ATLANTA, GA —  The Atlanta Film Society (ATLFS) is excited to announce an award grant from the Fulton County Board of Commissioners through the Fulton County Arts Council and Fulton County Department of Arts & Culture (FCAC) for 2019.

"We are ecstatic to receive this continued support from our home county," said ATLFS Executive Director Christopher Escobar. "This financial support is paramount in our efforts to advocate for diverse voices in film and media arts through our year-round programs and the annual Atlanta Film Festival.”

The mission of ATLFS is to connect, educate, and engage audiences with the creative industry by supporting artists and providing a platform for their work. The primary operation of ATLFS is the annual Atlanta Film Festival each spring, which celebrated its 43rd edition April 4 - 14, 2019. The organization heavily relies on grant funding, sponsor support, patrons and members for year-round programming such as workshops, festivals, networking events and film screenings.

The Fulton County Arts Council and the Fulton County Department of Arts & Culture serves as Georgia’s largest county’s funding agency to support cultural programs and the agency which provides services to Fulton County based nonprofit arts organizations. The mission of the FCAC is to insure all citizens’ access to the arts.

For more information about the Atlanta Film Society, visit ​www.atlantafilmsociety.org For more information about the Atlanta Film Festival, visit ​www.atlantafilmfestival.com Stay connected with the Atlanta Film Society on social media: @atlfilmsociety, #ATLFS

About the Atlanta Film Festival and Atlanta Film SocietyThe Atlanta Film Festival, now in its fifth decade, is an Academy Award-qualifying festival and one of the region’s largest and longest-running preeminent celebrations of cinema in the Southeast United States. Nearly 30,000 festival attendees enjoy independent, animated, documentary and short films each year, selected from more than 8,500 submissions from 120+ countries. The Atlanta Film Festival is the chief annual operation of the Atlanta Film Society (ATLFS), one of the oldest and largest organizations dedicated to the promotion and education of film in the United States, which enriches the community through screenings, classes, workshops and other events year-round. It is also the most distinguished event in its class, recognized as the 'Best Spring Festival' by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 'Best Film Festival' by Creative Loafing and Atlanta Magazine, as well as one of the '25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World' by MovieMaker Magazine. Major funding for the Atlanta Film Society is provided by Warner Media, XFINITY, Delta Airlines, MailChimp and the Fulton County Board of Commissioners through the Fulton County Arts & Culture Department and the National Endowment for the Arts through the Art Works category. www.AtlantaFilmFestival.com