August 20 - 24, 2008
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Atlanta Underground Film Festival

"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


2007 Atlanta Underground Film Festival Awards!:

Best Feature AUFF 2007:
Blood Car
Dir. Alex Orr

Best Director:
Anna Biller (Viva)

Best Documentary Feature:
The Short Life of Jose Antonio Gutierrez
Dir. Heidi Specogna

Best Comedy Feature:
Moonlight & Magic
Dir. Timothy Spanos


Best Drama Feature:
Dirty Habit
Dir. Bryan Root


Best Experimental Feature:
Sons of Saturn

Dir. Joao Machado

Best Local Feature:
Freelance
Dir. Drew Sawyer

Best Short Film 2007 AUFF:
Help is Coming
Dir. Ben Mor

Best Comedy Short
Phone Sex Grandma
Dir. Jack Truman


Best Screenwriter:
Darren Herczeg
(The Boy Princes: A Tragedie Most Monstrous)


Best Local Short:

The Street Cleaner
Dir. Nathaniel Nauert

Best Horror Short:
Happy Birthday 2 You
Dir. David Alcalde

Best Sci-Fi Short:
Electrical Skeletal
Dir. Brain Lonano


Best Experimental Short:
America in Pictures
Dir. Georg Koszulinski


Best Drama Short
Rest Stop for the Rare Individual
Dir. Roberto Bentivegna

Best International Short:
White Blue Air
Dir. Inza

2007 AUFF the Wall Award:
Gary's Touch
Dir. Ken Takahashi

Animation Attack! Triad of Power Award:

Adventure Time
Dir.Pendleton Ward

Sinking of the Hunley
Dir. Drew Christie

Waif of Persephone
Dir. Nick Cross


 














The Fifth Annual Atlanta Underground Film Festival (AUFF) will take place August 20 - 24, 2008 in Atlanta, Georgia. The 2008 AUFF will showcase every genre of independent film from across the world during this incredible celebration of independent artists.


The Atlanta Underground Film Festival is a forum where filmmakers can 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 film festival, Atlanta Underground Film Festival will showcase short and feature films, art, live music and plenty of late night parties. Special events during AUFF include the Animation Attack! and DocuFest Atlanta

2008 Venues include the Plaza Theatre, Young Blood, Highland Inn Ballroom, Lenny's, The EARL and MJQ.


If you have questions about AUFF, please Contact us!

Call For Entries
2008 - 2009:



ATLANTA HORRORFEST
October 23 - 26, 2008
ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS NOW!


MONTEZUMA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
November 13 - 16, 2008 in Montezuma, Costa Rica
ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS NOW!


ATLANTA UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL
Next Entry Deadline: June 1, 2009


DOCUFEST
Next Entry Deadline: June 1, 2009


ANIMATION ATTACK!
Next Entry Deadline: June 1, 2009





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!