
Podcast: 3 Questions Filmmakers Should Ask Themselves About Distribution
Join Sheri Candler, Director of Digital Marketing Strategy for The Film Collaborative, on the Film Festival Secrets podcast, where she reveals the 3 questions filmmakers should ask themselves when they contemplate distribution.

Blood Simple - Death and Texas
Some directors stumble out of the gate and work their way to later greatness. The Coen Brothers came out of the box a near-complete package.

How Can Working With a Music Supervisor Save Time, Money and Your Distribution Prospects?
One big oversight that I see within in the DIY filmmaking movement is in music licensing. Without the proper music clearances, a film can go from poised to explode on the market to a wasted effort only your kids will see.

Fall Focus on Directors - Joel & Ethan Coen
We continue our Fall Focus on Directors with a selection of films from Joel and Ethan Coen, screening all this month at Plaza Theatre.

Submissions for the 2014 Creative Conference Are Now Open
The call for entries is officially out - submit your panel proposals and ideas for the 2014 Creative Conference today!

Casting Extras for "The Game" Season 7
The television series "The Game" is back filming Season 7 in Atlanta, GA October-November 2013, featuring actors Hosea Chanchez, Lauren London, and Brandy Norwood. Hylton Casting is casting extras ages 18 and older of all ethnicities for the upcoming season.

The Business of TV in Georgia
As part of the Media Entrepreneurship workshop series, Suzan Satterfield of Picture Window Productions, will discuss how television shows get selected, who selects them and other realities of TV in Georgia.

Spielberg at AFI
Steven Spielberg gives a master class in a series of clips from a seminar for film students held shortly after the release of Close Encounters.

See Staff Favorites at Creative Loafing Best of Atlanta Party
Creative Loafing celebrates the best things in Atlanta on Thursday, September 19 at 7 p.m. in the heart of Downtown Atlanta at Centennial Olympic Park. This sensory overload of a party will celebrate the 2013 Best of Atlanta issue by combining pieces of Atlanta’s past, present, and future.
PARMA Licensing and the Atlanta Film Festival launch music contest for 2014 Festival participants
New England-based music house PARMA Licensing LLC and the internationally-acclaimed Atlanta Film Festival are teaming to launch a new music contest for 2014 Festival participants. PARMA will provide $25,000 of in-kind music and services to chosen festival participants, courtesy of PARMA's music supervision team.