Art installation by Gabby Zambrano


Top Grit - Miracle Boy by Jake Mahaffy
$1,000 prize
Best overall film as selected by the Indie Grits Jurors.
Peoples Grit - Get Better by Chris White & Emily Reach-White
$500 prize
Best overall film, as selected by you, the audience!
Big Grit - Euphonia by Danny Madden
$500 prize Watch full film here.
Best feature length film as selected by the Indie Grits Jurors.
Short Grit - April by Alan Spearman
$500 prize
Best short film as selected by the Indie Grits Jurors.
Young Grit - Moira Angela Darling by Joshua Rainwater
$500 prize
Exemplary film by a student filmmaker as selected by the Indie Grits Jurors.
Experimental Grit - Two Seconds After Laughter by David Rousseve
$500 prize
Exemplary experimental film as selected by the Indie Grits Jurors.
Helen Hill Award - Dusty Stacks of Mom by Jodie Mack
$500 prize
Exemplary film by a female filmmaker as selected by the Indie Grits Jurors.
Local Grit - Twenty-One Questions by Micah Troublefield
$250 prize
Exemplary local film as selected by the Indie Grits Jurors.
Animated Grit - Dusty Stacks of Mom by Jodie Mack
$250 prize
Exemplary animated film as selected by the Indie Grits Jurors.
Sponsored by Deborah Yerkes


What's a puppet slam? You owe it to yourself to find out. Spork in Hand Puppet Slam will bring together more than a dozen puppet artists from across the Southeast for two gloriously gritty evenings of experimental short puppetry and object theater. This puppet slam is the first of its kind in the capitol city. Leave the kids at home and enjoy an evening of raucous and ribald, thought-provoking and awe-inspiring performances.
From indie rock to symphonic music, Indie Grits has lined up national touring acts such as The Olivia Control and Quintron, favorite talented local bands, and a special South Carolina Philharmonic performance with Conductor Morihiko Nakahara.