Atlanta Film Festival

Championing independent voices by programming cutting edge films. Educating and empowering filmmakers 365 days a year. www.atlantafilmfestival.com

Atlanta Film Festival
- The Atlanta Film Festival: Each Spring
- The Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition: Each Summer/Fall (with a retreat for winning screenwriters)
- Special Screenings: Regularly
- Special Events: Regularly
- Eat, Drink & B-Indie networking/educational program: Each Month
- Workshops: Regularly
- Engaged Social Media Platforms: Constantly (FB, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram)

09/14/2024

It's official; badges for are on sale! For a limited time, get your Early Bird Badge and join us as we celebrate the finest in independent film. Save up to $100 too! To get yours, click ๐Ÿ‘‰ https://ow.ly/BLnC50SNJAV ๐Ÿ’ฅ

09/12/2024

Did you know acclaimed actor and director Bill Duke became our most recent Ossie Davis Award recipient at ? ๐Ÿค”Well, you do now! See more award-winning filmmakers at ! โœจ Badges are on sale now! Click here to get yours and save up to $100 ๐Ÿ‘‰ https://ow.ly/8LVW50T4fOG ๐Ÿ”ฅ

Photos from Atlanta Film Festival's post 09/12/2024

Alongside Film Independent and 5 U.S. film festivals: Bentonville Film Festival, Chicago International Film Festival, Miami Film Festival, New Orleans Film Festival, and Outfest, we bring you FESTIVAL VISIONS. Showcasing underrepresented voices and emerging filmmakers in an effort to expand audiences. Film Independent is proud to partner with these organizations who provide platforms for a variety of inspiring stories across the country. We hope Festival Visions can continue the conversation led by organizations like these to support work outside of the conventional film market. Open to the public.

Click here to RSVP ๐Ÿ‘‰ https://bit.ly/3Or0jUf

09/11/2024

We caught up with a friend of the and , plus the Creative Director for the Plaza Atlanta, Gregory Bishop, and asked what his Top 3 films are. Check out what he had to say! ๐Ÿ’ฏ

09/10/2024

The Regular Deadline to submit your film to is THIS FRIDAY! To get your film into one of the biggest and best and coolest film festivals in the world (thanks MovieMaker Magazine), click ๐Ÿ‘‰ https://ow.ly/NABr50TjeRV ๐Ÿ’ฏ

09/09/2024

If you were unable to attend (or did attend and want to see it again) the showing of SEEKING MAVIS BEACON at , well, we've got some news for you! This film is showing at the Plaza Atlanta TOMORROW NIGHT! For screening info and tickets, go to plazaatlanta.com! ๐Ÿ”ฅ

08/29/2024

We caught up with actress A.J. Lister ๐Ÿ’ซ at and asked for her top three films. Here is what she had to say! ๐Ÿ˜Ž

08/22/2024

Did you know Michael Showalter became our most recent "Rebel Award" recipient at ? ๐Ÿค”Well, you do now! See more award-winning filmmakers at ! โœจ Badges are on sale now! Click here to get yours and save up to $125 ๐Ÿ‘‰ https://ow.ly/8LVW50T4fOG ๐Ÿ”ฅ

08/20/2024

Here's footage from the ATLFF'24 Awards Banquet and Screenwriting Writers Retreat, where our five screenplay award winners received insight from our esteemed panelists. ๐Ÿ˜Ž

If you've got a feature, pilot, or short script you think has what it takes for you to be the winner, click here to enter ๐Ÿ‘‰ https://www.atlantafilmfestival.com/screenplaycomp25.

The Regular Deadline is September 13th! ๐Ÿ”ฅ

08/14/2024

Thanks to you, ATLFF'24 was a huge success! Take a bow; you deserve it! And thanks to you, ATLFF'25 will be even better! How? Well, we'd love your feedback.

Complete the ATLFF'24 survey here: https://ow.ly/ezjV50SXQyT

As a reminder, all survey participants are entered to win 2 All-Access Passes to the 2025 Atlanta Film Festival. Thank you for your time and for contributing to our mission of supporting indie film!

Photos from Atlanta Film Festival's post 08/13/2024

Donโ€™t miss out! Enter the ATLFFโ€™25 Screenplay Competition by our regular deadline: September 13th, 2024.

Accepting Features, TV Pilots, and Shorts. Winners receive: a cash prize, trophy, travel stipend and 2 nights of accommodation to the 2025 Atlanta Film Festival, mentorship meeting & an All-Access Badge to the 2025 Atlanta Film Festival โœจ

Enter now here: https://ow.ly/VPI450SWpqi

08/12/2024

We caught up with producer Leo Blumberg-Woll and asked him about his top three films of all time. Here is what he had to say! ๐Ÿ’ฅ

08/08/2024

We caught up with Bill Duke, iconic actor, director, and 2025 inductee to the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and asked him about his top three films of all time. See what he had to say! ๐Ÿ’ซ

08/07/2024

Attention all screenwriters! Do you think your feature, pilot, or short has what it takes to win the prestigious Screenplay Competition? If yes, submit yours today by clicking ๐Ÿ‘‰ https://ow.ly/b6Gq50SSvI7 โœจ

08/06/2024

Check out this video alum and Filmmaker-in-Residence Jonathan Banks made with the equipment he got from a grant we awarded him at , thanks to our partners at Guerilla Gear Gear!

We're all about supporting independent filmmakers; this video is one of the many wonderful reasons we do it! ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ™Œ

08/05/2024

Attention all filmmakers! If you're thinking about submitting your short or feature film to one of MovieMaker Magazine's 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee, , our Regular Deadline is September 25th!

