Do you have a screenplay? The Sessions is looking to help you make your next project
The Sessions, ATLFF's six-month filmmaking workshop, is open for submissions! If you have a short script or a portion of a larger script that you want to work on and turn into a short film, submit today!
Originally launched almost ten years ago and re-established earlier this year, The Sessions is our six-month long intensive workshop dedicated to honing the skills of local filmmakers. The fundamentals are all covered, and the program operates through various assignments, labs, lectures and screenings.
The Sessions is getting ready to launch again and is looking for applicants!
The workshop will consist of two three-month sections. The first half is designed to establish a working relationship with other artists and to experiment with alternate storytelling ideas for the scripts brought in. Each script has four people attached to it, but for the first three months, everyone will be scrambled allowing each member to work on the other scripts and with most other individuals in the workshop. After the first three months of splitting up and fine-tuning all of the different scripts, the original groups will re-team and begin work on their films.
Each participant will be responsible for the cost of the workshop which is $125 plus a $125 deposit, for a total of $250 for the six month work shop. However, at the end of the workshop, everyone that has completed the project by attending 3 of 4 lectures, 3 of 4 labs and doing 3 of 4 quarterly assignments will receive their $125 deposit back. Those who have not completed the workshop will forfeit their deposit.
"Sessions" Deadline Extended
Due to a high level of demand, the registration deadline for the "Sessions" workshop is being extended through the end of the year.
Due to a high level of demand, we are extending our registration period for the "Sessions" workshop through the end of the year. Those still interested in submitting a script or gathering a team now have until midnight of December 31st to send in their materials.
For more information on "Sessions," click here.
Entries may be submitted via our online form, while all necessary fees can be paid through Eventbrite.
The Sessions Workshop, run by the Atlanta Film Festival, is designed to encourage the growth and development of established artists within the Atlanta film community. Our mission is to serve as an incubator for local filmmakers by providing a forum within which they can develop their skills through experimentation and rigorous peer-to-peer critique.
Workshop Your Next Film Project with "Sessions"
If you’re a local filmmaker with fifteen pages of polished written material (either a complete short or a section of a larger work) and you’re looking for an intensive work-shopping experience to hone your skills and take them to the next level, then you want the new Sessions Workshop.
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Now accepting submissions for a new 6 month workshop called "Sessions".
This workshop will primarily focus on developing producers, directors, and actors.
The groups will spend three months producing each other's films in a workshopping environment, and then three months producing their own film based on the feedback from the prior workshopping process. Additionally there will be a four-part lecture series consisting of guest lecturers who are members of the Film Community.
We will be selecting 5 groups to participate in this workshop series. Each group will consist of one director, two actors, and one producer. Each group will submit a short script or a section of a feature that they feel is compelling enough to stand alone.
The cost of submission is $20 per group.
The submission period will begin November 1st and run through December 15th with the chosen groups announced the first week in January and the workshop kicking off in mid-January running through mid-June.
COSTS: If chosen, the cost of this six month workshop series is $480 per group (or $120 per person), which breaks down to $20/person/per month. This fee is due in full at the time of selection.
ADDITIONAL BENEFIT: All four participants in each group will receive a Creative Conference pass from the Atlanta Film Festival to participate in a panel discussion at the festival about the process and to help recruit additional cast and crew. These passes will allow each group to attend the Creative Conference in full, as well as other networking events during the festival.
The workshop participants will meet four times a month for the first two to three months for lectures, screenings, and talk backs, and then once a month during the final three months to discuss production issues and view rough cuts, with a red carpet premiere screening of the final work in June.
There will be an informational meeting on November 19th at Manual's Tavern during Atlanta Film Festival's Eat, Drink and B-Indie to explain the process in full and answer any questions relating to this workshop series run by Nick Hiltgen, who successfully ran the Sessions workshops at PushPush Theater.
Interested parties may submit using this form.
Submission fees may be paid through Eventbrite.
The Sessions Workshop, run by the Atlanta Film Festival, is designed to encourage the growth and development of established artists within the Atlanta film community. Our mission is to serve as an incubator for local filmmakers by providing a forum within which they can develop their skills through experimentation and rigorous peer-to-peer critique.