WonderRoot's Local Film Series Returns to the Plaza on Thursday, September 24
Fourteen brand new local short films are ready for you to watch next Thursday, September 24 at The Plaza! WonderRoot's Local Film Series returns!
Come check out the latest local film short selections at WonderRoot's Generally Local, Mostly Independent Film Series! Winning filmmakers receive funding to submit their work to other local and national film festivals, as well as a private consultation with a representative from the Atlanta Film Festival. ALL participating filmmakers will receive a fee waiver to submit their short to the Atlanta Film Festival.
This is a fun night for anyone that wants to come support local, independent filmmaking in all of its different forms. Over a dozen short films will be showcased and jury awards will be given out!
Special Guest Jurors Leslie Hochsztein from WIFTA
WonderRoot Films:
- "Ray Gun Marilyn" by Ashley Anderson
- "Lady Justice" by Leanna Adams
- "Bugeye" by Nicole Vidal
- "Emilio" by Daniel Camacho
- "Aurorae" by Ashley Love
- "Fauxlove" by Andrew Lee
- "Everything But Curiosity" by Raven White
- "Ken Jacobs" by Jason Drakeford
- "Blockbusters" by Marcus Rosentrater
- "Lily and Lucy" by Hope Leigh
- "Nani Mariposa" by Demorrius Sims
- "Sea Odyssey" by Adam Nelson
- "La Periodie Dior" by Aasha Sriram
- "A Pictures Worth" by Leanna Adams
ATLFF Members: All Atlanta Film Festival members are invited to attend for free, with a plus one! Click Enter Promotional Code above, input the email address associated with your membership, and click Apply; your Member Admission ticket option will appear in the ticket window. Not yet a member, but want in on screenings like this all year long? Check out membership options!
WonderRoot's Local Film Series Wants You to Submit Your Films!
WonderRoot is looking for submissions for the fall edition of its Local Film Series! Experimental shorts, documentaries, narratives, animation, music videos, and video art are all considered. Submit by August 21.
WonderRoot is looking for submissions for the fall edition of its Local Film Series! Experimental shorts, documentaries, narratives, animation, music videos, and video art are all considered, as long as they are made in Georgia.
The deadline for submissions is August 21st and the next screening will be on September 24th at the Plaza Theatre. Jury prizes will be awarded and winning filmmakers receive funding to submit their work to other local and national film festivals, as well as a private consultation with the ATLFF's Creative Director, Kristy Breneman, and Senior Shorts Programmer, Christina Humphrey.
Submit your local film today!
WonderRoot's Local Film Series Returns to the Plaza on Thursday, June 18!
Come check out our latest local film short selections at WonderRoot's Generally Local, Mostly Independent Film Series this Thursday, June 18!
Come check out our latest local film short selections at WonderRoot's Generally Local, Mostly Independent Film Series this Thursday, June 18! Winning filmmakers receive funding to submit their work to other local and national film festivals, as well as a private consultation with a representative from the Atlanta Film Festival. ALL participating filmmakers will receive a fee waiver to submit their short to the Atlanta Film Festival.
Special Guest Jurors Videodrome!
WonderRoot Films:
- “Annaland" by Anna Spence
- "Magic Cloud" by Bill Guzik
- “Serenade" by Rob Tiffin
- “Tom” by Arthur Thompson
- "Fallen Soldier" by Kristan Woolford
- “Edgar” by Max Siciliano
- "MuhfuckaNeva(Luvd)Uhs: Real Live Girl” by Danielle Deadwyler
- "Friends Like Mine" by Nicole Kovacs
ATLFF Members: All Atlanta Film Festival members are invited to attend for free, with a plus one! Click Enter Promotional Code above, input the email address associated with your membership, and click Apply; your Member Admission ticket option will appear in the ticket window. Not yet a member, but want in on screenings like this all year long? See details below.
WonderRoot's Local Film Series is Open for Submissions!
WonderRoot is looking for submissions for its Summer Local Film Series! Experimental shorts, documentaries, narratives, animation, music videos, and video art are all considered. Submit your local film today!
WonderRoot is looking for submissions for its Summer Local Film Series! Experimental shorts, documentaries, narratives, animation, music videos, and video art are all considered.
