Announcing The Magnifying Glass Grant Recipents
Meet two winners of Artless Media's micro-grants for socially investigative shorts films. Join us in congratulating the ATLFS-selected filmmakers and in anticipating the results!
Submit Your Script to the ATLFF '17 Screenplay Competition!
Here is an exclusive discount for your screenplay or teleplay submission!
4th Annual Telluride Mountainfilm on Tour ATL is THIS WEEKEND! Get Tickets NOW!
Showcasing cultures worth exploring, environments worth preserving, adventures worth pursuing, and conversations worth sustaining—Telluride Mountainfilm on Tour ATL turns 4 years old at the Plaza Theatre this month!
Learn How to Save Money By Thinking Sustainably on Your Film Set at EDBI On Tour THIS SATURDAY
Join us for a special presentation on the benefits of maintaining an eco-friendly film set with special guest Micheline Birkhead. Presented in part with Telluride Mountainfilm On Tour ATL 2016, held August 25-27.
Don't Miss the 7th Annual BronzeLens Film Festival This Weekend at the Marriott Marquis
BronzeLens will host an incredible array of special guests, including AMPAS President Cheryl Boone Isaacs, Producer Nina Yang Bongiovi, Director Julie Dash, "Insecure" Creator Issa Rae and Matthew Cherry.
ATLFF '16 Closing Night Film MORRIS FROM AMERICA Opens at The Plaza on September 2nd
Chad Hartigan's coming-of-age story was a massive hit when it closed out the 2016 Atlanta Film Festival. Check it out when it is released in Atlanta on 9/2.
Atlanta Film Society Names New Operations Director
Join us in welcoming Theo Lowe, Operations Manager for the 40th anniversary festival, as the newest addition to our Directorial team!
One Night Only: SERENITY at the Rialto on September 1st
To prep sci-fi fans for Dragon Con (taking place Downtown from September 2-5), the Rialto Center for the Arts is hosting a one-time-only screening of cult favorite "Serenity" at 9 PM on September 1st!
ATLFS Partners with Artless Media to Award Micro-Grants
A response to the rampant injustice in marginalized communities, The Magnifying Glass seeks to equip filmmakers in the South and Midwest with humble funds for socially progressive filmmaking.
Revenge of the Summer Series Concludes Wednesday 8/24 with MARS ATTACKS!
In a city where film series rule the summer, the Atlanta Film Society hosts one to end them all… REVENGE OF THE SUMMER SERIES, featuring 20th anniversary presentations of classics TWISTER, SET IT OFF and MARS ATTACKS!
ATLFS Launches New Mavericks Artillery
Seeking to pair female filmmakers with beneficial channels or assets, the New Mavericks Artillery will act as on online resource bank for tools and opportunities.
Atlanta Film Society Names New Programming Director
Please join us in congratulating ATLFS stronghold Christina Humphrey on this new endeavor!
ATLFS teams up with the Rialto for the BE DOWNTOWN FILM FESTIVAL, This Weekend!
Join us for a weekend of movies the way they were meant to be seen at Downtown Atlanta's oldest movie house! Films include "Shaft," "Enter the Dragon," "Aladdin," "Space Jam," "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly" and "Night of the Living Dead." Tickets on sale now! Atlanta Film Society members get FREE tickets (while supplies last)!
ATLFS Awarded Grant From Georgia Council for the Arts
We are excited to announce that the Atlanta Film Society has been awarded a grant from the Georgia Department of Economic Development's Georgia Council for the Arts (GCA) for the 2017 fiscal year.
ATLFS Filmmaker-in-Residence Brantly Jackson Watts Joins the Team at SCADFILM
We are pleased to share the news that ATLFS Filmmaker-in-Residence Brantly Jackson Watts is SCADFILM's new Industry and Community Outreach Manager.
Plaza Theatre Foundation's Class of '96 Summer Series Wraps Up on Wednesday with THE CRAFT
THE CRAFT wraps up the Class of '96 Summer Series, proudly presented by the Plaza Theatre Foundation.
ATLFF Feature MASCULINITY/FEMININITY Now On Demand!
Russell Sheaffer's groundbreaking documentary is now available online! Read more to find out how to get your free copy.
Last Chance to Win a 2017 ATLFS Membership and ATLFF All-Access Pass By Taking Our Survey!
Do you have thoughts about the 2016 Atlanta Film Festival? We want to hear them! Our survey closes on July 1st.
Take GPP's State of the Industry Survey!
Georgia Production Partnership needs to hear your thoughts, to help better serve our industry.
Eat, Drink & Do Stunts at July's EDBI
This month in the Highland Ballroom Lounge, watch, dissect & film stunts with professional stuntman Ryan Monolopolus!