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Robert Rodriguez 1993 ATLFF

The Atlanta Film Festival (ATLFF) is an Academy Award qualifying, international film festival held in Atlanta, Georgia. Started in 1977 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 an 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.

[edit] Move to Landmark Midtown Art Cinema

2007 Atlanta Film Festival

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.

[edit] Notable Films That Have Played the Festival

Year	Films
1983	Chicken Ranch, Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads
1993	El Mariachi
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

[edit] Grand Jury Narrative Award Winners

Year	Film
1999	The Double Life of Ernesto Gomez-Gomez
2000	Good Housekeeping
2001	Hybrid
2002	My Father, the Genius
2003	Zero Day
2004	Dear Pillow
2005	Most High
2006	Pope Dreams
2007	Great World of Sound
2008	MAKE-OUT with VIOLENCE
2009	That Evening Sun

[edit] Grand Jury Documentary Award Winners

Year	Film
2004	Dirty Work
2005	The Boys of Baraka
2006	What Remains
2007	Protagonist
2008	At the Death House Door
2009	The Way We Get By

[edit] Pink Peach Jury Award Winners

Year	Film
2008	XXY
2009	Training Rules

[edit] Festival Dates

Year	Dates
2007	April 19-28
2008	April 10-19
2009	April 16-25
2010	April 15-23

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