The deadline for submissions is May 15th and the next screening will be on June 18th at the Plaza Theatre. Jury prizes will be awarded and winning filmmakers receive funding to submit their work to other local and national film festivals, as well as a private consultation with the Creative Director of the Atlanta Film Festival.
Submit your local film today!
WonderRoot's Local Film Series Will Kickoff ATLFF '15!
WonderRoot's Generally Local, Mostly Independent Film Series takes place on March 19th, the day before ATLFF Opening Night 2015! Special guest jurors Reel Georgia.
Original art by ATLFF's own Alex Watson
Voted Best Local Film Series by Creative Loafing Atlanta for three years running, WonderRoot's Generally Local, Mostly Independent Film Series is locked and ready! Thursday, March 19th at 8pm, join us at The Plaza Theatre for this quarter's installment of winning submissions. Enjoy nine featured shorts along with an ATLFF Official Selection and the Critics' Pick from the Creative Loafing Short Cuts Film Contest! Check out the agenda:
- "‘Short Little Summer Love Song’- Baby Baby" directed by Deon Kay
- "Wallace" directed by David Over
- "Blades of Grass" directed by Jason Fernandes
- "Nonut Donut" directed by Joshua Winters
- "God Fetish" directed by Alex Zhuravlov
- "+" directed by David Nobles
- "Postcard Boredom" directed by John Dierre
- "Silent Kid" directed by Nastasia Humphries
- "Prosopon" directed by Thomas Thoma
screens with "Ir/Reconcilable" directed by Gabrielle Fulton (ATLFF 2015 Official Selection)
screens with "Something Made" directed by Tahno DeBurr (CL Short Cuts Contest Critics' Pick)
Gear up for this veritable short film smorgasbord with a FREE Sponsor screening of "Altered" at 5pm at The Plaza before enjoying drinks and conversation with other industry enthusiasts at this month's Eat, Drink, B-Indie. Our Guest Jurors—the team behind homegrown #GAfilm resource Reel Georgia—will be happy to meet you as well!
Arguably the best part: tickets cost a paltry ten bucks! But if you're ready to take your filmlove to the next level, become a member and attend both this event and everything else on the ATLFF '15 schedule for FREE.
WonderRoot is Celebrating the Best of its 2014 Local Film Series at the High Museum
WonderRoot's Generally Local, Mostly Independent Film Series is pleased to announce a 'Best of 2014' screening taking place at the High Museum on Friday, December 12 at 7 PM.
WonderRoot's Generally Local, Mostly Independent Film Series is pleased to announce a 'Best of 2014' screening taking place at the High Museum on Friday, December 12 at 7 PM. These films were selected out of all of the films WonderRoot screened throughout the year and were curated by Erin Dougherty of the High Museum. Congratulations to all selected filmmakers!
In addition to the WonderRoot Local Film Series being founded by Atlanta Film Festival Programming Director Kristy Breneman, ATLFF connections abound in this lineup! ATLFF alum include Alex Zhuralov, Brantly Jackson Watts, Nathan Honnold and Cali Berry. Watts also serves as one of out ATLFF Filmmakers-in-Residence. Honnold's film "Thomas Bennett" won the Best Documentary Short Jury Prize at this year's festival. And of course, we can't forget "Starlight" filmmaker Marisa Tontaveetong, who is currently one of our programming associates!
- Vessels as Shadows by Alex Zhuravlov (ATLFF alum) and Arkia Jahani
- The Grey Area by Ebony Blanding, House of June
- Backtrack by Kristina Adler, Jump Cut Collective
- Golden Child by Brantly Jackson Watts (ATLFF alum, ATLFF Filmmaker-in-Residence)
- Dirty Nails by Kristina Adler
- Starlight by Shir Wen Sun, Tamarind King, Marisa Tontaveetong (ATLFF associate), Yu Ueda
- Thomas Bennett by Nathan Honnold (ATLFF alum, Winner of the ATLFF '14 Best Documentary Short Jury Prize)
- Pretty Bird by Joe McDonough
- Siren by Cali Berry (ATLFF alum)
- Keep It Clean by Arthur Thompson, co-directed by Cory Kruszewski
This will be a spectacular group of films in a truly inspired setting. Plus, ADMISSION IS FREE!
