The Memphis & Shelby County Film and Television Commission/Foundation

06/11/2026

This month is your last chance to submit your film for consideration for the 28th Indie Memphis Film Festival
— making its return November 5-8, 2026. You can submit your film by going to: https://www.indiememphis.org/

06/11/2026

June 13th join an All Star Team and Memphis’ legend Coach Lionel Hollins as they continue to . For more info about tickets go to https://www.hthmemphis.org/hth2022/

06/11/2026

The Memphis Room and DIG Memphis are pleased to announce a new in person program series Memphis on Film, showcasing over a century of our hometown as captured by the camera lens. Whether home movies or professional Hollywood level productions, we will be showing rare footage of Memphis from the past...

05/27/2026

Submissions are now open for the 28𝐭𝐡 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐦 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 -- making its return November 5-8, 2026. You can submit your film at the link in our bio 🔗

Submissions are open for:
- Short films from national and international filmmakers*
- Features, shorts, and music videos from Memphis-area filmmakers (Hometowners)

𝐒𝐔𝐁𝐌𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐒
🎥 Regular Deadline: Friday, May 29
🎥 Late Deadline: Friday, June 26

𝘕𝘖𝘛𝘌: 𝘔𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘴-area 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴 (𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰@𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘴.𝘤𝘰𝘮) 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘮𝘪𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘮 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦!

05/24/2026

Exciting news from the Porretta Soul Festival July 23-26! The festival announces a new sponsor Memphis Record Pressing and prepares to welcome journalist Alex Greene of The Memphis Flyer!

Mayor Young joins the conversation about the importance of Arts and Culture in Memphis through the first Music Moment with Alex Greene. Find out more informa...

05/22/2026

A magical moment at Cannes- when film and friendship come together! Together-the best of both worlds- Memphis filmmaker and Palm d’ Or nominee Ira Sachs with Luca Elmi and Elisa Lazzoroni of Memphis’ beloved Sister City’s Porretta Cinema ! Paul Young Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris Graziano Uliani

Che emozione incontrare Ira Sachs a Cannes!
Un caffè, tante idee, cinema e conversazioni che lasciano il segno. 🎬☕
I membri del Porretta Cinema hanno avuto il piacere di condividere un momento speciale con uno dei registi più sensibili e interessanti del panorama internazionale.

Tra racconti, visioni e passioni comuni, Cannes continua a regalarci incontri indimenticabili.

05/20/2026

Ira Sachs Gets 10-Minute Ovation at the Cannes World Premiere of his film “The Man I Love”! Sachs’ film is nominated for Cannes’ prestigious Palm d’Or ! Congrats to our very own native Memphian & 2x Memphis and Shelby County Film & TV Commission Client! photo credit to Luca Elmi click link for full article

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