Looking for laughs this festival season? Well look no further than Atlanta Film Festival 2018 comedy films.

Centered at the notorious, radical, laugh-out-loud Dad’s Garage Improv Theater, each film in ATLFF’s Comedy Track was hand selected to work the lungs, diaphragm, and abs in what can only be described as the most enjoyable workout you’ll ever take part in.

Congratulations to Connor Simpson, director of KUDZU for being chosen by our Backers Jury as the 2018 Atlanta Film Festival Filmmaker-to-Watch! See KUDZU tonight (Saturday, April 14) in "Year of the Carnivore."

We are excited to announce Masterclasses with 4-time Academy Award® nominee Jason Reitman, PRISON LOGIC filmmaker and star Romany Malco and "Archer" star Amber Nash!

We are pleased to present the ATLFF '18 jurors for the five juried competition categories (including our three Academy Award®-qualifying short film categories).

With a record 7,600 film submissions received for the 2018 festival, the final lineup includes 58 feature length films and 150 short films from 56 countries—making this year’s film festival the most diverse, by number of countries represented, and the largest, by number of films, in ATLFF history.

Director Bo Burnham, the comedian known for his popular stand-up routines and YouTube career, will bring his new film EIGHTH GRADE to the Plaza Theatre on Saturday, April 21 as the Closing Night presentation of the 2018 Atlanta Film Festival.

BLINDSPOTTING, the upcoming feature film debut from director Carlos López Estrada starring Daveed Diggs ("Hamilton"), will kickstart ATLFF on Friday, April 13, 2018. Tony Award and Grammy Award-winner Diggs will attend the April 13 red carpet screening at the Plaza Theatre with Rafael Casal and will receive the inaugural ATLFF Innovator Award.

The Atlanta Film Festival is proud to announce the winners of the 2018 Screenplay Competition. Chosen from over 1,000 submissions, these screenplays represent those writers whose screenplays have earned:

The Atlanta Film Festival is proud to announce the finalists in the 2018 Screenplay Competition. Chosen from over 1,000 submissions, these screenplays represent those moving forward from our feature film, television pilot, and short film categories.

The Atlanta Film Festival is proud to announce the semifinalists in the 2018 Screenplay Competition. Chosen from over 1,000 submissions, these screenplays represent those moving forward from our feature film, television pilot, and short film categories.

The Atlanta Film Festival is proud to announce the quarterfinalists in the 2018 Screenplay Competition. Chosen from over 1,000 submissions, these screenplays represent those moving forward from our feature film, television pilot, and short film categories and contain works from seven different countries and ten different states.