101 FAN REASONS
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Our 2012 Festival campaign is all about YOU… through Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, our site & other platforms, you let us know what has you & your friends excited about ATLFF 2012. Be sure to check-out the top 101 FAN Reasons below! |
We hope you’ll make plans to join us for loads of movies & fun at the 2012 Atlanta Film Festival!
ALSO: Check out the “FAN-MADE” T-Shirt Design & Song Contests!
Still got reasons to share? Just post them on Twitter and tag them with #ATLFF101 (non-private users)!
Here are your top 101 FAN Reasons!
‘ Thank you VERY much,’ to all the fans who participated!
| Regina P | Because going to the ATLFF with my BFF will be the OMG event of 2012! |
| Patricia C | Because the Atlanta Film Festival is a filmtopia of shorts, indie films and documentaries. |
| Dave B | because you get to eat popcorn for breakfast, lunch and dinner. |
| Fanboy | Great Films, Parties and People. ’Nuff said. |
| Rebecca W | I get to see stuff before it hits mass theaters. |
| Kristen R | I’m looking forward to the Atlanta Film Festival for the perspectives; to be moved to feel or try something new |
| Carl H | I’m planning on going 2the ATL FilmFestival this yr 2Hob-Nob & brush elbows. (Been sitting on this script 4too long) |
| Dedra | It would be my first time! |
| Patricia C | Movies and popcorn and beer, oh my! |
| Venus W | The best event in Atlanta |
| Ned D | The Films are good, the beer is cold. Whats not to like? I’ll be there for sure. It’s a blast. |
| Kathleen AS | To meet a red-hot film lover! |
| Chris G | we’ll be eating films all day long at Atlanta film feast |
| Raj K | Welcome to Atlanta, where the players play and where the Reels are always Real! |
| Katherine C | Whattaya Have? Independent Film with Southern Hospitality. |
| Barrs | You can finally get the answer to ”how did they do that?” by asking the filmmaker yourself! |
| Scott B | You might find yourself singing “My Prerogative” by Bobby Brown with Bobby Brown at a karakoe bar….true story! |
| Michael F | ¡Los subtítulos son diversion! |
| Jason F | A break from the steady stream of Hollywood fatuousness… |
| Adrian D | All the cool people are doing it. And by “cool people” I mean film nerds. |
| Barclay T | Amped about the ATLFF! I wish it happened once a month. |
| A. Smithee | Are the movies local? How big is the area in which the actors are allowed to roam? Do they seem happy? Can we visit? |
| Stacy S | As an actor, you can give your headshots to director and smooze them over… maybe even perform a monologue for them |
| Jerry M | Atlanta Film Festival will be in town longer than kim kardashian and kris humphries marriage! |
| Barrs | Atlanta’s been waiting 36 years to put this one on! |
| Jake B | bc I’ve never been to a film festival and I’m hoping to see tons on films and panels. |
| Sister Girl News | Because Atlanta is the New Hollywood! |
| Kathleen AS | Because ATLFF rocks Hotlanta! |
| Michael F | Because Charles Judson is one bad mother— SHUT YO MOUTH! Just talkin’ ’bout |
| Jon W | Because it’s my version of spring break. |
| Gloria G | because my film is showing! |
| Scott B | Because my short film will be playing there…uh if I made one, and um if they selected it and uh why wouldn’t they…wink! |
| Dedra | because not every story is told from the same lens |
| Aly C | Because there is nothing else more classy than drinking wine at a film Festival. |
| Patricia C | Because you’re an independent film addict and you need a hit of the good stuff. |
| Celissa S | Because you’re in the midst of other great storytellers! |
| Barrs | Best way to make sure you’re a part of the coolest group in ATL. |
| Atlanta Events | fantastic films and a love of cinema! |
| Patricia C | Free parking, mostly. |
| C. Said S. | Georgia offers entertainment investment incentives, good reason to attend Atlanta Film Festival 2012 |
| Mike P | gives me a chance to check “be hip” off my 2012 resolutions list. |
| DJZee | Go to the ATLFF 2012 for the Pure Visceral Response. |
| Scott B | Great reason to get your drink on at the Independent at noon on a Tuesday. |
| Charlie G | Head out to the Atlanta film festival for the great films, beautiful women and cold beer. |
