 The Atlanta Film Festival (ATLFF) is an Academy Award qualifying, international film festival held in Atlanta, Georgia. Started in 1977 and occurring every April, the festival shows a diverse range of independent films, including genre films such as horror and sci-fi. Since 2008, the festival has presented the Pink Peach, which is awarded to the best LGBTQ film as chosen by the Pink Peach jury. The Accountant won an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film in 2002 after qualifying at the 2001 Atlanta Film Film Festival.
Notable Films That Have Played ATLFF
| Year |
Films |
1983
|
Chicken Ranch, Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads |
| 1993 |
El Mariachi |
| 2004 |
Primer, Control Room, Born into Brothels, Baadasssss!, Bomb the System, Zatoichi, Dirty Work, Dear Pillow |
| 2005 |
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, The Puffy Chair, Emmanuel's Gift, The Boys
of Baraka, Hustle & Flow, Me and You and Everyone We Know |
| 2006 |
Quinceanera, Who Killed the Electric Car?, Factotum, The Other Side |
2007
|
The Signal, Hannah Takes the Stairs, Kamp Katrina, Blood Car, Great
World of Sound, Fay Grim, The Last Days of Left Eye, King of Kong,
Murder Party, Away From Her, Darius Goes West: The Roll of His Life,
Killer of Sheep, August the First, La Vie En Rose, War/Dance |
| 2008 |
The Lena Baker Story, Dance of the Dead, Make Out With Violence,
Mongol, American Teen, At the Death House Door, The Visitor, Land of
Confusion, Nerdcore Rising, My Effortless Brilliance, The Project, The
Cake Eaters, XXY |
| 2009 |
500 Days of Summer, The People Speak, Rudo y Cursi, That Evening Sun,
Tyson, Moon, Beeswax, Alexander the Last, Art & Copy, Mississippi
Damned, Neshoba, Idiots & Angels, Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of
Loaf and Death |
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