Atlanta Underground Film Festival Schedule

Opening Mixer at Java Lords 

(next door to 7 Stages)

Open to all filmmakers and general public

Director - Matthew Simpson

After a devastating betrayal, a photographer falls for an aspiring writer. But when he learns about her past, his retroactive jealousy threatens to ruin everything.

Films:

AMA-gi - Hannah Lee Ballard

Flowersite - Hannah Poon, Kelly Olchawa

Misfits - Matthew Montgomery

Nefarious - Jacob Tolano

Solitaire - Aaron McLaughlin

The Day Off - Ryan Perich

The Quitter - Harper Suggs

Time, Pt 1 - Music Video - Robyn Hicks

Waiting - Logan Porter

Why Me - Xinran Gu

Words Unspoken - Kelsey Elizabeth Blevins

Little 5 Pub

 1174 Euclid Avenue NE Atlanta, Georgia 30307 

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 Scoring In Atlanta: Pipe Dream or Promise? 

 As Atlanta cements its status as a global production hub, this panel explores why its booming film industry hasn’t yet been matched by a homegrown screen scoring ecosystem. The conversation will examine the gap between the city’s world-class studios and its underdeveloped infrastructure for film music, and panelists will discuss how education, collaboration, and dedicated scoring facilities can keep music production local and unlock new creative and economic opportunities. 

Moderator: 

Carol Padgett, Contributing Writer, ArtsATL

Panelists Include:

• Andy Hill, Executive Dean of Screen Scoring & Music Design, Media Design School at Strayer
• Shane Sanders, Director, Music Department, Tyler Perry Studios
• Phillip Arthur Simmons, Owner and Composer, PAS Music & Assoc. Professor Orchestration & Arrangement

This is a free panel open to the public. Join us Friday, Aug. 7 at 4:00 PM at Pizza Verdura Sincera in Little 5 Points

Mixer at Java Lords 

(next door to 7 Stages)

Open to all filmmakers and general public

Director -  Jared Sprouse

When Taylor can't get her party store shift covered after her dad dies, she makes a deadly mistake that sparks a downward spiral of red, white and blue-collared chaos.

Films:

37 Dollars - Ashish Sharma

Aberth - Jesse Scales

Fantomet - Rob Tiffin, Mitchell Hardage

Forces From Beyond - Hagen Mattingly

I'll Wait for you Honeybee - Andres Felipe Hermida

La Mala - Knial Saunders

Lather Rinse Repeat - Melanie McCoy

Nowhere - Aidan Landrum

Nutmeg the Evil Elf - Max Steele

Plant Moms - Kayla Lane Freeman

El Myr

 1091 Euclid Ave NE C, Atlanta, GA 30307 

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Directors -  Jeff Nucera, Jonathan Ruane

Tight & Nerdy follows the world’s first burlesque troupe devoted to “Weird Al” Yankovic. This hilarious, heartfelt documentary celebrates the unique friendship of four women as they bare it all to food-based song parodies.

Director - Tommy Nickoloff

Conjure the spirit of indie-rock icon Jason Molina (1973-2013) with Ohio insiders who illuminate Truth about his coming of age on Lake Erie, escaping artless steel town indifference, and manifesting the legendary band, Songs: Ohia, as they celebrate contradictions that tether Jason’s raunchy humor, propensity to lie, refusal to interpret lyrics, and untimely death into a haunting legacy unconfined by the record vault.

Director -  Alex Montilla

Friday the 69th, the first-ever period piece feature shot entirely on an iPhone (probably...don't Google it), is a microbudget slasher-comedy paying tribute to the bottom-shelf horror films of the early ’80s.  

Films: 

Crickets - Cooper Hardin

FINE BLACK FRAME - Leah Doz

In the Palm of Her Hand - Greta Guthrie, Jake Lazarow

JUICE - Rachel Williamson

Keep On Truckin’ - Omar Derby

Light Trespassing - Christian Alston

MEDIUM CLOSE - Richard Martin

Open Door - James Crawford

The Shot - Samantha J McDonald

Who's waiting for you? - YUCA

Films: 

Devil's Advocate - Ava Watson

Hair Care - Jason Bartholomew

It's Hard Not to be Romantic About Time Travel - Michael Charron

Jamba-Liar - Miriam Pinedo

Narrated By - Khaya Fraites

Not a Hero by Accident - Adam Ansorge

Psychic Connection - Kathy Graivier

Shrimp Fried Rice - Dylan Pun

Sorry, Clancy Miller - Haynes Brooke

The Self Starter - Ben Heller, Daniel Calcagne

Films: 

A Good Death - Kaz PS

A Long Night: The Getaway - Michael Lindsey

Breeder - Sapphire Sandalo

Doll House - Erin Zellers, Jason Bartholomew

For Jamie - BreAnna Romero

Inebriated - Max r Lincoln

Knifeman - MP Hayes

Little Deaths - Derek Bensonhaver

Nature Crawls - Vseant Nath

These Colors Don't Run - Chris Ethridge

  Pizza Verdura Sincera

377 Moreland Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30307 

Mixer at Java Lords 

(next door to 7 Stages)

Open to all filmmakers and general public

Director -  Adrian Țofei

Adrian and Duru get lost in the characters they play in an apocalyptic film and embark on a secret mission to end the world for real. What follows goes beyond their wildest imagination.

Directors - Megan Rico, Kade Atwood

Edie Arnold, a timid Catholic school dork, is unexpectedly thrust behind the drums at a punk show and discovers a hidden talent. She secretly forms a band called The NunDead, but after getting suspended, she risks losing everything before her bandmates rescue her for the Battle of the Bands. When she faces expulsion, footage of her performance changes everything. 

Films: 

(0,∞) - Mar Sudac

88.6 - Brian Patrick Cloutier

Bound - James Jones

Fishy - Milo Blaec Richards

Fleeting Moments - Kasey L. Martin

Message to Jacob - Thomas Kennedy Pope

Out of Order - Matthew Buttafuoco, Nina Mallery

The Ripper - Harrison Ellis

Films:

A Hand to Hold - Philip Clyde-Smith

BORGLESQUE - G. Wilson

Crowded Out - Brian Lederman

Hamish - Bedtime Interlude - Oliver Crawford

Love, Mike! - Isaac Ingle

MANTIS STREAM! LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE - Lincoln Robisch, Sarah Maerten

Monstrous Me - Ariel Baska

Opalescent - Liz Mealey

The Cause of Water - Steven Chabre

When Mountains Speak - Cole Frederick

See who takes home the awards!

Nominees announced Soon.

Java Lords

next door to 7 Stages