Short Cuts Film Contest Closes on Friday, February 9!

Can you capture the essence of ATL in 5 minutes or less?

Once again, the Atlanta Film Festival is partnering with Creative Loafing to bring you the greatest short film contest in Atlanta! This is your last chance to submit a film to ATLFF '15! Plus, you could win $750 and a year-round festival membership! All you have to do us capture the essence of ATL in a 5-minute-or-less film.

The theme for the 5th Annual Short Cuts Film Contest is ATL Imagined: The City Through Your Lens. What does that even mean? It means we're looking for your vision of ATL—whether it's a documentary on your neighbor, a music video of your favorite band, a cartoon of the mayor—we're looking for it.

The top 16 entries will screen on Monday, March 2, 2015 at 8:30 PM at the Plaza Theatre.

The Critics' Pick winner will receive $750 and the Audience Pick winner will receive $500! Both winners will have their films screened at the Atlanta Film Festival in March, and both will receive memberships to the Atlanta Film Festival for one year.

Your film must be submitted by February 9th!

Backers Jury gives 2014 ATLFF Filmmaker to Watch Award to "The Bravest, The Boldest"

The polls are closed, the votes have been tallied, and the backers jury has decided: Moon Molson's: The Bravest, The Boldest is the winner of the 2014 ATLFF Filmmaker To Watch Award. As part of the award, Molson will receive a travel stipend to come to Atlanta and accept the award at the Awards Brunch on Saturday April 5.

The Bravest, The Boldest, will screen as part of Drama Shorts 1 at 7 Stages Theatre on Sunday, March 30 at 3:45 PM. The film follows a woman around her apartment building as she tries to avoid the Army Casualty Notification Officers who have obviously come there to bring her some bad news.

Molson checked in from across the internet to thank the jury.