ATLFF has long been a part of a select few Academy Award® qualifying film festivals, as only 37 film festivals in the U.S. currently hold Oscar qualifying eligibility. With a recent announcement from the Academy, we are proud to announce that another ATLFF film category—Documentary Short—now qualifies for Academy Awards® consideration. 

In celebration of the upcoming 39th annual Atlanta Film Festival, we cordially invite you to an official feature film selection at the Plaza Theatre followed by a party at the Callanwold Fine Arts Center. Come dressed in your best Classic Hollywood Glamour! 

Join Pete Teo, producer and filmmaker, the GSU Department of Communications and the Rialto for a free screening of Teo's innovative project, 15Malaysia. The screening will take place Thursday, January 29th at 7 PM at Kopleff Recital Hall. 

This week, ATLFF '14 animated selection "Confusion Through Sand" premiered on PBS as part of ITVS' Independent Lens series. Now, the filmmakers are offering it up on Vimeo free of charge!

Michael Lucker's famous Screenwriter School is back this weekend. ATLFF members get a discount. Enroll now!

This is your last chance to submit a film to ATLFF '15! Plus, you could win $750 and a year-round festival membership! All you have to do us capture the essence of ATL in a 5-minute-or-less film.

The 87th Academy Award nominations came out this morning and two of ATLFF's competition shorts were nominated: The Dam Keeper (Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi, USA) for best Animated Short Film and Butter Lamp (Hu Wei and Julien Féret, China/France) for best Live Action Short Film. 

January – when we look back on the previous year and make borderline-obsessive lists of things that were the best and worst of the last twelve months. Not wanting to be left out, we asked ATLFF film programmers Kristy Breneman (Programming Director) and Christina Humphrey (Programmer - Shorts) to share their favorite movie watching experiences of 2014.

One of ATLFF '14's most inspired documentaries is now available for you to watch at home! A WILL FOR THE WOODS is now on DVD or available on Vimeo On Demand or iTunes.

This Saturday, January 10th, frequent ATLFF collaborator and long-time Atlanta producer Linda Burns will teach two classes guaranteed to help you kick-start your film career—Intro to the Film Business and Creating a Proper Film Resume.

In celebration of the upcoming 39th annual Atlanta Film Festival, we cordially invite you to an official feature film selection at the Plaza Theatre followed by a party at the Callanwold Fine Arts Center. Come dressed in your best Classic Hollywood Glamour!

The first of three orientations for all prospective ATLFF '15 volunteers. We require each volunteer to attend at least one.

Come join Splatter Cinema for a rare 35mm archive print of 1991 Best Picture Oscar winner "The Silence of the Lambs" at the Cinevision Screening Room, presented by Splatter Cinema and Enjoy the Film.

The second of three orientations for all prospective ATLFF '15 volunteers. We require each volunteer to attend at least one.

Once again, the Atlanta Film Festival is partnering with Creative Loafing to bring you the greatest short film contest in Atlanta! You could win $750 AND have your film play ATLFF '15!

The last of three orientations for all prospective ATLFF '15 volunteers. We require each volunteer to attend at least one.

The 39th annual Atlanta Film Festival