Today on Music Video Monday, we’re celebrating the winners of the music video competitions at the 25th annual Indie Memphis Film Festival. Two music video blocs screened during the six-day festival: The National competition, which actually included videos from all over the world, and the Hometowner competition for made-in-Memphis music videos.
The winner of the National award for Best Music Video was “Vacant Spaces” by Joe Baughman and the Righteous Few. Baughman is an Indiana-based singer songwriter who also directed the visually stunning stop-motion video. “Vacant Spaces” isn’t available on YouTube or Vimeo yet, but you can see it with an Indie Memphis virtual pass.
[Update: “Vacant Spaces” just went public on YouTube! Aaron Charles of The Righteous Few says “Joe worked for 3 years on this video, and it is so exciting to see that work rewarded.”]
The Best Hometowner Music Video was awarded to Emily Rooker’s “Don’t Come Home,” co-directed by Rooker and Mitchell Carter. As seen previously on Music Video Monday, “Don’t Come Home” was filmed at the Bartlett Performing Arts Center, and features the singer and some friends celebrating themselves after a bad breakup. Check it out!
The Indie Memphis Film Festival concludes tonight at Crosstown Theater.
