Congratulations Are in Order for ATLFF Screenplay Competition Alumni Pearse Lehane!
Two-time alumni ATLFF, Pearse Lehane, recently optioned his 2017 ATLFF Feature Screenplay Winner The Lean to a producer he met through the new screenwriting website Coverfly.
Two-time alumni ATLFF, Pearse Lehane, recently optioned his 2017 ATLFF Feature Screenplay Winner The Lean to a producer he met through the new screenwriting website Coverfly.
A London based writer, Lehane is a two-time winner, one-time finalist at ATLFF. He won for his feature screenplays Killbook in 2015 and The Lean in 2017, while placing as a pilot finalist in 2016 for Janus.
Lehane has found success at multiple screenwriting competitions including those run by Screencraft and WeScreenplay. This is the first screenplay he’s optioned through Coverfly. A screenplay hosting and competition platform, Coverfly serves as a place for screenplays to connect with producers (think black list but free) and a submission platform for many industry competitions. Screenplays hosted on the site can opt-in to a ranking system dependent on their performance in competitions and reviews from sites such as the Blacklist.
Thanks to wins at competitions like ours, The Lean is currently ranked second on Coverfly’s Red List. Producers on Coverfly can see the red list, download screenplays, and contact writers they’re interested in.
We look forward to receiving more works from Lehane in the future, and we wish him the best on his career venture! This is only the beginning.
Apply to Become an ATLFF '19 Screenplay Reader
With nearly 1,000 submissions already received for consideration into ATLFF '19, we are excepting applications to join our Screening Committee and to become a Screenplay Reader.
More than 7,000 works were submitted for consideration into the 2018 Atlanta Film Festival—another huge increase from the year before. From these hopeful filmmakers, we have only the capacity to program around 200 features, short films, pilot episodes and music videos combined. How do we decide which films to play? How do we go through those thousands of entries to sort the ones that will please our local audience the best?
We get help. A lot of help.
Most of that help comes from our volunteer Screening Committee and Screenplay Readers. Members of this team watch, or read dozens (sometimes hundreds) of short or feature films, or screenplays each, evaluating them along the way. This helps the programming team sort out the worthy from the not-so-worthy so they can make the final decisions.
With nearly 1,000 submissions already received for consideration into ATLFF '19, we are excepting applications to become a Screenplay Reader. Volunteer readers can earn a variety of perks (free tickets and passes to the festival) based on how many screenplays they read.
Space is limited, so not all applicants will be chosen. If you have an interest in reading submitted screenplays for the ATLFF '19 Screenplay Competition, apply to be a reader! Please apply by July 2, 2018. Applications may be re-opened at a later date.
Questions? Email screening@atlantafilmfestival.com.
Apply to Join the ATLFF '18 Screening Committee!
With nearly 2,000 submissions already received for consideration into ATLFF '18, we are excepting applications to join our Screening Committee.
More than 6,000 works were submitted for consideration into the 2017 Atlanta Film Festival—another huge increase from the year before. From these hopeful filmmakers, we have only the capacity to program around 200 features, short films, pilot episodes and music videos combined. How do we decide which films to play? How do we go through those thousands of entries to sort the ones that will please our local audience the best?
We get help. A lot of help.
Most of that help comes from our volunteer Screening Committee. Members of this team watch dozens (sometimes hundreds) of short or feature films each, evaluating them along the way. This helps the programming team sort out the worthy from the not-so-worthy so they can make the final decisions.
With nearly 2,000 submissions already received for consideration into ATLFF '18, we are excepting applications to join our Screening Committee. Volunteer screeners can earn a variety of perks (free tickets and passes to the festival) based on how many films they watch, and films can be watched most anywhere you have an internet connection.
If you have the time, the interest and the fortitude to help us screen thousands of submissions, please apply to join our Screening Committee! Space is limited, so not all applicants will be chosen. Additionally, if you have an interest in reading submitted screenplays for the ATLFF '17 Screenplay Competition, apply to be a reader! Please apply by June 28, 2017. Applications may be re-opened at a later date.
Questions? Email screening@atlantafilmfestival.com.
Want to Help Us Watch Movies? Join Our Screening Committee!
We get thousands of submissions every year and need lots of help watching them! Apply to be a part of our Screening Committee now!
Last year alone, the Atlanta Film Festival received 3,761 film entries from filmmakers around the globe. From these hopefuls we have only the capacity to program a little more than 200 films. How do we decide which films to play? How do we go through those thousands of entries to sort the ones that will please our local audience the best?
We get help. A lot of help.
Most of that help comes from our volunteer screening committee. Members of this team watch dozens (sometimes hundreds) of short and feature films each, evaluating them along the way. This helps the programming team sort out the worthy from the not-so-worthy so they can make the final decisions.
Seeing as the first submissions for the 2016 Atlanta Film Festival are already rolling in, we'd like to offer you the chance to join this elite team. Volunteer screeners can earn a variety of perks (free tickets and passes to the festival) based on how many films they watch, and films can be watched most anywhere you have an internet connection.
If you feel like you have the fortitude, the courage, and the spare time required to sail the oceans of independent cinema with us, tell us more about you! We look forward to hearing from you.