Atlanta Film Festival 365

About Atlanta Film Festival 365

Positioned at the intersection of art, culture and commerce, Atlanta Film Festival 365 (ATL Film 365)  brings meaning to the moving image by championing the shared community experience, fostering the free exchange of ideas, and nurturing the development of a thriving industry.  The organization dates back to its founding as IMAGE Film & Video Center in 1976, an outgrowth of the need for equipment access, networking, information dissemination, and support among Georgia media artists and producers.  

Over the course of four decades, the organization evolved into ATL Film 365, a membership-based 501(c)3, with a mission to lead the community in creative and cultural discovery through the moving image. Year round programs—screenings, events, discussions, workshops, panels, and educational activities, coupled with an interactive Web site (AtlantaFilmFestival.com), and engaged social media platforms (Twitter: @ATLFilm365 + Facebook.com/AtlantaFilmFestival)—provide a forum for building the community of film lovers and film supporters. Recent guests have included Ellen Page and Diablo Cody (JUNO), Jason Reitman (UP IN THE AIR), Spike Lee and Bill Nunn (DO THE RIGHT THING), Alan Ball (TOWEL HEAD), and Tariji P. Henson (CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON). By bringing audiences together—often enhanced by the presence of the filmmaker, ATL Film 365 has the unique opportunity to broaden the perspective of both artists and audiences.

About the Atlanta Film Festival

Now in its fourth decade, the Atlanta Film Festival—one of only two-dozen Academy Award® qualifying festivals in the U.S.—is the area’s preeminent celebration of cinema.  It is the largest and longest-running festival in the region, welcoming an audience of over 25,000 to discover 150+ new independent, international, animated, documentary, and short films, selected from 1,800+ submissions from all over the world.  It is also the most distinguished event in its class, recognized as Best Film Festival by Creative Loafing, Sunday Paper, 10Best and Atlanta Magazine. In 2008, the Atlanta Film Festival’s executive director was honored as Best Festival Director for a National Film Festival at the International Film Festival Summit.

Atlanta Film Festival screenings often include in-person dialog with filmmakers, providing audiences, artists and industry professionals with meaningful opportunities to network, interact and engage.  Recent festival guests have included Josh Brolin (NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN), Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam), Michael Ealy (BARBERSHOP), Jasmine Guy (DIFFERENT WORLD), Chris Moore (GOOD WILL HUNTING,), Howard Zinn (The Peoples’ History of the United States), Ray McKinnon (THE BLIND SIDE), Walton Goggins (THE SHIELD), Margaret Cho (DROP DEAD DIVA),  comedian Jeff Foxworthy, Tichina Arnold (EVERYBODY HATES CHRIS), John Sayles (PASSION FISH), Hal Hartley (SIMPLE MEN), Carlos Cauron (RUDO Y CURSI) and Patterson Hood (Drive-By Truckers).