Archive for August, 2011

Notes from a festival programmer: A film synopsis should never start with “The film begins when…”

In my four years at the Atlanta Film Festival there are some things, peripherally as communications director and now directly as a programmer, I’ve run into time and time again with submissions. Many are common mistakes (or nitpicks on my part) that several filmmakers are making when they’re submitting their films. Many of them can be [Read More]

Atlanata Film This Week

Ease on into fall.  Enjoy! Tuesday (8/30) @The Plaza–The Room–9:30p, $9 Wednesday (8/31) Emory Cinematheque–Out of the Past–7:30p, FREE Thursday (9/1) Movies in the Park @Atlantic Station–Sex and the City 2–Dusk, FREE [Read More]

Fake Wood, Reel Talent

Fake Wood, Reel Talent

Atlanta has some excellent Film Collectives. Obviously, Film Collectives are nothing new, they’ve been around for years and in many places but in Atlanta they occupy a special place in the independent film scene. We’ve had a relatively recent history of success stories that came from film collectives from Atlanta . The thing with [Read More]

Atlanta Film This Week

Atlanta Film This Week

The Peachtree Village International Film Festival is this week.  Enjoy! Thursday (8/18) Peachtree Village International Film Festival Feminist Film Forum–Gender Rebel–7p, FREE Movies in the Park @Atlantic Station–The Social Network–Dusk, FREE     Friday (8/19) Peachtree Village International Film Festival [Read More]

Advanced Production Assistant Academy for Features and TV Series – September 17th and 18th, 2011

Application Deadline: August 26th, 2011 Final Selection Announcement: September 2nd, 2011 Workshop: September 17th and 18th, 2011 FREE to the 35-50 applicants that are chosen to attend the Academy (Underwritten by G.E.M) This 12 hour per day, two day advanced level bootcamp is for working commercial production assistants, and interns and [Read More]

How to Create a Proper Business Proposal – Sunday, August 28

Atlanta Film Festival 365 Workshop How to Create a Proper Business Proposal Sunday, August 28, 2pm – 6pm Business proposals are always evolving. Whether you are looking for $25,000 or $250,000 or more, the basics are the same. Learn what to include and not include in a business proposal, as well as the relevance and [Read More]

FREE Set Safety Seminar for ALL Motion Picture and Television Workers – Saturday August 20th

“SIGN UP for Georgia Work Ready/ Georgia Entertainment Media/ IATSE/ IBT FREE Set Safety Seminar for ALL Motion Picture and Television Workers on Saturday August 20th 11:00AM to 6:00 PM at The Cleveland L. Dennard Center on the campus of Atlanta Technical College, Metropolitan Parkway SW, Atlanta, GA 30310. Registration begins at 10:30 AM [Read More]

The Film is a Ghost: An Encounter With “General Orders No. 9”

The Film is a Ghost: An Encounter With “General Orders No. 9”

The notion that General Orders No. 9 is a ghost was born from the necessity to communicate at once the mystery it preserves, the perspective it exhibits, and the polarized reactions it will continue to yield. For some, this equation reinforces their belief that the film is a transparent spook; they can see right through [Read More]

Atlanta Film This Week

Atlanta Film This Week

Enjoy!   Tuesday (8/9) Splatter Cinema @The Plaza–The Gates of Hell–9:30p, $9       Thursday (8/11) Movies in the Park @Atlantic Station–Hairspray–Dusk, FREE Friday (8/12) Midnights at the Midtown Art–Jaws Saturday (8/13) The Man with No Name Trilogy @The Plaza– The Good, Bad, and the [Read More]

Atlanta Film this Week

Atlanta Film this Week

There’s lots to do at the end of the week.  Enjoy! Thursday (8/4) Cine Latinoamericano–Amor y Frijoles–6p, $10 Movies in the Park @Atlantic Station–Toy Story 3–Dusk, FREE Friday (8/5) @The Plaza–Memphis Heat Friday Night Fright Nights w/ Poem 88–The Seventh Continent–8p, $2 donation Midnights at the [Read More]