3, 2019 at Malco Studio on the Square. The winning film and recipient of the $10,000 cash prize will be announced Sunday, […]
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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 awards $10,000 to ‘We Go On’ director Matteo Servente
“We Go On,” a witty short film about two old-timers living out their final days in a hospice care facility, earned the $10,000 top award this week at the second annual Memphis Film Prize festival. Provided mostly by corporate sponsors, the cash prize — among the largest for a regional film festival — went to director Matteo Servente. He […]
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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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Memphis Film Prize Announces Top Ten Filmmakers for Inaugural Film Festival
Memphis, TN – Executive Director Gregory Kallenberg and Film Prize VIPs announced the Top Ten finalists for the inaugural Memphis Film Prize at The Cove (films are listed below). The films will be shown throughout the Memphis Film Prize Festival Weekend August 12-14, 2016, in Memphis, TN at the Malco Studio on the Square. The […]
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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 […]
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