The 49th Atlanta Film Festival will be held at Plaza Theatre and Tara Theater from April 24th through May 4th. Join us for 11 days of celebrating and supporting the finest independent films!

Schedule of Events:

Thursday, April 24, 2025

7:00 pm: Opening Night - Color Book

Friday, April 25, 2025

05:00 pm: Spring Fashion Show X Atlanta Film Festival
06:00 pm: Meta Take One
07:00 pm: Driver
07:00 pm: Shorts: Transcend
07:15 pm: To A Land Unknown
08:30 pm: Shorts: Funhouse
09:30 pm: Xibalba Monster (Monstruo De Xibalba) And Dandelions
11:00 pm: The Rocky Horror Picture Show W- Ldod

Saturday, April 26, 2025

11:00 am: Saturday Morning Cartoons
01:30 pm: Shorts: Veneration
01:45 pm: Third Act
02:15 pm: Mongrels
03:00 pm: Giant's Kettle
04:00 pm: Metropolitan With Whit Stillman
04:30 pm: Speak.
05:30 pm: More Beautiful Perversions
05:30 pm: Shorts: Call Your Mom
07:30 pm: Acts Of Reparation
08:00 pm: Vulcanizadora
09:30 pm: Shorts: Food Not Friends

Sunday, April 27, 2025

1:00 pm: Diciannove
1:15 pm: Lockjaw
1:30 pm: Experimental Shorts
3:00 pm: Shorts: Community Outreach
3:30 pm: Shorts: No Ordinary Love
4:00 pm: Norita
4:15 pm: Tadur
6:30 pm: Your Tomorrow

Tuesday, April 29, 2025

11:30 am: The Golden Pages: Connecting And Supporting The Community
11:30 am: Build A World Around Your Film Set
11:30 am: Star Wars Explained - Creating A Successful Youtube Channel
01:30 pm: Case Study: Color Book - How We Made Our Award Winning Feature
01:30 pm: Horror And Society: Reflecting Modern Fears In Film
01:30 pm: Putting The Unity Back In Community: Bridging The Gap In Film And Television
03:30 pm: Write Club: Festival Edition
03:30 pm: The Pastor's Daughter
07:00 pm: The Lost Wolves Of Yellowstone
07:15 pm: The Kingdom
07:30 pm: A Place Far From Home (Mesto Daleko Ot Doma)
09:45 pm: Obex

Wednesday, April 30, 2025

11:30 am: The Art Of Location Managing - Identifying And Securing Viable Locations
11:30 am: Creating Community In A Smaller Market
11:30 am: Navigating A Career In Screenwriting
01:30 pm: From Comics To Film: How Graphic Fiction Is Shaping Hollywood
01:30 pm: Indie Feature Filmmaking In Georgia
01:30 pm: Hot Takes And Unpopular Opinions
03:30 pm: Case Study: The Hidden Costs Of Independent Filmmaking For Producers, Lps And Upms - Sponsored By Element
03:30 pm: Directing And Acting Challenge
07:00 pm: Eponymous
07:00 pm: The Death Tour
07:30 pm: Magic Farm
09:00 pm: Withdrawal (With In Loving Memory)

Thursday, May 1, 2025

11:30 am: Beyond Traditional Screens: Using Authentic Perspectives To Reclaim Cultural Narratives
11:30 am: Producers Development Panel
11:30 am: The State Of The Industry, From E-Sports And Gaming To Film And Television
01:30 pm: The Art Of Cinematography And Light - Sponsored By Panavision
01:30 pm: From Theatre To Film: Living The Double Life
01:30 pm: Break The Bank-Or Don't: How To Create Masterpieces On Any Budget
03:30 pm: Tool Or Tyrant? Filmmaking In The Age Of Artificial Intelligence
03:30 pm: The Craft Of Acting
03:30 pm: Case Study: Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist
07:00 pm: Shorts: Las Renegadas
07:00 pm: The Summer Book
07:45 pm: The White House Effect

Friday, May 2, 2025

11:30 am: Beyond The Screen: Centering Accessibility In Storytelling
11:30 am: Southern Voices: Inside The Minds Of Southeastern Festival Programmers
11:30 am: How To Make A Micro To Ultra Low Budget Movie
01:30 pm: Kick The Ladder
01:30 pm: Truth, Trust, And The Camera: Navigating Ethics In Documentary Filmmaking
03:30 pm: Atlff Presents Page To Stage: 2025 Screenplay Competition Winners
03:30 pm: Dungeons And Dragons Make You A Better Storyteller
03:30 pm: Creating Careers, Not Just Credits: The Future Of Georgia's Film Industry - Sponsored By Trilith Institute
06:00 pm: Shorts: Lost And Found
06:45 pm: The World Drops Dead
07:00 pm: Inheritance
07:30 pm: Music Videos
08:30 pm: It Ends
09:15 pm: Interaction
11:00 pm: The Rocky Horror Picture Show W- Ldod

Saturday, May 3, 2025

12:45 pm: We Are Inside (Nahou Fil Dakhel)
01:00 pm: Plazadrome: Desperately Seeking Susan With Susan Seidelman
01:30 pm: Episodic: Bingeworthy
02:30 pm: Animated Shorts
04:00 pm: Shorts: Black Boy Fly
04:00 pm: Dandelions
04:45 pm: Removal Of The Eye
05:15 pm: Wandering Flavio (La Ballade De Flavio)

Date:
April 24 - May 4, 2025

Location:
Various Venues in Atlanta, GA

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