On April 23, the front of the Plaza Theatre is packed with crowds at the opening night of the 50th annual Atlanta Film Festival, where stars like O’Shea Jackson Jr. walk the red carpet to promote the local premiere of “Idiots.” Most are lined up to get into the screening. But another, smaller line has […]
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ATLFF: Craig Zobel and James Ponsoldt on the fight to make Georgia films
Craig Zobel knows it isn’t easy to make a movie in Georgia. At an April 28 Atlanta Film Festival Creative Conference panel, the director of “The Penguin” and “The Mare of Easttown” got candid about the difficulty of creating in his home state. “The world doesn’t want you to,” he said. “You have to fight […]
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Atlanta indie ‘Withdrawal’ to host weeklong run at the Plaza Theatre
Atlanta indie darling “Withdrawal” is returning to the Plaza Theatre on Jan. 30 for its first-ever theatrical run — and the festival favorite is doing it without any industry backing. For seven days, it will screen at the Plaza with a “community host” like Reel Friends, Archive Atlanta or the American Addiction Recovery Association. The […]
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Atlanta indie ‘Withdrawal’ heads to New York festival scene
It took $40,000, a 700 square-foot house, four months of rehearsals, years of preparation and a do-it-yourself spirit to make Aaron Strand’s standout feature-length debut “Withdrawal.” Now the Georgia independent film is headed to its New York premiere. “Withdrawal” will have its New York premiere at the Art of Brooklyn Film Festival on June 6, […]
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‘Color Book’ creates love letter to Atlanta at local film festival premiere
The cast and crew of the locally-made feature “Color Book” took to the 49th annual Atlanta Film Festival for the local April 24 premiere of the “Love Letter to Atlanta” focused on a father and son. At a sold-out screening, Atlanta-based director David Fortune explained his approach to creating his debut feature film. The story […]
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Atlanta Olympic documentary premieres with dual distribution deal
Atlanta’s “The Games in Black & White” Olympic documentary hit silver screens at an April 26 Rialto Center for the Arts premiere with a dual distribution deal via Delta Air Lines’ inflight entertainment and Georgia Public Broadcasting. The film will air on Delta’s in-flight entertainment system from Sept. 1 to Dec. 31, 2025. It will […]
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Atlanta Olympic documentary announces theme song from Dallas Austin
Atlanta-made documentary “The Games in Black & White” now has an original theme song: “City Too Busy To Hate” by Georgia-grown producer Dallas Austin and hip hop artist Champ tells the story of the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta through music. It’s available on streaming platforms ahead of the April release. The song was released by […]
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Atlanta Film Festival unveils lineup packed with home grown films
Atlanta Film Festival is gearing up for its 49th annual festival lineup of 132 films starting April 24 — and this year, more than 30 films and shorts are from Georgia. The popular 11-day festival is set to run from April 24 to May 4, primarily at the Plaza Theatre and Tara Theatre, with other […]
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Let’s leverage our loss of the Sundance Film Festival into action
We had a real opportunity to attract the Sundance Film Festival to Georgia.
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Appreciating two legacy Atlanta festivals – Dogwood and ATLFF
It’s a tale of two festivals. The Atlanta Dogwood Festival, now in its 87th year. And the Atlanta Film Festival, now in its 47th year.
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Tara Theatre to reopen by mid-May thanks to community support
Success! The community has rallied behind the effort to reopen the Tara Theatre –contributing more than the needed $50,000 to do the basics so the four-screen cinema can start showing movies again.
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Going to the movies – Atlanta Film Festival reinvents the formula
If you love to go to movie theaters to absorb the full effects of a film, then the COVID-19 pandemic has been a tough slog. (The same is true if you love going to live music concerts – indoor or outdoor – like I do).
