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Atlanta Film Festival 365
December 17, 2009
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2010 ATLFF Now Accepting Submissions

Walt Goggins, Scott Teems, Ray McKinnon of That Evening SunLAST Deadline: Extended - Friday, December 18 - 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.

Extended Deadline - December 18

Click to Submit through Withoutabox.com 
 
 

Pictured: Walt Goggins, Scott Teems and Ray McKinnon of 2009 Grand Jury Prize Winner That Evening Sun.

Avant Garden XII - Tonight
Thursday, December 17, 6 PM EST

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.

Artistic Director Stuart Horodner and Felicia Feaster of The Atlantan magazine discuss criticism, promotion, and audience awareness of the arts.

Atlanta Screenwriters Group - 8:00 PM

2010 Atlanta Film Festival Passes NOW ON SALE!

Closing Night 2009 2009 ATLFF Opening Night Gala
4 Ways to DO and SEE MORE at the Atlanta Film Festival!
All Access, Festival, Weekend, Daytime


Save $200 on All Access and $100 on Festival Passes through December 31.

Purchase 2010 Atlanta Film Festival Passes

ATL365 Holiday Gift Ideas

Holiday GiftsIt's the Holiday Season and we know trying to find a gift can be difficult. Well, we have a few ideas that we think that will perfect for more than a few people in your life. Be it through one of our workshops or through our dozens of screenings and events, your friends and family can LEARN MORE, DO MORE AND SEE MORE year round.
 
 

Paula Martinez Programmer Profile on Film Festival Secrets

Paula MartinezMovies that best represent my personal tastes: Half-Nelson, Office Space, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, and my guilty pleasure movie – Benny & Joon

When I’m not watching movies I like to: Travel, listen to music.

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Upcoming 2010 ATL365 Workshops
  • Auditioning for the Camera
  • Location Scouting
  • Acting for the Camera (February 17 - March 24)
If you'd like to be notified when registration opens for these classes, please email charles@atlantafilmfestival.com. In the subject line of your email, please indicate the name of the class you're interested in.
ATL365 Workshops

Screenwriting 101: Screenplay Basics - Just Added
5 Sessions - $195 General, $175 ATL365 Members
Mondays, January 11 - February 8
Instructor: Stephen Berger
Read Class Outline and to Register


Writing the One-hour Television Drama - Just Added
6 Sessions - $195 General, $175 ATL365 Members
Tuesdays, January 12 - February 16
Instructor: Kevin Collins
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Sound 101: Location Sound Recording
2 Sessions - $195 General*, $175 ATL365 Members*
Saturday, January 9 and Sunday, January 10
Instructor: Whit Norris
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Acting for the Camera

6 Sessions - $195 General, $175 ATL365 Members
Wednesdays, January 6 - February 10
Instructor: yourACT
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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
Read Class Outline and to Register

*price goes up on December 11

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

Production Assistant Academy2 Sessions - $75 
Dates: February (specific weekend TBA)
Instructors: Various

To add your name to the waitlist for the next PA Academy, please email charles@atlantafilmfestival.com  

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Support Atlanta Film Festival 365: Donate Now

Donate NowIf you believe in the power of film, there has never been a better time to contribute to the Atlanta Film Festival 365. We will use your gift to continue serving filmmakers and audiences alike by bringing meaning to the moving image, championing the shared community experience, fostering the free exchange of ideas, and nurturing the development of a thriving industry.

Read More about the ATL365 Mission and Donate

Comcast On Demand - ATL365 Recommends

Charles RecommendsMary and Max

Mary and Max

Mary and Max The film that opened the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and will play at the 2010 Atlanta Jewish Film Festival, Mary and Max is a touching and delightful clay animated feature that tells the story of an unlikely pen pal relationship that develops between Mary, a lonely eight-year-old girl in Melbourne, and Max, a forty-four-year-old Jewish man with Asperger's Syndrome in New York.

Atlanta Screenwriters Group
Thursday, December 17, 8:00 PM
Wifta Holiday Party
Atlanta Film Festival 365/Atlanta Contemporary Art Center
535 Means St
Atlanta, GA 30318

Script to be read: RAVAGES by Olufemi S. Sowemimo - Grasping at straws to save his dying relationship, a man goes to desperate and deplorable lengths to save it. As the ripples of his action affect him and others, he learns that even more dangerous than the lies we tell ourselves and others are the truths we don't.

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Atlanta Jewish Film Festival

Wednesday, January 13 - Sunday, January 24
Atlanta Jewish Film Festival
Celebrating a decade of storytelling through cinema, the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival returns to theaters January 13-24, 2010. The 10th Annual AJFF features more than 50 contemporary narrative and documentary films representing 20 nations that explore universal stories with Jewish themes.

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Weekly Film Quote

Reporter: Terror, horror, death. Film at eleven.

Piranha (1978)

Atlanta Film Festival Corporate Patron
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Invitations to Special Events
Including the ATL365 Members Holiday Party

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Discounts on ATLFF Festival Tickets and Passes


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Sneak Peaks of Films Like
Into the Wild (with Emile Hirsch)
Doubt
Milk
Towelhead (with Alan Ball)
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Gonzo
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (with Taraji P. Henson)
The Proposal


SEE MORE All Year Lon

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Atlanta Film Festival 365 Sponsors
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Comcast Dream Big
Georgia Film, Music & Digital EntertainmentAirtran

Creative Staging Services, Inc. Guillotine Post
Atlanta Film Festival 365 Funders
National Endowment for the ArtsFulton County Arts CouncilCity Of Atlanta Office Of Cultural Affairs
Georgia Council for the Arts
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