Avant Garden X (Halloween Edition)
Thursday, October 15, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
 
Avant Garden is a free monthly arts social hosted and presented by the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center and the Atlanta Film Festival 365. With interactive arts events, a cash bar and special presentations, Avant Garden is the place to be to relax, network and to have fun.

• Short videos by Contemporary exhibiting artist Will Rogan, documenting "unbelievable everyday actions"
• Halloween Makeup tips and demo by Ondie Daniel, leave with your own "bruise"
• Creatures from Netherworld
• Elvira impersonator Patterson Lundquist will be in attendance to give decorating tips on how to spook up your house
• Atlanta Screenwriters Group (Starts at 8 PM) - Script to be read: Love and a Possible by Gerard Erdue
• As always, Avant Garden is FREE

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Gorrillas in the Mist Benefit Screening
Saturday, October 17, 7:00 PM

2nd Annual Fundraiser Benefitting the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International

$20 General Admission, $10 ATL365 Members (Use promo code: GORILLA)
 

Woodruff Arts Center, Atlanta Symphony Hall
1280 Peacthree St
Atlanta, GA 30309

In a land of beauty, wonder and danger, Dr. Dian Fossey would follow a dream, fall in love and risk her life to save the mountain gorilla from extinction…

On Saturday, October 17, Fossey’s journey will be remembered and celebrated as the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International (DFGFI) hosts—as the feature component of its 2nd annual fundraiser, The Green Carpet—the only theatre re-screening of the original movie, Gorillas in the Mist, starring Sigourney Weaver. All proceeds will benefit the Fund’s conservation and research initiatives.

The star-studded “Green Carpet” entrance begins at 6 p.m. with the screening of Gorillas in the Mist slated to begin at 7 p.m. on the Big Screen of Symphony Hall. Ms. Weaver, long-time Honorary Chair of DFGFI, will open the screening with a taped welcome to guests, speaking from the heart about the importance of the Fund to her personally.

Ambassador and Mrs. Andrew Young, Larry Ellison and other special guests, including Academy Award nominee Natalie Portman and actress Mila Jovovich, star of A Perfect Getaway and the soon-to-be-released The Fourth Kind, are expected to attend.

Learn more about The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International

Purchase General Admission Tickets (Use promo code: GORILLA to purchase tickets for $10)

Tickets: $20 General Admission. All orders for this event are subject to 8% sales tax plus a $2.50 per ticket handling fee and a $1 per ticket facility fee. All sales are final.

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Monty Python On Demand Double Feature
Monty Python and the Holy Grail and Monty Python's The Life of Brian
Sunday, October 18, 3PM

The Plaza Theatre
1049 Ponce De Leon Ave
Atlanta, GA 30306

 

Bring your coconuts. Pull out your shrubbery. Don your armor. Then join us for a double feature of: 

Monty Python's THE HOLY GRAIL and LIFE OF BRIAN.

Admission: 5 Canned Food Items or $5 Donation Benefiting the Atlanta Community Food Bank.

The Atlanta Community Food Bank strives to supply a variety of well-balanced, nutritious foods. Focusing on high-protein food items, ACFB aims to distribute foods that will enable people suffering the ill effects of hunger and poverty to feel stronger and healthier. Some of the most needed food items are as follows:

Peanut Butter
Canned Tuna
Canned Beans
Canned Soups, Stews and Pastas
100% Fruit Juice
Canned Fruits and Vegetables
Macaroni and Cheese Dinners
Whole Grain, Low Sugar Cereals

Presented by

Sponsored by: Atlanta Film Festival 365, IFC, Rock 100.5 and Creative Loafing

 

Next Deadline: Regular - Friday, October 16

An Academy Award® qualifying festival for the Best Live Action Narrative Short and Best Animated Short categories, the 2010 Atlanta Film Festival (April 15-23) is now accepting entries. Visit our 2010 submission page for more information.

Regular Deadline - October 16
Late Deadline - November 13
Extended Deadline - December 18

 

Out On Film - ENDS TONIGHT
Friday, October 2 - Thursday, October 8

Festival Passes $75, Indvidual Screenings $10

Landmark Midtown Art Cinema
931 Monroe Dr
Atlanta, GA 30308

Out on Film, Atlanta's GLBT film festival, returns to the Midtown Art Cinema October 2 - 8 with a terrific week of films - "The Big Gay Musical," "Eating Out 3," "Rivers Wash Over Me," Sharon Gless in "Hannah Free," Chad Allen in "Hollywood, je t'aime," the world premere of "A Cross Burning in Willacoochee," "Charmed Life," "Patrik, Age 1.5," "Pornography A Thriller," "The Baby Formula," "Dream Boy," "Edie and Thea: A Very Long Engagement," "Chef's Special," "Ghosted," "The Butch Factor," Faith Trimel's "Family," "And then Came Lola," " Her Name Was Steven," "The Boy With the Sun in His Eyes," "Annul Victory," Drool," "Unraveling Michelle," "Shank," two classic Andy Warhol films and men's and women's shorts.

outonfilm.org

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Saturday, October 24 or Sunday, October 25
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Cost $200
Workshop is for adults and teenagers aged 15 or older
Contact Patrice Jackson at 404-603-8755 for more information and to register

Actors will be taken through the entire audition process, from when the actor first gets the script, through the first reading, to the callback. They’ll learn how to prepare for the audition, what to do once they walk into the room or are put on tape, how to work with nervousness, and most of all, how to actually enjoy the process. The actors’ simulated auditions will be on camera.

Steve Coulter bio: Steve Coulter is an Atlanta-based actor, director and writer. A professional actor for 25 years, his film and television work includes Prison Break, Army Wives, Mr. Brooks, Madea’s Family Reunion, HBO’s Warm Springs, and a starring role in the upcoming The People v. Leo Frank on PBS, opposite Seth Gilliam of The Wire. Steve wrote and directed the award-winning film, The Etiquette Man, selected by the Sundance Channel and the National Gallery of Art in Washington. He is currently the head writer and executive story editor for Tyler Perry’s television series, House of Payne, on TBS, and where he was also the head writer for Meet the Browns.

The Chez Group

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The National Film Challenge
Friday, October 23- Monday, October 26

Regardless of where you live, this is your opportunity to write, shoot, and edit a short film in three days. Just like in the 48 Hour Film Project, you'll receive a character, prop, line of dialogue, and a genre at 7pm local time, October 23rd. Then you'll have to mail the film in on October 26th. In the following weeks the top films (determined by a national panel of judges) will be available for viewing (and voting!) on the NFC website. The winning films will screen with the 48 Hour Film Project City Winners at the next Filmapalooza at the NAB Show, the 48 Hour Film Project's end of year event. In addition there are cash prizes for the winning films! Register and For More NFC INFO

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