LAST DEADLINE TODAY

Friday, December 18

DISCOVERY

The Atlanta Film Festival looks to discover new works by new filmmakers, and to that end the programming comes largely through the submitted films.  In the 2009 festival, 73% of the feature films and 98% of the short films shown came directly from withoutabox entries.

LIBERTY KID, DANCE OF THE DEAD, MISSISSIPPI DAMNED, SQUEEZEBOX, 'BAMA GIRL, NERDCORE RISING, ON A WING AND A PRAYER, LA TANGENTE, THE ELEVATOR, the number of films that I've personally loved is outnumbered by the plethora of reasons each film grabbed me. Be it SQUEEZEBOX's look back at "sex, drag & rock & roll" in 90's Tribeca. DANCE OF THE DEAD's easy mix of comedy, action and horror. Or documentary On WING AND A PRAYER's revealing and funny look into the life of a Muslim-American who wants to learn how to fly in a post 9/11 world. At the heart of of these films are characters who are passionately fighting for what they want, pondering life's toughest questions (what rhymes with Chewbacca?) and in spite of life's obstacles having a little (or, sometimes ALOT) of fun living their dreams. ATLFF films are where I find inspiration and encouragement. - Charles

David Redmon and Ashley Sabin's INVISIBLE GIRLFRIEND exemplifies what we look for in an Atlanta Film Festival submission. A dynamic fever dream of a film, INVISIBLE GIRLFRIEND expands the structure of traditional non-fiction storytelling to chronicle one man's insanely quixotic quest to meet the legendary Joan of Arc.  Having screened their previous docs MARDI GRAS: MADE IN CHINA, INTIMIDAD and KAMP KATRINA, it is most gratifying as a festival is to chronicle the trajectory of these visionary filmmakers' careers.   Each new season brings with it the promise of discovering a new generation of emerging voices.  

Don't miss out. - Gabe

OPPORTUNITY

An Academy-Award® qualifying festival in the Live Action Short and Animated Short categories, the festival also awards prizes for Narrative and Documentary Features and Shorts, as well as the Pink Peach Award for best LGBTQ film and an Audience Award for Feature and Short.

HOSPITALITY

"The Atlanta Film Festival is as filmmaker-friendly as they come. Southern hospitality and passion come at you from all sides -- the staff, the volunteers, and the audiences.  I'd be honored to play one of my films there anytime." Jeffrey Goodman, The Last Lullaby (2009 ATLFF)

2010 Submission Page On AtlantaFilmFestival.com

Additional ATLFF Festival Links

ATLFF Festival Page

ATLFF Wikipedia Page