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)
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 ๐ https://ow.ly/BLnC50SNJAV ๐ฅ
Did you know acclaimed actor and director Bill Duke became our most recent Ossie Davis Award recipient at ? ๐คWell, you do now! See more award-winning filmmakers at ! โจ Badges are on sale now! Click here to get yours and save up to $100 ๐ https://ow.ly/8LVW50T4fOG ๐ฅ
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 ๐ https://bit.ly/3Or0jUf
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! ๐ฏ
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 ๐ https://ow.ly/NABr50TjeRV ๐ฏ
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! ๐ฅ
We caught up with actress A.J. Lister ๐ซ at and asked for her top three films. Here is what she had to say! ๐
Did you know Michael Showalter became our most recent "Rebel Award" recipient at ? ๐คWell, you do now! See more award-winning filmmakers at ! โจ Badges are on sale now! Click here to get yours and save up to $125 ๐ https://ow.ly/8LVW50T4fOG ๐ฅ
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. ๐
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 ๐ https://www.atlantafilmfestival.com/screenplaycomp25.
The Regular Deadline is September 13th! ๐ฅ
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!
Donโt miss out! Enter the ATLFFโ25 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 โจ
Enter now here: https://ow.ly/VPI450SWpqi
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! ๐ฅ
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! ๐ซ
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 ๐ https://ow.ly/b6Gq50SSvI7 โจ
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! ๐ฅ๐
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 ๐ https://filmfreeway.com/ATLFF ๐ฅ
Thinking of submitting to ? Our regular deadline is coming up September 13th. Itโll be here before you know it! ๐ฅ
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.โพ Check out what he had to say. And if you want to submit your film to , go to atlantafilmfestival.com! ๐ซ
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? ๐ฏ
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 ๐ https://ow.ly/BLnC50SNJAV ๐ฅ
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 ๐https://ow.ly/8Y5q50SFHAO ๐ฅ
We ran into and Alum Omar S. Kamara to ask his Top 3 of All Time. Check out what he had to say! โจ
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 โ50 Coolest Film Festivals In The World?โ Then, you need to join the Screening Committee!
For details, click ๐ https://ow.ly/1koM50SC9YW. The deadline to apply is THIS FRIDAY! ๐ฅ
This is your daily reminder that yes, you should in fact submit to . Regular deadline is September 13th, 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! ๐ฌ
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Now in its fourth decade, the Atlanta Film Festivalโone of only two-dozen Academy Awardยฎ qualifying festivals in the U.S.โis the areaโs 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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