The South Georgia Film Festival is more than one great weekend a year. With our students, faculty and participating filmmakers – we’re a year round experience. Learn more about resources for short films, feature films, or just education from Atlanta to Valdosta to Columbus to Savannah to Rome to Carrolton.
Filmmaker Interviews
https://vimeo.com/showcase/10250391
Valdosta State University students and faculty talk with participating filmmakers about their inspirations, their techniques and their experiences in this Creative Industry.
Regional Film Festivals
There are many great film festivals across the state of Georgia and North Florida. We encourage all our filmmakers and students to check these out.
| Atlanta Film Festival Georgia’s largest Academy Award qualifying film festival and creative conference takes place annual at the end of April / beginning of May at the Plaza Theater | Atlanta Film Festival Celebrating 35 years, the Florida Film Festival, an Oscar qualifying festival, takes place in Mid-April at the Ezian Theater in Central Florida | Rome International Film Festival (RIFF) Over two decades, the Rome International Film Festival (RIFF) has screened films at the DeSoto theater in Rome, GA. | Macon Film Festival Celebrating over 20 years of Music and Film, the immersive film festival takes place Mid-August at the Douglas Theater, along with Museum of Arts and Sciences Macon. |
| Tallahassee Film Festival For nearly 20 years, the festival has brought exceptional and unexpected programming to Florida’s capitol city, including Oscar winners (and future winners) | Georgia Film Festival Celebrating Georgia films and filmmakers, along with those from the Southeast. GFF is hosted by the University of North Georgia’s Gainesville campus |
Film Organizations
Film is a community supported in many different ways. These are some they we encourage filmmakers to connect.
| Film Impact Georgia Offers grants & other resources to filmmakers | Georgia Production Partnership Lobbies for the film industry, provides information and education on such things as the state tax credit | Georgia Council for the Arts | Film Festival Alliance |
Social Media
The South Georgia Film Festival is featured on IMDB (The Internet Movie Database) with links to films & filmmakers featured during our festival