The rules for Music Video Monday state that all the music videos we feature have to be from either a Memphis musical artist or a Memphis filmmaker — preferably both. But once a year, I bend the rules — which I can do, because I wrote the rules — to bring you the winners of the Indie Memphis Film Festival music video competition.
But first, the winner of the jury prize for best Hometowner Music Video. Don Lifted, who played a headlining show at Crosstown Theater last weekend in support of his new album, took home the trophy for “Brain Fluid”, directed by Nubia Yasin and Joshua Cannon.
The Hometowner Audience Award went to “Buzzsaw Kick” by Idi x Tico,which was the subject of last week’s Music Video Monday.
The winner of the Audience Award for national music videos was “Fire” by Fimone. I can’t embed it here, but you can watch it on Fimone’s YouTube channel.
The winner of the jury award for National Music Video (which really should be called the International category) was “Hideaway” by the French artists NÎM. This spectacular visual was created by Studio V7, Gaïa Maniquant-Rogozyk & Pablo Chazel. You’ll believe that whales can fly!
If you would like to see your music video featured on Music Video Monday, email cmccoy@memphisflyer.com.