ATLFF ‘24 SCREENPLAY SUBMISSIONS ARE CLOSED!
From April 25th - May 5th, 2024, we will be celebrating our 48th anniversary of the Atlanta Film Festival, and we’re now accepting submissions.
For the 2024 ATLFF Screenplay Competition, we are looking for innovative and compelling storytelling, characters that surprise and challenge you, words that pop off the page, and narratives that twist and turn like a country back road. This year, we’re accepting feature scripts, short scripts, and pilot scripts—and you’re more than welcome to submit in all categories.
Screenplays must comply with category requirements and filmmakers must complete the process and payment to be considered for ATLFF '24. Have questions? Check out our Screenplay Submissions FAQ.
***We offer a discount for Georgia films and screenplays. Before submitting, please visit atlantafilmfestival.com/gafilm to see if your project qualifies. Films that are not live-action are also eligible for the discount if the director resides in the state and at least partially produced the film in Georgia.
The 2024 Screenplay Prize Package
Short Film Screenplay Winner
One winner will be chosen in the short film category. This winner will receive:
A cash prize of $250
Travel stipend and 2 nights of accommodation to the 2024 Atlanta Film Festival
A mentoring meeting with a short film filmmaker with extensive experience with production and the festival circuit, designed to give our winners the chance to sit down and talk about the next steps for their script and their career, and to develop what’s intended to be a lasting relationship with a like-minded and accomplished filmmaker.
An All-Access Badge to the 2024 Atlanta Film Festival
Pilot Screenplay Winner
One winner will be chosen in the pilot category. This winner will receive:
A cash prize of $350
Travel stipend and 2 nights of accommodation to the 2024 Atlanta Film Festival
A mentoring meeting with a writer working in either the television or web series industry, designed to give our winners the chance to sit down and talk about the next steps for their script and their career, and to develop what’s intended to be a lasting relationship with a like-minded and accomplished filmmaker.
An All-Access Badge to the 2024 Atlanta Film Festival
Feature Screenplay Winners
Three winners will be chosen in the feature film category. These winners will receive:
A cash prize of $500
Travel stipend and 3 nights of accommodation to the 2024 Atlanta Film Festival
Exclusive access to our annual Atlanta Film Festival Screenwriters Retreat. This intimate, invitation-only, and all-expenses paid program offers our winners the chance to meet industry professionals and workshop their screenplay in a scenic setting, designed to give our winners an extended opportunity to discuss next steps and to develop what’s intended to be long-lasting relationships with like-minded and accomplished filmmakers.
An All-Access Badge to the 2024 Atlanta Film Festival
Previous Mentors include:
Kathryn Dean Producer (Winter’s Bone, Hell or High Water, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks)
Diane Drake Screenwriter, UCLA professor, and former VP of Creative Affairs at Mirage Enterprises (Only You, What Women Want)
Robin M. Henry Writer (Meet the Browns, House of Payne, East Los High), Producer (East Los High, Kevin Hart's Guide to Black History)
Michael Lucker Screenwriter/Emory Professor (Vampire in Brooklyn, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron)
Kent Osborne Head of Story (Adventure Time), Writer (Spongebob Squarepants), Voice Director (Steven Universe, Adventure Time)
J.T. Petty Video Game Writer (Outlast, Outlast 2, The Walking Dead: The Game, Splinter Cell, Batman Begins)
James Ponsoldt Director (Smashed, The Spectacular Now, End of the Tour, The Circle), Writer (Smashed, The Circle)
All of our winners will also receive an invitation and complimentary an All-Access badge to the 2024 Atlanta Film Festival.