Atlanta Film Festival
The Atlanta Film Festival (ATLFF) is an Academy Award qualifying, international film festival held in Atlanta, Georgia. Started in 1976 and occurring every April, the festival shows a diverse range of independent films, including genre films such as horror and sci-fi. Since 2008, the festival has presented the Pink Peach, which is awarded to the best LGBTQ film as chosen by the Pink Peach jury. The Accountant won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film in 2002 after qualifying at the 2001 Atlanta Film Festival.
As of 2007, the Landmark Midtown Art Cinema, in Atlanta's Midtown, serves as the official venue of the festival. The Regal Atlantic Station Stadium 16 Theater and The Rialto Center for the Arts at Georgia State have served as official opening night venues in recent years.
Move to Landmark Midtown Art Cinema
In 2007, the festival partnered with the Landmark Midtown Art Cinema to centrally locate the festival to Midtown, dubbed the Heart of Atlanta’s Arts and home to a wide array of restaurants, bars and shops. Making the change allowed attending filmmakers and audience members more opportunities to interact and to attend the myriad of panels, screenplay readings, film discussions and parties that accompany the fest.
Spin Off of Out on Film
For years the Atlanta Film Festival organization produced Atlanta's Out on Film gay film festival. In the Fall of 2008 the Atlanta Film Festival gave Out on Film to the LGBT community. Out on Film became an independent, 501(c)(3) gay/lesbian operation.
Notable films that have played the festival
| Year |
Films |
| 1983 |
Chicken Ranch |
| 1993 |
El Mariachi |
| 2002 |
West 47th Street |
| 2004 |
Primer, Control Room, Born into Brothels, Baadasssss!, Bomb the System, Zatoichi, Dirty Work, Dear Pillow |
| 2005 |
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, The Puffy Chair, Emmanuel's Gift, The Boys of Baraka, Hustle & Flow, Me and You and Everyone We Know |
| 2006 |
Quinceanera, Who Killed the Electric Car?, Factotum, The Other Side |
| 2007 |
The Signal, Hannah Takes the Stairs, Kamp Katrina, Blood Car, Great World of Sound, Fay Grim, The Last Days of Left Eye, King of Kong, Murder Party, Away From Her, Darius Goes West: The Roll of His Life, Killer of Sheep, August the First, La Vie En Rose, War/Dance |
| 2008 |
The Lena Baker Story, Dance of the Dead, MAKE-OUT with VIOLENCE, Mongol, American Teen, At the Death House Door, The Visitor, Land of Confusion, Nerdcore Rising, My Effortless Brilliance, The Project, The Cake Eaters, XXY |
| 2009 |
500 Days of Summer, The People Speak, Rudo y Cursi, That Evening Sun, Tyson, Moon, Beeswax, Alexander the Last, Art & Copy, Mississippi Damned, Neshoba, Idiots & Angels, Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death, Naturally Obsessed |
| 2010 |
Winter's Bone, The Square, 8: The Mormon Proposition, Racing Dreams, Horn Dog, Pigeon: Impossible, I Am Comic, Family Affair, 9500 Liberty, Cropsey, Putty Hill, American Jihadist, Yellowbrickroad, Handsome Harry, Freedom Riders, Godspeed, Wheedle's Groove |
| 2011 |
Terri, Sahkanaga, The First Grader, White Irish Drinkers, Incendies, Young Goethe in Love |
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Grand Jury Narrative Award winners
Grand Jury Documentary Award winners
Pink Peach Feature Jury Award winners
Festival dates
| Year |
Dates |
| 2007 |
April 19-28 |
| 2008 |
April 10-19 |
| 2009 |
April 16-25 |
| 2010 |
April 15-23 |
| 2011 |
April 28-May 7 |
| 2012 |
March 23 - April 1 |
See also
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