October 15, 2009
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Avant Garden X (Halloween Edition) - TONIGHT
 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
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
- 6:00 p.m. Star-studded “Green Carpet” entrance from Callaway Plaza
- 7:00 p.m. Video welcome by Sigourney Weaver followed by the only theatre rescreening of the original movie, “Gorillas In The Mist”
- A unique Q&A opportunity with the Fund’s African and US-based scientists and researchers follows at the conclusion of the film
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.
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
RSVP for a chance to win a Special Prize Pack.
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
2010 ATLFF Now Accepting Submissions
Next Deadline: Regular - Friday, October 16 - TOMORROW
 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
 Pictured: Walt Goggins, Scott Teems and Ray McKinnon of 2009 Grand Jury Prize Winner That Evening Sun.
The Shopping Benefit
Save 15% at Bloomingdales and Support The Atlanta Film FestivalThursday, October 29, 2009 With your purchase of a $10 ticket, you are entitled to take 15% off almost every purchase, even sale-priced items or take 20% offf when you spend $300 or more on your Bloomingdale's card that day. 100% of the ticket price will benefit participating charities. When you pring in the ticket to the store on the day of the event, Bloomingdale's will donate an additional $5 to the charity stamped on the back of the ticket. Learn more and purchase a Ticket
ATL365 Workshops
 Film Lover's Dialog Group: Viva La Revloucion! Class consciousness, the Power Elite and Revolution
20 Sessions - Pay What You Want (Suggested Donation Per Session $15)
Tuesdays, September 8 - January 26
Instructor: Robin Bernat
Cinema, since its inception, has had the power to reveal the complexities of human nature while simultaneously examining cultural, societal and historical conflicts and outcomes. Films become tools for both propaganda and social action; we see in these depictions that, sometimes, status quo is upheld; other times, filmmakers embrace the spirit of revolution: the often bloody battle of class, caste, gender and race against the burden of history but also the quiet drama of the personal revolution toward a new consciousness.
Local experimental filmmaker, Robin Bernat, whose works have been exhibited locally and nationally including the Whitney Museum of American Art, will facilitate discussions. The class will run like a book club with meetings being held at Robin's private Buckhead residence. Participants screen the films on their own, in advance and then meet up on Tuesday evenings for engaging and lively conversation about each film, its director, time-period, and thematic concerns.
Read Class Outline and to Register
GPP and ATLFF Production Assistant Academy
"I was a student of ATLFF/GPP's PA Academy [and] the information that I learned from the academy has been extremely helpful. I'm grateful for the experience and I look forward to attending [future] workshops..." T.H., PA Academy Graduate
 2 Sessions - $75
Dates: TBA
Instructors: Various
Looking for a career change? The entertainment production business in Georgia is booming! We seek hard working, skilled, team players that are ready to learn the film, TV & commercial prodution industry from the ground up from the people who do the hiring! The Production Assistant Academy is a two day course run by professional filmmakers to educate and train selected candidates in the basics of being a production assistant. Students who complete this course will receive certification from Georgia Production Partnership. Read Class Outline
Comcast On Demand - ATL365 Recommends  The Prisoner
 Seventen episodes in length, The Prisoner is arguably in the top ten of all time cult TV shows. Four decades after its premiere on the UK's BBC, its influence can still be seen in shows like Lost. Part sci-fi and part spy thriller, The Prisoner is about Number Six (Patrick McGoohan of Secret Agent aka Danger Man), a British Agent who becomes a reluctant member of The Village, after he resigns. As he tries to escape from this remote, uncharted location, Number Six engages in a constant psychological battle with The Villages leadership in the form of the enigmatic Number 2. Why is Number Six on the island? What does The Village's Number 2 really want from him? Who's giving Number 2 his orders? Check out The Prisoner and see if you can unravel this mystery for yourself.
