Greetings and welcome to the Memphis & Shelby County Film and Television Commission’s new web site! Brimming with new features and up-to-date information, we invite you to come in and look around to get a peek at what Memphis & Shelby County have to offer film productions of all sizes. Take a minute to browse our location library in Reel-Scout, check out our diverse production guide, or get a taste of productions that have shot here and utilized our crew base over at Film Memphis TV!
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The Memphis & Shelby County Film and Television Commission, like other publicly-funded film commissions in the U.S.A., works only with funded productions and does not assist producers in securing funding for projects.
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Oscar-nominated Short Film documentaries are being screened at 7 tonight (2/21) at the Malco Ridgeway Four.
The screening is presented by On Location: Memphis International Film & Music Fest.
To purchase tickets, which are $10, go here.
If you're interested in participating in the cast or crew in Tim Sutton's Memphis project, please email your information to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
For information on the project, see the posting below.
Brooklyn filmmaker Tim Sutton is scouting Memphis locations for his next project that he calls "a narrative film in a documentary world."
Sutton has been working with the Memphis & Shelby County Film and Television Commission.
The indie film, about a young soul-blues singer, comes from an idea he's had for years that he wanted to set in Memphis.
In John Beifuss' story in The Commercial Appeal here, Deputy Film Commissioner Sharon Fox O'Guin is quoted as saying, "Even though it's a small-budget movie, they're running the production like a very professional business. They're trying to capture the flavor of Memphis, the vibe, and avoid the artificial. They're trying to embed the community into the project."
Sutton will use some of his own crew, but will use other crew and talent from Memphis. Scenes will be shot in barbecue restaurants, local nightclubs, recording studios and other locations. The Film Commission has already helped him find some key locations.
His debut feature, "Pavilion" was screened at Indie Memphis last year and won a jury award for cinematography.
Read more about Sutton and the financing in Beifuss' story.
Here's Mark Jordan's article in The Commercial Appeal about Craig Brewer's BR2 Music Publishing. See posting below for info on tonight's event at the Poplar Lounge celebrating the video and vinyl release of Jason Freeman's "Hex and Hell" project presented by Brewer (a longtime supporter of the Memphis & Shelby County Film and Television Commission).
Tonight's event includes screening of three music videos shot by local filmmakers Christopher Reyes, Alan Spearman and Michael McCarthy.
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