LOCALS ONLY: What Haunts You
LOCALS ONLY is a recurring screening of short films from Georgia’s independent filmmakers, with each event having a distinct theme and focus. Featured short films come entirely from submissions. This November, we’re stretching spooky season into overtime with FALL 2024 LOCALS ONLY: WHAT HAUNTS YOU?
100 Feet of Film 2025: Film Screening
Join us at the Plaza Theatre on March 3rd as we celebrate the third edition of the 100 Feet of Film project and screen the completed films. Two prizes will be awarded following this screening, one Jury Award and one Audience Award.
LOCALS ONLY: Near and Dear
Summer 2024 LOCALS ONLY Presents: NEAR AND DEAR. This season, we’re bringing down the house with short films about all the love and chaos that can play out under one roof! Join us for a showcase of family dramas, documentaries about unlikely sisterhoods, short-form telenovelas starring your favorite cat and stories that drive us crazy about our loved ones.
¡CineMás! Screening: BIRDS OF PASSAGE
It’s the 1970s, and America’s burgeoning obsession with marijuana has made Colombian farmers suddenly rich. In the Guajira region, a Wayúu family rises to prominence, but soon the trappings of wealth and power start a war that threatens to tear them and their ancient traditions apart. Featuring food from Kiosco Restaurant.
¡CineMás! Screening: ROMA
The most personal project to date from Academy Award-winning director and writer Alfonso Cuarón, ROMA follows a young domestic worker for a family in the middle-class neighborhood of Roma in Mexico City in the 1970s. Featuring food from El Ponce.
¡CineMás! Screening: CUBAN FOOD STORIES
CUBAN FOOD STORIES is a unique film about food, society, and culture on the island of Cuba. A personal road-trip adventure all around the island to discover the most authentic flavors and stories behind the Cuban cuisine. Featuring food from Papi’s Cuban Grill.
2018 Atlanta Film Festival
Now celebrating a 42-year history, the Atlanta Film Festival (ATLFF) is the area’s preeminent celebration of cinema.
Generally Local, Mostly Independent Film Series
Join us as we present a new crop of locally produced short films at the latest edition of Generally Local, Mostly Independent Film Series!
¡CineMás! Film Series 2017: TESOROS
Siblings Dylan and Andrea set off with their new friends on a marvelous journey of discovery in search of long lost pirate loot.
¡CineMás! Film Series 2017: LAST DAYS IN HAVANA
A story of an unlikely friendship between neighbors in Havana, Cuba. Two men lean on their relationship in a city on the verge of substantial change.
¡CineMás! Film Series 2017: LA SOLEDAD
Motivated by the desire for a better life and guided by the ancestral spirits of this house, José embarks on a mystical search for gold ""morocotas"" that are said to be buried in the mansion he occupies with his family.
2017 Be Downtown Film Festival
The 2nd Annual Be Downtown Film Festival kicks off with Disney’s Beauty and the Beast and continues through the evening with two Star Wars classics, The Force Awakens and Rogue One.
WonderRoot's Generally Local, Mostly Independent Film Series
Join us as we present a new crop of locally produced short films at the latest edition of Wonderroot's Local Film Series!
New Mavericks Film Series
The #ATLFS New Mavericks Film Series returns as a full day of shorts screenings, networking, and education in celebration of the women on both sides of the lens. Admission is pay-what-you-can.
CineMás Film Series: UN TANGO MÁS (OUR LAST TANGO)
Argentine tango dancers María Nieves Rego and Juan Carlos Copes discuss their personal and professional relationship in UN TANGO MÁS (OUR LAST TANGO). This Argentinian film concludes our 2016 CineMás Film Series.
CineMás Film Series: ESPEJUELOS OSCUROS (DARK GLASSES)
A woman distracts a criminal by sharing three of the dozens of tales she has written from different periods of Cuba's history. ESPEJUELOS OSCUROS (DARK GLASSES) continues our 2016 CineMás Film Series. Lead actor Luis Alberto García will be in attendance!
CineMás Film Series: IXCANUL
A young indigenous woman does not want to live in the modern world until it saves her life during a pregnancy complication. Guatemalan film IXCANUL kicks off our 2016 CineMás Film Series.
Festival del Film Locarno Series in Atlanta
Three official selections from the 2016 Festival del Film Locarno have their Atlanta premieres. Presented in partnership between ATLFS and the Consulate General of Switzerland in Atlanta.
Homespun Film Series
The latest installment of Homespun, a curated film series for locally made short documentaries about Atlantan subjects, plays the Plaza Theatre October 12th. ATLFS Members receive free admission!
Revenge of the Summer Series: MARS ATTACKS! - 20th Anniversary
The Atlanta Film Society's Revenge of the Summer Series concludes with a 20th anniversary screening of "Mars Attacks!" at the Plaza Theatre!
Revenge of the Summer Series: SET IT OFF - 20th Anniversary
A 20th anniversary screening of F. Gary Gray's "Set it Off" continues the Atlanta Film Society's Revenge of the Summer Series at the Plaza Theatre!
Revenge of the Summer Series: TWISTER - 20th Anniversary
A 20th anniversary screening of "Twister" kicks off the Atlanta Film Society's Revenge of the Summer Series at the Plaza Theatre!
WonderRoot's Generally Local, Mostly Independent Film Series
WonderRoot's Generally Local, Mostly Independent Film Series returns to the Plaza Theatre! Check out an excellent array of short films, animations, music videos and experimental works—all in support of the local filmmakers that created them.
Plaza Theatre Foundation Presents: The Craft
Celebrate Georgia's longest-running independent cinema with a 20th anniversary screening of THE CRAFT, starring Neve Campbell and Robin Tunney.
Sundown Series Presents: Now & Then
Westside Provisions District's third annual summer series continues into July with the coming-of-age throwback starring Rosie O'Donnell, Christina Ricci, Demi Moore and Melanie Griffith.
Be Downtown Film Festival
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."
Plaza Theatre Foundation Presents: Swingers
Celebrate Georgia's longest-running independent cinema with a 20th anniversary screening of SWINGERS, starring Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn.
Plaza Theatre Foundation Presents: The Birdcage
Celebrate Georgia's longest-running independent cinema with a 20th anniversary screening of THE BIRDCAGE, starring Robin Williams and Nathan Lane.
Sundown Series Presents: Remember the Titans
Westside Provisions District's third annual summer event continues with a free outdoor presentation of the classic Georgia film.
Westside Provisions Sundown Series: "Fried Green Tomatoes"
Westside Provisions' third annual Sundown Series kicks off with a special screening of Georgia's own Fried Green Tomatoes, Wednesday, May 25th.
40th Annual Atlanta Film Festival
2016 marks the 40th anniversary of the Atlanta Film Festival. Passes are on sale now!