For all the details, click ๐Ÿ‘‰ https://filmfreeway.com/ATLFF ๐Ÿ’ฅ

08/03/2024

Thinking of submitting to ? Our regular deadline is coming up September 13th. Itโ€™ll be here before you know it! ๐Ÿ’ฅ

08/01/2024

We had a chance to catch up with Charlie Myers, the director of the Atlanta Braves documentary and film Always Believe: The Ozzie Albies Story.โšพ Check out what he had to say. And if you want to submit your film to , go to atlantafilmfestival.com! ๐Ÿ’ซ

07/31/2024

Want to read scripts, become a better screenwriter, AND get a free badge to ? Then, you should join the Screenplay Reading Committee. Watch this video with our Education Director, Melissa Simpson, for details! Did we mention the free badge? ๐Ÿ’ฏ

07/30/2024

It's official; badges for are on sale! For a limited time, get your Early Bird Badge for one of the world's biggest and best film festivals and save up to $125! To get yours, click ๐Ÿ‘‰ https://ow.ly/BLnC50SNJAV ๐Ÿ”ฅ

07/19/2024

The deadline to apply to be a screener for is TODAY! Here is our Programming Director, Jonathan Kieran, with a personal invitation. To apply, click ๐Ÿ‘‰https://ow.ly/8Y5q50SFHAO ๐Ÿ’ฅ

07/18/2024

We ran into and Alum Omar S. Kamara to ask his Top 3 of All Time. Check out what he had to say! โœจ

07/16/2024

Want to watch never-before-seen films from independent artists worldwide and get rewarded with tickets and maybe even an All-Access badge to one of the โ€œ50 Coolest Film Festivals In The World?โ€ Then, you need to join the Screening Committee!

For details, click ๐Ÿ‘‰ https://ow.ly/1koM50SC9YW. The deadline to apply is THIS FRIDAY! ๐Ÿ’ฅ

07/03/2024

This is your daily reminder that yes, you should in fact submit to . Regular deadline is September 13th, 2024.

07/02/2024

We ran into filmmaker and alum Lev Omelchenko to ask his Top 3 Films of All Time! Check out what he had to say! ๐ŸŽฌ

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Our Story

Now in its fourth decade, the Atlanta Film Festivalโ€”one of only two-dozen Academy Awardยฎ qualifying festivals in the U.S.โ€”is the areaโ€™s preeminent celebration of cinema. The Atlanta Film Festival is one of the largest and longest-running festival in the country, welcoming an audience of over 28,000 to discover hundreds of new independent, international, animated, documentary, and short films, selected from 8,000+ submissions from all over the world. It is also the most distinguished event in its class, recognized as Best Film Festival by Creative Loafing, Sunday Paper, 10Best and Atlanta Magazine.

Atlanta Film Festival screenings often include in-person dialog with filmmakers, providing audiences, artists and industry professionals with meaningful opportunities to network, interact and engage. Recent festival guests have included Josh Brolin (NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN), Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam), Michael Ealy (BARBERSHOP), Jasmine Guy (DIFFERENT WORLD), Gary Anthony Williams (MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE), Pauley Chris Moore (GOOD WILL HUNTING,), Howard Zinn (The Peoplesโ€™ History of the United States), Ray McKinnon (THE BLIND SIDE), Walton Goggins (THE SHIELD), Margaret Cho (DROP DEAD DIVA), comedian Jeff Foxworthy, Pauley Perrette (NCIS), Tichina Arnold (EVERYBODY HATES CHRIS), John Sayles (PASSION FISH), Hal Hartley (SIMPLE MEN), Carlos Cauron (RUDO Y CURSI) and Patterson Hood (Drive-By Truckers).

The Atlanta Film Festival is a membership-based 501(c)(3) arts non-profit with a mission to lead the community, both locally and worldwide, in creative and cultural discovery through the moving image. ATLFF presents a diverse slate of year-round offerings for film-lovers, filmmakers, and industry professionals. By bringing audiences and filmmakers together, the Festival has the opportunity to broaden the perspective of both artists and moviegoers.

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We caught up with a friend of the #ATLFS and #ATLFF, plus the Creative Director for the Plaza Atlanta, Gregory Bishop, a...
Seeking Mavis Beacon Trailer #1 (2024) (1).mp4
We caught up with actress A.J. Lister ๐Ÿ’ซ at #ATLFF24 and asked for her top three films. Here is what she had to say! ๐Ÿ˜Ž #A...
We caught up with actress Ashley Austin-Thomas and asked her about her top three films of all time. Here is what she had...
Here's footage from the ATLFF'24 Awards Banquet and #ATLFF24 Screenwriting Writers Retreat, where our five screenplay aw...
Playing now at the @thetaraatlanta, the @a24 film and #ATLFF24 Closing Night film, @singsingmovie! ๐ŸคฉFor showings and tic...
We caught up with producer Leo Blumberg-Woll and asked him about his top three films of all time. Here is what he had to...
We had the pleasure and honor of speaking with actor/director/producer and #ATLFF24 alum Don-Dimitri Joseph! Check out t...
We caught up with Bill Duke, iconic actor, director, and 2025 inductee to the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and asked him abou...
Check out this video #ATLFF alum and #ATLFS Filmmaker-in-Residence Jonathan Banks made with the equipment he got from a ...
We had a chance to catch up with Charlie Myers, the director of the Atlanta Braves documentary and #ATLFF24 film Always ...
Want to read scripts, become a better screenwriter, AND get a free badge to #ATLFF25? Then, you should join the #ATLFF S...

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ATLFF HQ During Festival: 676-B North Highland Avenue NE, GA (formerly The Shoe Repair & Alteration Shop)
Atlanta, GA
30306

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 6pm
Tuesday 9am - 6pm
Wednesday 9am - 6pm
Thursday 10am - 6pm
Friday 9am - 6pm

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