| Alina Y | I hope to pitch my idea for a romantic comedy about a gubernatorial election but all the candidates are zombies and also one of them has a dark secret. |
| Deanna P | I look forward films that have the directors & actors attending the Q&A’s to get more of a behind the scenes story. |
| Michael K | I love cinema with all my heart |
| TC | I love Film and independent films are great! |
| Venus W | I told my GPS to take me somewhere magical and mysterious |
| Charlie G | I wanna check it out for creepy shortfilms |
| Alina Y | I will be going as a representative for a charity that sends authentic 35 mm film reels to the homeless. |
| Nat U | I’m coming to the Atlanta Film Festival because my shrink told me to socialize with real people more. |
| Alina Y | I’m going to put a bird on literally everything and everybody there. |
| Kearra J | In hopes of becoming a actress |
| Groucho G | It beats working. |
| Rebecca W | It makes me sound cultured. |
| Scott B | It’s a good escape from the yearly pollen attack on the city of Atlanta |
| Patricia C | It’s cheaper to attend the Atlanta Film Festival than flying to Utah or France for other, lesser-known film festivals. |
| Dedra | it’s not streaming live… |
| Missy | It’s the new Hollywood! |
| Kathleen AS | It’s cool to be indie! |
| Rollins L | its awesome and everyone should attend one movie. Support Atlanta |
| Venus W | Kids told me to get a life |
| Venus W | Les bons temps rouler |
| Michael K | might meet some up coming DPs |
| Venus W | My best birthday gift |
| Alina Y | My parents paid like $8000 for me to go to Film Stuff Camp for Turbo-Gifted Children so everybody else there would benefit from my knowledge. |
| Jason F | No Michael Bay |
| Alina Y | No other film festival has bicycle lanes this big, and my second ticket will be going to my fixed-gear. |
| Jerry M | Occupy Atlanta is finally out the streets… now I can enjoy Atlanta Film Festival 2012! |
| Mike P | opportunity to see cool films |
| Taylor N | See films that move you. Enlighten you. Entertain you. Be one with the film. |
| David C | So at oscar time you can say smugly ”yeah, I remember when I saw that a year ago @ the Atlanta Film Festival.yeah,even meet the stars.” |
| Mignon F | Some Director is looking for me” they can meet me #ATLFF |
| Scott B | The animation short blocks are the bomb. |
| Vince R | the Atlanta Film Festival is by far the Best-of-All |
| Maria H | The big south’s answer to movie geek social celluloid independents-come see. |
| Steve E | The bird outside my window has a bird on it. They both say that I should attend the 2012 ATLFF. We should obey birds. |
| SimpleClassicLiving | the chance to watch films with the celebs who are in them |
| Patricia C | The movies are so good they don’t need to be filmed in 3-D. |
| Roz D | The passion of the filmmakers is energizing. |
| Roz D | the post film discussions are awesome as discussions take all kinds of directions. |
| Alina Y | There was a shot in one of the films you’ll be screening that I wasn’t really feeling and I urgently need to speak to the director about this. |
| Scott B | They have free A/C. |
| Edouard C | to be inspired and bring my dreams and aspirations to the big screen. |
| Red Bricks Media | To check out innovative films and get inspired for 2012 |
| Kathleen AS | To make movie friends! |
| Keith B | Volunteer! See great flicks! Meet the movie directors! Fun swag! Yahoo! |
| Robert S | why ATL Film Festival? Virtually all of the movies are brand new! |
| Stacy S | You can check in on Four Square and try to be the Mayor |
| Stacy S | You can meet hot, creative, artsy film directors and ask them out or atleast get drunk with them at the Independent |
| Barrs | You can party with movie stars & the hottest directors! |
| Stacy S | You can tweet about the films as you see them and seem cool to your friends that you’re at a film festival |
| Cary A | you get to meet really hot actresses sometimes. |
| Scott B | You may end up seeing the next “Gone With The Wind”. |
| Patricia C | You might get to be on TV by “accidentally” walking the red carpet. |
| Patricia C | You never know who you might get to meet after the film. |
| Chris E | You say you’re a movie person: prove it! |
| Tonya A | You will have BRAGGING power!!! |
| Barrs | You will never forget it. |
| Tonya A | Your Life Will Change!!! |