ATLANTA FILM SOCIETY LOCALS ONLY: WHAT HAUNTS YOU WINNERS
ATLANTA, GA (December 3, 2024)—The Atlanta Film Society is proud to announce the award winners for our most recent LOCALS ONLY: What Haunts You, which took place Thursday, November 21, 2024.
LOCALS ONLY is a recurring screening of short films from Georgia’s independent filmmakers. Each event has a distinct theme and focus. The featured short films are entirely from submissions.
The Jury Award Winner was chosen by distinguished jurors from all backgrounds across the film industry, while the Audience Award was determined by in-person attendees.
This season, we’re stretched spooky season into overtime with short films about torment and the tormented! It’s time to leave aside the gut-wrenching and the pulse-pounding along with your Halloween candy hangover as we slip out of October’s jumpscares and into something a bit more ethereal, mysterious, and, well, HAUNTING.
LOCALS ONLY: WHAT HAUNTS YOU SUBMISSIONS
MANSECT! - Dir: Jared P. Foust
TRICK’ R TEETH - Dir: Lex Lauletta
BLUE IS THE NIGHT - Dir: Mikael Trench
SOLITA - Dir: Carlos Diaz
HOME/BODY - Dir: Paul Tartaglia
DEPRESSION IS A BEAST - Dir: Courtney Dixon
COULD THIS HAVE BEEN AN EMAIL - Dir: Sarah Alison and Nicole Kemper
THE INSECT GOD - Dir: Paul Woolman Preston
THE MONSTERS WE CARRY - Dir: Justin Melson
LOCALS ONLY: WHAT HAUNTS YOU WINNERS
Jury Award: THE INSECT GOD - Dir: Paul Woolman Preston
Audience Award: SOLITA - Dir: Carlos Diaz
Our next edition of LOCALS ONLY is February 13, 2025, entitled SHORTS AND GIGGLES!
Winter can be a pretty bleak time of year, so let’s lighten things up, shall we? For this go-round, LOCALS ONLY throws down a challenge: make us laugh! We need a strong dose of the best medicine, whether it’s sly chuckles, uncontrollable giggles, or the elusive-but-powerful belly laugh. That means we’re welcoming any kind of comedy: dark, romantic, horror, screwball! Improv, insult, sitcom, sketch! Just don’t forget to make it funny!
All selected films will screen at the event, scheduled for February 13th at the Tara Theatre, and receive Official Selection laurels. Additionally, selected filmmakers will receive a waiver to submit their LOCALS ONLY entry to the next Atlanta Film Festival. Each selected film will receive five free tickets to attend the screening and two free tickets to the Tara Theatre ($30 value).
Jury and Audience prizes will be awarded, each with a $100 cash prize. Winning films will also receive winner laurels, two All-Access badges each to the next Atlanta Film Festival ($800+ value), and two Tara Theatre tickets/popcorn/drink combos ($54 value).
More information can be found for those looking to submit, attend, or be a vendor at https://www.atlantafilmsociety.org/locals-only.
Media Contact: keith@atlantafilmfestival.com