The Atlanta Film Society is pleased to present the 2026 Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition Semifinalists. Please join us in congratulating these impressive authors and wishing them well as the programming team continues to narrow the list down to Finalists, and, eventually, 5 Winning Scripts!

The Atlanta Film Society and the Atlanta Film Festival are honored to congratulate and recognize three films from the 49th Annual Atlanta Film Festival nominated for the upcoming 98th Academy Awards taking place on March 15th.

he Atlanta Film Society is pleased to present the 2026 Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition Quarterfinalists. Chosen from 632 submissions, the following 88 feature film screenplays, 32 pilots, and 40 shorts represent the top twenty-five percent of all entries.

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!

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.

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.

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.