Atlanta Underground Film Festival - August 26 - 30, 2009

August 20 - 24, 2008

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Atlanta Underground Film Festival

"From the Serious to the surreal, sci-fi to sideshow, the Atlanta Underground Film Festival offers short films the likes of which you probably won't see in a typical multiplex."
Jonathan Williams
Atlanta Journal Constitution 2008

"Who's afraid of experimental film? Not Eric Panter, who's directed the Atlanta Underground Film Festival for five years. The annual event devoted to edgy and emerging filmmakers proves that avant-garde and undiscovered needn't be mutually exclusive with fun."
Curt Holman
Creative Loafing 2008

"The fourth annual Atlanta Underground Film Festival makes good use of the second word in the event's title. This is a fest that encourages artists to break boundaries, and moviegoers should arrive braced to often see challenging and edgy experimental films."

Bob Longino, Atlanta Journal-Constitution 2007

"For four years running, Eric Panter has curated an Atlanta Underground Film Festival featuring the kind of oddball picks that fly below most mainstream film festivals' radar."

Felicia Feaster, Creative Loafing 2007

"Like the Navy Seals, the one thing the annual Atlanta Underground Film Festival (AUFF) always profits from is the element of surprise."

Felicia Feaster, Creative Loafing 2006

"As displayed by the Atlanta Underground Film Festival, such off-the-radar fare includes gonzo documentaries, abstract experiments in form, and enigmatic, subtitled tales from foreign lands."

Curt Holman, Creative Loafing 2005

"Fans and filmmakers alike have long lamented the shortage of venues suitable for showcasing non-mainstream films in Atlanta, but with the emergence of the Atlanta Underground Film Festival, things will soon change."

Chad Radford, Creative Loafing 2004

Atlanta Underground Film Festival
2008 Awards

Best Narrative Feature
Sex Galaxy
Dir. Mike Davis

Best Comedy Feature
Wiener Takes All
Dir. Shane MacDougall

Best Horror Feature
Blood on the Highway
Dir. Barak Epstein

Best Documentary Feature
Song Sung Blue
Dir. Greg Kohs

Best Foreign Feature
Cuba - Libre
Dir. Rai Garcia

Best Local Feature
Loaded Guns
Dir(s). Eli Banks, Julian Modugno, Jamie Gaar

Best Animated Feature
John's Arm: Armageddon
Dir. Matty Boy Anderson

Best Director
Joshua von Brown
Altamont Now

Best Musical Score
More Shoes
Dir. Lee Kazimir

Audience Choice Award
1000 Journals
Dir. Andrea Kreuzhage

Best Short Film
God of Tears
Dir(s) Max Margulies and Naoko Masuda

Best Foreign Short
El Viaje de Said
Dir. Coke Rioboo

Best Narrative Short
The Adventure
Dir. Mike Brune

Best Experimental Short
An Indefinite Meandering of Words Left Unsaid
Dir. Lexi Lefkowitz

Best Sci-Fi Short
Attackazoids
Dir. Brian Lonano

Best Horror Short
A Break in the Monotony
Dir. Damien Slevin

Best Documentary Short
Returned: Child Soldiers of Nepal's Maoist Army
Dir. Robert Koenig

Best Comedy Short
Reeling
Dir. Jeremy Stevermer

Best Short Short
Transrexia
Dir. Voltaire

Best Local Short
Panels for the Walls of Hell
Dir. Blake Myers

2008 AUFF the Wall Award
Karaoke Show
Dir. Karl Tebbe

view AUFF 2008 schedule

A huge Thanks to Everyone who entered their films.

The Sixth Annual Atlanta Underground Film Festival (AUFF) will take place August 26 - 30, 2009 in Atlanta, Georgia.

The 2009 Atlanta Underground Film Festival will feature every genre of cinema from across the world, bringing together thousands of people for an incredible celebration of independent film and talented filmmakers. You are invited to experience this unique film festival where 100+ independent films will be showcased during the non-stop five day event.

Since 2002, the creators of Atlanta Underground Film Festival have offered filmmakers the opportunity to thrive outside the mainstream arena. Creative artists who continuously break the boundaries of film, video, art and music are promoted through AUFF, so they too have a voice in a market typically saturated with commercial entertainment designed to satisfy the audience's expectations.

Much more than the traditional stuffy, black-tie film festival, Atlanta Underground Film Festival will showcase short and feature films, art, live music, special events and plenty of late night parties.

AUFF will also host the largest animation and documentary festivals in the Southeast: Animation Attack! and DocuFest Atlanta.

Film Festival Entries 2009:
2009 submissions accepted through Withoutabox which provides cost-saving, online entry to major film festivals throughout the U.S. and in Europe with one master entry form, allowing you and us to enter your film more quickly and with greater accuracy. Withoutabox users enjoy the advantages of Extended Deadlines and Online Press Kit submissions and filmmakers with an upgraded project on Withoutabox receive $5.00 off their Entry Fees.

or visit the submission page for more info!

Call For Entries 2009:

The following Festival League Events have opened the Call For Entries for the 2009 Season. Enter your film early to take advantage of lower submission fees. Films of every genre, length and country are accepted:

MONTEZUMA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
November 12 - 15, 2009 in Montezuma, Costa Rica
film festival submissions accepted now

ATLANTA UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL
Final Entry Deadline: May 1, 2009
film festival submissions accepted now

DOCUFEST Atlanta
Final Entry Deadline: May 1, 2009
film festival submissions accepted now

ANIMATION ATTACK!
Final Entry Deadline: May 1, 2009
film festival submissions accepted now

View the Atlanta Underground Film Festival 2008 Schedule:

AUFF is presented by Festival League . We invite you to our other events in Atlanta and abroad: Atlanta Horror Fest, DocuFest Atlanta, Animation Attack!, and the Montezuma International Film Festival!

Check out the trailer for Sex Galaxy - Winner Best Narrative Feature at AUFF 2008!