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News & Notes
what's happening in the Atlanta scene
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Bishop steps to The Other Side
Gregg Bishop began his filmmaking journey with his father's 8mm camera at age seven, trying to film his own versions of the epic movies of his youth. Today, Bishop is riding high off The Other Side, which brought a host of Atlanta talent and crew to the Slamdance Film Festival for the world premiere. More >> | Review |
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Hadjii: From unknown to Somebodies
"The little indie that could" might be the way to describe a small film from Athens, Georgia, that made it all the way to Park City, Utah—the site of the Sundance Film Festival—and literally became Somebodies in the prestigious dramatic competition. More >> | Review |
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Ponsoldt pitches Off the Black
James Ponsoldt calls Athens home even though he's now a New York city slicker. His short films have enjoyed an impressive run in festivals, including the Atlanta, where Ponsoldt won the 2003 Perfect Pitch competition. He's now added Sundance to his list of conquests with his first feature, Off the Black. More >> | Review |
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Quinceañera's Garcia moving to the top
Former Atlanta actor Jesse Garcia moved to L.A. a little over a year ago. Now he's the star of Quinceañera, the Grand Jury and Audience award winner at this year's Sundance Film Festival. More >> | Review |
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This Cole is getting noticed
The Park City Film Music Festival continued in the tradition of offering filmgoers an alternative and the Atlanta documentary The Cole Nobody Knows took full advantage. More >> |
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Around the South:
Atlanta Jewish Film Festival: The AJFF was started six years ago by the Atlanta chapter of the American Jewish Committee (AJC). According to Judy Marx, the festival's founding director—and now associate director of the AJC—it all happened when someone came back home from a Jewish film festival in Los Angeles and said, basically, "We need to start this here." And so a festival was born.
"The goal of the festival," said Marx, "is the same as that of the AJC, which is to build bridges of understanding—within the Jewish community as well as outside. We look for films that bring different ethnicities together, to help us understand more about ourselves and others."
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Trumpet Awards: Xernoma Clayton, a CNN executive producer and long-time journalist and civil rights activist, initiated the annual Trumpet Awards to acknowledge and commemorate the achievements of African-Americans in the fields of the arts, religion, music, science and politics.
January 23 marked the program's 14th year in Atlanta, and the corridors of the Georgia World Congress Center were filled with high-profile names—local and international personalities who traveled to our city to be part of the festivities. More >>
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