What ATLFF's Programmers Watched on Summer Vacation
At ATLFS, September means it’s time to buckle down to screening submissions for the yearly Atlanta Film Festival. Which in turn means that our long summer of watching whatever we want is over! Before the leaves turn and the weather cools down, our Programming team highlights some of the gems in this summer’s free time watching.
ATLFF Alumni Spotlight: Emily Sheskin
Touch base with us and the director of the Atlanta Film Festival 2023 Best Documentary Feature Special Jury Mention, Emily Sheskin.
The Atlanta Film Festival was named one of MovieMaker Magazine's 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee in 2025!
It’s with great pleasure and honor that MovieMaker Magazine has again named the Atlanta Film Festival one of the 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee in 2025!
LIONSGATE CELEBRATES KERRY WASHINGTON AND ‘SHADOW FORCE’ AT PRESTIGIOUS 49TH ATLANTA FILM FESTIVAL SCREENING
On Sunday, April 27, Lionsgate proudly presented a marquee, sold-out screening of Shadow Force at the 49th annual Atlanta Film Festival, led by Emmy Award winner, star, and producer Kerry Washington. The screening took place at the historic Plaza Theatre, a celebrated landmark for independent and groundbreaking cinema.
Docs explore families shaped by addiction, secrets and history at Atlanta Film Festival
In an age of deep division — social, political, economic — storytelling can be a way to find common ground. And movies are one way that storytelling reaches across those divides. That’s especially true of the documentary genre, which offers insight into other lives and circumstances unlike our own, planting the seeds of compassion in the process.
LIONSGATE’S “SHADOW FORCE” TO SCREEN AT ATLANTA FILM FESTIVAL WITH KERRY WASHINGTON IN ATTENDANCE
The 49th annual Atlanta Film Festival + Creative Conference (ATLFF) announced today that Lionsgate’s Shadow Force, starring Kerry Washington and Omar Sy, will screen as part of the festival on Sunday, April 27 at the Plaza Theater at 7:00 pm, with Washington in attendance.
2025 Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition Winners Announced!
The Atlanta Film Society is pleased to present the 2025 Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition Winners. Chosen from 1,106 total submissions, the following three feature film screenplays, one pilot, and one short represent this year's competition's finest and best entries.
Epic Atlanta ’96 Olympic Race Relations Story to Premiere during Atlanta Film Festival at Rialto Center for the Arts on April 26
Atlanta Story Partners (ASP) today announced that its feature documentary “The Games in Black & White” will have its world premiere as a Special Presentation of the 49th Annual Atlanta Film Festival.“ The Games in Black & White” focuses on historic Olympic quest of Billy Payne and Andy Young and its transformative impact on “The City Too Busy to Hate”
2025 ATLANTA FILM FESTIVAL UNVEILS KEY PROGRAMMING AND FULL LINEUP OF OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
he 49th annual Atlanta Film Festival + Creative Conference (ATLFF) revealed key programming highlights, including the full lineup of selected works from over 6,000 submissions. The 11-day film festival and educational conference will take place Thursday, April 24 through Sunday, May 4, 2025, with screenings primarily held at the Plaza Theatre and Tara Theatre in Atlanta.
ATLFF Spotlight: Jeanne Bowerman
Though she isn’t an alum, Jeanne Bowerman has a ton of evergreen insight into this magical world of visual storytelling.