ATLFF Alums Playing at Theaters and Available on DVD
 (500) Days of Summer The Plaza Theatre 1049 Ponce De Leon
Atlanta, GA 30306
"Finally, a romance that understands we mark our lives by our scrapes with love, and our defeats, rather than simply white-wedding-cake success. A movie that sidesteps the Pollyanna pornography of Happily Ever After. That dives headlong into the "Any Given Sunday" sport of normal heartbreak. No wonder we feel giddy and flushed." - Desson Thomson, The Washington Post
WIFTA 35 Anniversary Gala
 Friday, October 23, 6:00 PM
$60 WIFTA Members, $90 for Non-Members
Lullwater Ballroom
Emory Conference Center Hotel
1615 Clifton Rd
Atlanta, Ga 30329 Women In Film and Television Atlanta's is celebrating it's longstanding history with Georgia's film and television community. We'll honor the contribution of our industry's best and brightest professional during this year's Anniversary Gala Awards Ceremony. The 35th Anniversary Gala will include a cocktail reception, dinner and awards ceremony. 2009 WIFTA Honorees include Mrs. Xerona Clayton (The Trumpet Foundation) and Georgia Film, Music & Digital Entertainment WIFTA Gala & Awards
Audition Workshop With Steve Coulter
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
Registration Deadline: Monday, October 19
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
Urban Mediamakers Film Festival
Friday, October 16 - Sunday, October 18
 Marriott Hotel 475 Technology Parkway Norcross, GA 330092 "Changing the World, One Story at a Time" is this year's theme as we celebrate eight years. UMFF brings an exciting atmosphere that emcompasses metro-Atlanta's cultural diversity. This three-day festival provides actors, writers, filmmakers, musicians and graphic designers with workshops, panels, entertainment, networking and opportunities to collaborate on future projects. www.umff.com
My Super Psycho Sweet 16
Saturday, October 17, 7:30 PM
One Night Only - From the Makers of The Signal (2007 ATLFF, 2007 Sundance)
 The Plaza
1049 Ponce De Leon
Atlanta, GA 30306
The film tells the story of Madison Penrose (Juliana Guill), a spoiled and beautiful high school queen bee, and Skye Rotter (Lauren McKnight), the class outcast whose father Charlie Rotter committed a series of grisly murders a decade before the movie's events. Madison's plans for the ultimate birthday bash are ruined when Skye shows up to get closer to Madison's ex-boyfriend Brigg (Chris Zylka), but things get really psycho when Charlie returns to crash the party, too.
plazaatlanta.com
Atlanta Screenwriters Group - TONIGHT
Thursday, October 15, 8:00 PM
Free and Open to the Public
Atlanta Film Festival 365
535 Means St, NW
Atlanta, GA 30318 Script to be read: Love and a Possible by Gerarad Erdue - Love is hard to find for Miami newcomer, Aries; yet, he's willing to continue the arduous task of finding a love of his own. The Atlanta Screenwriters Group meeting every 1st and 3rd Thursday, reads a writer's script and offers constructive criticism after the read. The mission of The Atlanta Screenwriters Group is to help local screenwriters develop their ideas, give support, swap industry stories and give constructive feedback for their work.
atlscript.org
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
Film Finish Workshops
Avid Editing Training Call to set personal class date Instructors: Joe Binford and Craig Tollis Film Finish is pleased to announce its one day basic Avid Editing classes taught by Joe Binford and Craig Tollis. This class is geared towards learning the Avid Editing Tool used in Hollywood to cut features and in independent filmmaking. Call 404-367-8686 to set up your class dates and discuss your specific needs. Register now by calling 404.367.8686
www.filmfinish.com
Weekly Film Quote
Mr. Big: I know you're surprised that a big Hollywood star like me would appear in this movie. A lot of Hollywood stars have done exploitation films, like Angie Dickinson in "Big, Bad Mama."
Jack Spade: Or Shelley Winters in "Cleopatra Jones"!
I'm Gonna Get You Sucka (1988)
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