Indie Memphis Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/indie-memphis/ What to Watch Tue, 09 Jan 2024 20:15:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-logo02-1-32x32.png Indie Memphis Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/indie-memphis/ 32 32 SHIVA BABY https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/shiva-baby/ Fri, 02 Apr 2021 14:10:12 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=33629

Update: SHIVA BABY is now playing in select theaters and also available to buy or rent on digital platforms. Below is our review from the festival circuit. (The 2020 Indie Memphis Film Festival, always a joyous occasion, ran October 21-29 […]

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]]> A Conversation with Trimiko Melancon (WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO LOSE?) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/trimiko-melancon/ Mon, 09 Nov 2020 18:56:30 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=33683

A wonderful premiere at Indie Memphis last week lead me to Interview Director Trimiko Melancon  about her feature documentary What Do You Have to Lose?  The film looked at the question Trump posed in his political campaign about electing him […]

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]]> IT’S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR: INDIE MEMPHIS TIME! https://www.hammertonail.com/features/indie-memphis-2020/ Wed, 21 Oct 2020 10:50:17 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=33570

Indie Memphis hosted a virtual programmer event on Monday, October 19 before kicking off their 23rd annual festival both in person and virtually. And just when I thought their line up was stellar, they went and knocked it out of […]

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]]> Short Film Contest Winner/Runner-Up: Fall ’19 https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/fall-19-shorts-winners/ Fri, 06 Dec 2019 20:50:24 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=31819 While it t’isn’t quite the season, at least in terms of popular holiday parlance, it is the season to announce the winners of our fall 2019 short film contest! In looking back at the last few announcement write-ups, I’ve noticed […]

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]]> That’s a Wrap on the 2019 Bend Film Festival! https://www.hammertonail.com/people-we-love/2019-bend-film-festival-wrap/ Wed, 16 Oct 2019 16:52:57 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=31610 The dream of the 90s is alive and well in Bend, maybe even a bit more so than Portland. With the last remaining Blockbuster Video in the world (yes it has that Blockbuster smell) to the arcades, record shops and […]

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]]> 2019 Bend Film Fest Preview- Southern Film Spotlight https://www.hammertonail.com/on-the-festival-circuit/2019-bend-film-fest-preview/ Thu, 10 Oct 2019 17:39:24 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=31586 Southern filmmakers are ascending upon Bend, Oregon this weekend as part of Bend Film Festival. Bend Film Festival, set in Bend Oregon will be held October 10-13 with over 70 films, 30 musical acts and a ton of parties. HtN […]

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]]> Hammer to Nail Short Film Contest, Fall 2019 https://www.hammertonail.com/1/shorts-contest-fall-2019/ Tue, 08 Oct 2019 01:55:55 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=31553 Did you miss us? I know a few of you did because about a month ago, I started getting emails from readers who were noticing the lack of new reviews, features and interviews on the site. There was also no […]

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]]> Short Film Contest Winner/Runner-Up: Winter ’19 https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/winter-19-shorts-winners/ Mon, 20 May 2019 18:33:03 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=31157 Yeah, it’s spring. Like, pretty deep into spring and yet, here we are with the announcement of the winners for our WINTER contest. Alas, the contest launched in the winter and we’re still trying to figure out a sweet spot […]

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]]> Short Film Contest Winner/Runner-Up: Spring ’18 https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/spring-18-shorts-winners/ Wed, 25 Jul 2018 17:43:49 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=29919 This one, was a battle. Well, not really. But, sort of. I’m not sure if I’ve mentioned the “Behind the Scenes” machinations on how our short film contest works but, it typically goes like… I choose 2 jurors and try […]

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]]> Short Film Contest Winner/Runner-Up: Winter ’18 https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/winter-18-shorts-winners/ Thu, 15 Mar 2018 16:14:10 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=29173 I’d love to say that I rejiggered the quarterly Hammer to Nail Short Film Contests to dovetail perfectly with “Awards Season” but alas, it just worked out that way. I DID rejigger the contests so that the calls for entries […]

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