2021 ATLANTA FILM FESTIVAL — Creative Conference
April 22nd - May 2nd, 2021

Welcome to the 11th Anniversary of the Atlanta Film Festival's Creative Conference!

The Creative Conference serves to educate, entertain, engage, and enlighten by pulling back the curtain on film and television production to give our audience a peek behind the scenes at how projects get made and by whom.

This year our educational programming features 20+ masterclasses, roundtable discussions, and one on one conversations with industry experts from Georgia to NY and LA. Topics include LED virtual stages, distribution, writing, showrunning, producing, directing, cinematography, sound recording, lighting, composing, podcasting, props, stunt work, and acting, as well as set sustainability, authenticity in storytelling, low budget tips and tricks, fundraising and audience building, and what gear to consider buying when starting your own production company.

Panelists credits include: WandaVision, Dexter, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Hellraiser, Dynasty, The Walking Dead, Will & Grace, Power, All American, Stargirl, Criminal Minds, The Quad, Dinosaurs, Stranger Things, Who's the Boss, Ozark, Ant Man & The Wasp, Avengers: Infinity War, Raising Dion, The Gifted, Black Panther, Baby Driver, The Accountant, Night Court, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Superintelligence, Zombieland: Double Tap, Firstman, Watchmen, Safety, Greenland, Insatiable, Growing Pains, Harriet, Amazing Stories, Ocean's Eight, John Wick and more.

We're also excited to announce that local independent filmmakers will moderate another 15+ panel discussions with filmmakers from around the world who were accepted into our 2021 festival in the documentary, animation, narrative, and experimental short categories, as well as the episodic, music video, and virtual reality programs.

Here's a preview of who you'll hear from this year:

Award-winning novelist, former assistant to George R. R. Martin, and Co-Creator, Co-Writer, Producer, and Executive Producer Ty Franck of the hit TV show The Expanse

Artist, Art Director, Illustrator, Animator, Music Video Director, Puppeteer, Cartoonist, and 3 time Emmy Award winner Wayne White - Pee-wee's Playhouse, Beauty is Embarrassing, Word Paintings, Wayne-O-Rama

Executive Producers, Writers and Actors Rafael Casal - Blindspotting, The Good Lord Bird, Are You Afraid of the Dark, Bad Education, Def Poetry and Daveed Diggs - Blindspotting, Hamilton, The Little Mermaid, Snowpiercer, Soul

Zeiss Ambassador and Photographer Tracy Bosworth Page, Zeiss Senior Marketing Manager Tony Wisniewski, Zeiss Head of Cinema Sales Snehal Patel and Rode Microphone Product Specialist Ryan White

Nearly all events will be available for streaming during the entire 11 days of the festival.