For this year’s 20th anniversary Indie Memphis Film Festival, it’s fitting the cool branding designed by the folks at Farmhouse featured a movie slate turned BBQ grill with the tag line “Right on Cue”—as this year’s festival—like BBQ—managed to capture the flavor of Memphis.
A spectacular array of locally produced films by a diverse group of local filmmakers dazzled the audience. To watch Memphis-made films at Indie Memphis is to be amazed at the depth of talent in our city. And we do this for a living. And every film was preceeded by crazy cool live music in the theater (all by Memphis musicians, of course).
Running Pony was a proud sponsor of Indie Memphis again this year and served as the venue sponsor for Studio on the Square. But as usual, it was our people who shined brightest.
Writer/Director Melissa Sweazy won Best Hometowner Feature and the Audience Award for Best Feature for her documentary (co-directed by the talented Laura Jean Hocking) “Good Grief”—which captures the incredible work of the Kemmons Wilson Center for Good Grief at Baptist Hospital. It’s a moving, touching piece of work.
Watching films at Indie Memphis let you see the talent of Audio Engineer Nathan Reisman, Post Production Supervisor and Colorist Mitch Martin as well as the skills of numerous Running Ponies including Ryan Goble and Gabriel DeCarlo.
We probably smiled the most as our former intern Von Muren got a rousing ovation from the crowd watching the Grizz Grant Films (shorts that told the story of the Grizzlies from a female fan’s perspective) for her amazing illustrations of Melissa Sweazy’s “Stephanie Loves the Grizzlies”—check it out here.
Congrats to Indie Memphis and the incredible artists whose work they showcased. You made us all proud.
