Animated Shorts Compete for Oscar Eligibility at ATLFF
At the 2015 Oscars, two ATLFF official selections competed for the Best Animated Short award. As an Academy Award®-qualifying festival, will our winning film from this year go on to receive a nomination?
ATLFF '15 Best Documentary Feature Winner "Stray Dog"—One of the Year's Most Lauded Films
Debra Granik first played ATLFF with 2010's "Winter's Bone" and again this year with Jury Award-winner "Stray Dog." Both films have made significant impacts on the indie circuit.
ATLFF '15 Best Documentary Short Award-winner Jesse Kreitzer Updates Us on His Next Project
"'The Murder Ballad of James Jones,' ATLFF’s Jury Award-Winner for Best Documentary Short, was a byproduct of fool’s luck and good fortune."
Announcing the 2015 ATLFF Jury Award Winners!
Saturday morning at the Atlanta Film Festival Awards Brunch, filmmakers, jurors, and festival friends from around the world gathered to honor and celebrate all of the nominees.
ATLFF Now a Qualifying Festival for Documentary Short Academy Awards
ATLFF has long been a part of a select few Academy Award® qualifying film festivals, as only 37 film festivals in the U.S. currently hold Oscar qualifying eligibility. With a recent announcement from the Academy, we are proud to announce that another ATLFF film category—Documentary Short—now qualifies for Academy Awards® consideration.