ATLFF 2014 Interactive Schedule Now Live
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If you're the kind of person who likes to have a battle plan of events for the weekend, our new interactive schedule will really scratch that organizer's itch.
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Backers Jury gives 2014 ATLFF Filmmaker to Watch Award to "The Bravest, The Boldest"
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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.
Read MoreJournalists: apply for ATLFF press credentials now
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Journalists, bloggers, film critics, writerly-types -- thinking about covering the 2014 Atlanta Film Festival? Apply for credentials on our Press Page.
Read MoreGeorgia filmmaking community remembers Sarah Jones
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If you're at all connected to the filmmaking industry in the South -- or filmmaking in general -- you've probably already heard of "Slates for Sarah," a social media tribute to the late Sarah Elizabeth Jones. Jones, a Camera Assistant who lived in Atlanta, was in Savannah earlier this month working on the set of Midnight Rider when she was struck and killed by a train. Online recollections from her colleagues and friends in the South and around the world echo the remembrances sent to us here at the Festival from locals who knew her and worked with her.
Read MoreOpening and Closing Night Films Announced
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The 38th Annual Atlanta Film Festival will open with "Joe," starring Nicolas Cage as an ex-con and unlikely role model who meets a 15-year-old boy (Tye Sheridan) and is faced with the choice of redemption or ruin. Director David Gordon Green ("Pineapple Express," television's "Eastbound & Down") is scheduled to attend. Closing out this year’s fest is "The Double," a stylish black comedy starring Jesse Eisenberg and Mia Wasikowska. Eisenberg plays Simon James, a timid man living an isolated existence in an indifferent world until his exact physical double and opposite personality arrives in the form of new co-worker, James Simon. "The Double" is directed by cult favorite Richard Ayoade ("Submarine," television’s “The IT Crowd").
Read MoreA man, his pug, and ATLFF encourage you to see "Cinema Six"
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ATLFF 2013 selection Cinema Six (a raunchy comedy about what happens when you work for too long at a movie theater) is now available on iTunes and other home video sites. Co-writer/director Mark Potts sends this video reminiscence of his time at the Atlanta Film Festival and what we're pretty sure is a description of a detour he took to the Clermont Lounge.
Read More20% off ATLFF passes when you buy two for Valentine's Day.
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Snowed in? Can't get to the 7-11 to get your Valentine a gift? We got ya covered.
Arriving just in time to save your bacon from the metaphorical relationship fire, it's the Atlanta Film Festival Valentine's Day Two-Fer Deal.
Read MoreATLFF Artistic Director Charles Judson Departs
/After more than seven years of service to the Atlanta Film Festival, Artistic Director Charles Judson has left to pursue other opportunities.
"The past seven years have been an amazing time of change for both the film industry and for the Atlanta Film Festival, and I feel honored to have been a part of that change," said Judson. "Now it's time for a change of my own direction in the industry and in the direction of the Festival."
Executive Director Christopher Escobar has delegated Judson's duties among the current staff, and Judson will consult with staff during the transition and lead-up to this year's annual event (March 28 - April 6). There are no current plans to place a successor to Judson.
"Charles has made valuable contributions to the organization that will be felt for years to come," said Escobar. "We wish him the best and we're looking forward to a great 2014 festival."
Further Readjusted Screenplay Competition Dates
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Unfortunately, due to circumstances beyond our control, we are forced to push our screenplay competition back just one more week.
Read MoreReadjusted 2014 Screenplay Announcement Dates Due to Weather
/As Artistic Director, I want to personally apologize for the delay in sending this update to everyone that submitted to the 2014 Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition. The first few weeks of January are a busy time as we're working on festival programming, festival operations, starting new interns, bringing on seasonal staff for the festival, as well as working on year-round events.
Due to the recent extreme cold, our offices on Georgia State University's campus were closed January 6 and January 7. Meetings and phone calls planned for January 4 and January 5 related to film and screenplay competition submissions (including receiving and reviewing updated judges scores) were also cancelled.
Accordingly, it took a few days to realign multiple project timelines and staff schedules. Below are the new announcement dates for the 2014 ATLFF Screenplay Competition.
REVISED 2014 ATLFF SCREENPLAY ANNOUNCEMENT DATES
January 23 - Announce 12 to 15 Screenplay Competition Finalists
January 27 and January 28 - Screenplay Finalists Interviews
January 31 - Announce 3 Winners Participating in Screenplay Retreat
We would like to apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. New dates are reflected on the ATLFF Screenplay Competition page and we emailed all submitters with the new dates the afternoon of January 9.
Charles Judson
Artistic Director