2009 Atlanta Film Festival
April 16-25, 2009
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Narrative and Documentary Competition Films Announced - 2009 Films
Since 1977, the Atlanta Film Festival has brought the newest and most daring voices working in cinema to Atlanta audiences. In 2008, the festival continued the tradition, screening approximately 160 of the finest films selected from more than 1600 entries and 66 countries. Out of the films screened, 20 feature length narrative and documentary films will competed for the festival’s prestigious jury prize.
The festival's legacy includes screening the early films of Steven Spielberg, Victor Nunez, Spike Lee, Julie Dash and Robert Rodriguez to supporting the works of the new vanguard including Joe Swanberg (Hannah Takes the Stairs), Jeremy Saulnier (Murder Party), Dan Bush (The Signal, E-Motion Studies), Dave Bruckner (The Signal, David vs. Jeremiah) and Jacob Gentry (The Signal, Last Goodbye) and more.
The Atlanta Film Festival is also an Academy Award ® Qualifying Festival for the Best Live Action Short Film Category ®. Oscar.org
In 2007, the festival partnered with the Landmark Midtown Art Cinema to centrally locate the festival in Midtown, dubbed the Heart of Atlanta’s Arts and home to a wide array of restaurants, bars and shops. Making the change allowed attending filmmakers and audience members more opportunities to interact and to attend the myriad of panels, screenplay readings, film discussions and parties that accompany the fest.
The 2009 Festival call for entries are now open.
For more information visit our call for entries page.
Notable Films That Have Played the Festival
| 2007 | 2008 |
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
Muder Party
Away From Her
Darius Goes West: The Roll of His Life
Killer of Sheep
August the First
La Vie En Rose
War/Dance
| 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 Brillance
The Project
The Cake Eaters
XXY |
Pink Peach Award
In 2007, Out On Film marked its twentieth year as Atlanta's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Film Festival. Originally a partnership between IMAGE Film & Video Center and Southeastern Arts, Media & Education Project (SAME), Out On Film has brought countless films by and for the LGBT community to Atlanta. The Atlanta Film Festival has also shown its share of LGBT films as well, in recognition that these films are not simply niche offerings, but films that appeal to an increasingly wider "mainstream" audience. In 2008, the festival has partnered with Turner Broadcasting and the TurnOut employee group, to celebrate that history with this special Out On Film Spotlight Section.
2009 Sponsorship
The Atlanta Film Festival provides a variety of sponsorship opportunities, for information contact Paula Martinez at
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