For more information on WonderRoot, visit wonderroot.org.
WonderRoot is back—Get your local film fix at The Plaza next Thursday!
Come check out our latest local short film selections at WonderRoot's Generally Local, Mostly Independent Film Series! All filmmaker participants receive a fee waiver to submit to the Atlanta Film Festival.
Come check out our latest local short film selections at WonderRoot's Generally Local, Mostly Independent Film Series, Thursday, September 25th, at 9:30pm at The Plaza Theatre! Tickets are $10.
WonderRoot received a bevy of amazing submissions and is excited to screen these ten films:
- Vessels as Shadows by Alex Zhuravlov and Arkia Jahani
- Dog Hears Helicopter by Aj Holder
- Verloren by Jennifer Hancock
- Wheelchair Sicko Supreme by Joshua Winters
- The Grey Area by Ebony Blanding/ House of June
- Honor the Father by Christopher Tevebaugh
- The Leaping Place by Michelle Ionescu
- Dry Ice In My Spine by Casey Duran
- Backtrack by Kristina Adler, Jump Cut Collective
- Avengers Assemble The Series: Apuppetclypse Now! by new Puppet Order
Congratulations to all the filmmakers!
Proceeds go towards paying submission fees for the Jury Prize Winner to submit to outside film festivals. All participating filmmakers will receive a fee waiver to submit their short to the Atlanta Film Festival.
Special Guest Juror Jim Farmer from Out On Film.
Calling all of ATL's best to submit their latest works to WonderRoot's Local Filmmakers Night
Submit your film by June 20th for the next WonderRoot's Generally Local, Mostly Independent Filmmakers Night on June 26th at The Plaza!
WonderRoot’s Generally Local, Mostly Independent Film Series is back! The latest screening of Atlanta's freshest homemade films takes place Thursday, June 26th at 8:00 PM at The Plaza Theatre. Submissions are now open, but close on June 20th!
They are looking for film submissions including experimental shorts, documentaries, narratives, animation, music videos, and any other type of video art. They are also accepting proposals for live video performances to open or close the screening.
Your entry will be considered for screening at this event. All proceeds from the box office will go into a fund for participating filmmakers to submit their films to festivals.
- No submission fee!
- Deadline for entry: June 20, 2014
- Entries accepted in digital format only
- DVD data file HIGHLY preferred (.mov) or email downloadable link
- Entries should be 20 minutes or less
- Please do not submit your originals as they cannot be returned to you
- Please make sure your video is not available to the general public for online viewing during the submission process
Selected films will be announced no later than June 21th. Plan on attending the screening if your film is selected (and even if not), the more people we can get out the better for all the filmmakers involved!
If you have any questions please email film@wonderroot.org.
2014 Atlanta Film Festival to kick-off with WonderRoot's Generally Local, Mostly Independent Filmmakers Night
WonderRoot partners with the Atlanta Film Festival to host WonderRoot’s Generally Local, Mostly Independent Filmmakers Night. The event will kick-start ATLFF on Thursday, March 27th at 8:00 PM at The Plaza Theatre.
WonderRoot is an art based non-profit organization that unites artists and inspires positive social change in the Atlanta community. Through the WonderRoot Community Arts Center, WonderRoot engages the community by hosting arts education programs for youth and adults, music, literary and theater performances.
In efforts to encourage local filmmakers to submit their films to festivals, WonderRoot partners with the Atlanta Film Festival to host WonderRoot’s Generally Local, Mostly Independent Filmmakers Night. The event will kick-start the 2014 Atlanta Film Festival on Thursday, March 27th at 8:00 PM at The Plaza Theatre. Alumni of WonderRoot with films in the 2014 Festival include Nathan Honnold, Darrell Hazelrig, Anna Spence and many more.
Pick up your pre-purchased badges at the Highland Inn Ballroom then head over to The Plaza Theater for Filmmakers Night. The event will feature festival previews and local films. The WonderRoot’s Generally Local, Mostly Independent Filmmakers Night line up will be announced Friday, March 21st.
The Audience Award winner from the Creative Loafing Short Cuts film contest will screen here.
Check in on the official Facebook event and buy your ticket below!