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Atlanta Film Festival

The Atlanta Film Festival (ATLFF) is an international film festival held in Atlanta, Georgia and operated by the Atlanta Film Society, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Started in 1976 and occurring every spring, the festival shows a diverse range of independent films, with special attention paid to women-directed films, LGBTQ films, Latin American films, Black films and films from the American Southeast. ATLFF is one of only a handful of festivals that are Academy Award-qualifying in all three short film categories.[1]

This article is about the event founded in 1976. For the event founded in 1968, see Atlanta International Film Festival.

Location

1976

Atlanta Film Society

150-250

International

History[edit]

Founding[edit]

In 1968, the Atlanta International Film Festival was launched, becoming Atlanta's first major film event. It operated until 1974 when the organizers were no longer able to finance the operation. Two years later, a group of independent filmmakers and artists established Independent Media Artists of Georgia, Etc. (IMAGE) as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in 1976. The IMAGE Film & Video Center opened that year as the first media arts center in the state of Georgia, providing much-needed equipment access, networking, information dissemination, and support to local filmmakers. A year later, the inaugural Atlanta Independent Film & Video Festival launched on May 14, 1977 at the Piedmont Park Bathhouse.

Gary Moss (2001)

Gayla Jamison (2001)

(2001)

Zell Miller

Crawford Communications (2001)

(2002)

Victor Nunez

and Michael Stipe (2002)

Jim McKay

PC&E (Production Consultants and Equipment) (2002)

Eleanor Ringel Gillespie (2002)

(2003)

Ossie Davis

(2003)

Ruby Dee

(2003)

Burt Reynolds

(2003)

Parker Posey

Georgia Office of Film, Video and Music (2003)

Digital Projection (2003)

(2004)

Dallas Austin

(2004)

Diane Ladd

Lon Slack (2004)

Bill VanDerKloot (2004)

Linda Dubler (2004)

Dr. Herbert Eichelberger (2005)

George King (2005)

W. Bruce Harlan (2005)

Guy H. Tuttle (2005)

Katherine Evans (2005)

Linda Burns (2005)

Dr. Kay Beck (2006)

(2006)

George LeFont

Lab 601 (2006)

(2007)

Will Packer

Kenny Blank (2007)

GPP (Georgia Production Partnership) (2007)

Steve James and Peter Gilbert (2008)

(2008)

Tyler Perry Studios

Dr. Matthew Bernstein (2008)

Virginia Hepner (2008)

(2019)

Tom Luse

(2019)

Betsy Holland

(2019)

Christopher M. Carr

(2019)

T.I.

(2019)

Daveed Diggs

IMAGE Film Award


Southeastern Media Award


Ossie Davis Award


Filmmaker-to-Watch Award


New Mavericks Award


Innovator Award


Phoenix Award


Rebel Award


Originator Award

Sundance Film Festival

SXSW Film Festival

Nashville Film Festival

Atlanta Jewish Film Festival

List of film festivals

List of film festivals in North and Central America

Atlanta Film Festival website

Film Freeway

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Atlanta Film Festival