Crosstown Arts
Monthly short film screening series, presented by Indie Memphis & Crosstown Arts.
This month: 2019 Festival Shorts Award Winners
An encore screening of standout short film award winners from the 2019 Indie Memphis Film Festival, curated by Senior Programmer Brighid Wheeler.
Doors at 6:30 pm | Screening at 7 pm. Admission is pay-what-you-can.
Indie Memphis kicks off its annual film festival at Crosstown Theater with an opening party at 5 pm.
That’s followed by a sold-out screening of Harriet, the extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman’s escape from slavery and transformation into one of America’s greatest heroes, at 6:30 pm.
Stick around for the Hometowner Narrative Shorts #1 Competition at 9:30 pm. Featuring Always Open, The Eureka Hotel, Life After Death, Now the Sun Asks to Rise, TAGGED, The Bee, and The Indignation of Michael Busby.
For the full Indie Memphis Film Festival schedule, go here.
National film and television shows (like the Hallmark “Graceland” films & Bluff City Law) have caught on to what an incredible place Memphis is to make their work. For the September Shoot & Splice, Sharon O’Guin (Deputy Film Commissioner for the Memphis & Shelby County Film and Television Commission) will talk about the hard work the Commission is doing behind the scenes to both bring national level productions to Memphis and assist local film and television professionals. Then hear some on-set experiences from some very talented Memphians, including Kevin Brooks, Kerri Mahoney and Jil Szewski – all three currently working on Bluff City Law.
Shoot & Splice is a monthly filmmaker forum presented collaboratively by Indie Memphis and Crosstown Arts.
Free and open to the public
Doors at 6:30 pm | Presentation at 7 pm
KEVIN BROOKS is a multi-talented film director, writer, cinematographer and editor. As a senior in the University of Memphis Film Program, Kevin was selected to participate in the Sundance Ignite program. Kevin has since made several short films and has won the Memphis Film Prize two years in a row. Kevin serves as a board member at large for the Memphis & Shelby County Film and Television Commission. Kevin is currently in pre-production for a feature and works on the set of Bluff City Law.
KERRI MAHONEY is a multidisciplinary designer who has developed print, interactive and product design projects since 1997. Having a deep love for roots music, Kerri has been working with the Ponderosa Stomp Foundation based in New Orleans, LA since its inception to create marketing materials and merchandise for its annual concert, held in New Orleans. Most recently, she has been designing album art for clients such as Electraphonic Recording, Fat Possum Records, Big Legal Mess Records, Modern Harmonic, Amazon, and Madjack Records. In between making insanely great record covers, Kerri works in the Art Department for Bluff City Law.
SHARON O’GUIN is the Deputy Film Commissioner for the Memphis & Shelby County Film and Television Commission. Founded in 1985 by joint City/County resolution, The Memphis & Shelby County Film and Television Commission is the official City/County economic development agency for film and television. The Commission Office works primarily to assist and/or recruit funded projects which will economically impact multiple sectors of the local community—local hires, local vendors, etc.
JIL SZEWSKI is currently the Art Department Coordinator for Bluff City Law. Jil has worked as an art department production coordinator for many television and film productions, including Bluff City Law, Truth Be Told, Wedding At Graceland, The Kids Are Alright, How To Get Away with Murder, Ballers, Pitch, Jean-Claude Van Johnson, Ken Jeong Made Me Do It, Whitney, Rock My RV, Only Lovers Left Alive and A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas.
Indie Memphis and Crosstown Arts present MicroCinema Club, a monthly screening of short films. This month: 2019 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour.
The 2019 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour is a 96-minute theatrical program of seven short films selected from this year’s festival, widely considered the premier showcase for short films and the launchpad for many now-prominent independent filmmakers for more than 30 years. Including fiction, documentary and animation from around the world, the 2019 program offers new audiences a taste of what the Festival offers, from sharply-written comedy and drama to edgy genre and an intimate family saga.
Pay-What-You-Can at the door. No ticket required.
Part of a two-night event with Joe’s Wines, Indie Memphis, Restaurant Iris, and Kysela Imports. Indie Memphis will be screening the Oscar-winning Babette’s Feast on Tuesday July 16th. The following night, Restaurant Iris will be recreating the decadent, classic French seven-course menu featured in the film. We can’t imagine another restaurant that could bring these amazing dishes to life.
Jeremy Sutton of fine wine importer Kysela will be hosting the dinner and bringing incredible wines, also inspired by the film’s pairings. The pre-movie wine reception begins at 6:30pm.
TICKETS TO THE DINNER OF WEDNESDAY, JULY 17TH ARE SOLD OUT. Be sure to check out all of Joe’s Wines Passport to France events HERE.
*For those who are only interested in the film on Tuesday, July 16th, NO TICKET IS REQUIRED AND SPACE IS STILL AVAILABLE.
Indie Memphis presents a screening of Roll Red Roll.
At a pre-season football party in small-town Steubenville, Ohio, a heinous crime took place: the assault of a teenage girl by members of the beloved high school football team. What transpired would garner national attention and result in the sentencing of two key offenders.
But it was the disturbing social media evidence uncovered online by crime blogger Alex Goddard that provoked the most powerful questions about the case and about the collusion of teen bystanders, teachers, parents, and coaches to protect the assailants and discredit the victim.
As it painstakingly reconstructs the night of the crime and its aftermath, Roll Red Roll uncovers the engrained rape culture at the heart of the incident, acting as a cautionary tale about what can happen when teenage social media bullying runs rampant and adults look the other way. The film unflinchingly asks: “Why didn’t anyone stop it?”
Featuring a talkback panel with Memphis Area Women’s Council following the film.
Trigger warning for details of real-life sexual assault. A counselor will be on site provided by Memphis Area Women’s Council.