The special, sanctioned program is active throughout the duration of the festival. The purpose is to highlight Georgia’s infrastructure, locations, talented crew and professional services to filmmakers from around the world.
In recent years, the growth of the creative has been fueled by a strong interest in creative careers, particularly among younger generations. This trend is reshaping the workforce and propelling the creative economy into a period of remarkable growth.
Since 2000, this weekend reps the eighth time that Warner Bros has led the Easter weekend box office with an event title. Let the record show that Warner Bros contributed 64% of the entire weekend’s box office. Among all Easter weekend openings, Sinners ranks 9th.
Expanded professional studio space and offerings at Global Media Studios (GMS) in metro Atlanta align with the recent clearing of House Bill 129 by the Georgia House and Senate.
Latinas in Media Atlanta (LIMA) presents “Putting the UNITY Back in Community: Bridging the Gap in Film & Television,” a dynamic and necessary creative conference panel discussion at the 2025 Atlanta Film Festival.
In January, the Junior Theater Festival welcomed more than 8,000 musical theater performers, creators, crew, supporters and enthusiasts to metro Atlanta. The production employed more than 500 Georgia residents as film and television crew members, manufacturer teams, contractors, electricians, visual artists and others who ate, drank and slept all things JTF.
If there was a theme for Georgia’s creative industries in 2024, it would surround the convergence of tourism and entertainment. Communities all over the state are recognizing the power of adjoining local creative organizations while recruiting entertainment productions to the region.
We can’t imagine that any exhibitor is complaining about the diversity or the amount of product in the marketplace. With an $80M second weekend, that’s the 16th best second weekend ever for a movie, and the second best second weekend for a videogame movie after Super Mario Bros’ ($92.3M).
The Columbus Film Office hosted their latest meeting at the Patrick Theatre inside The Columbus Museum on April 10. These events connect entertainment professionals, artists and local businesses from Georgia and beyond and provide an opportunity to share information about activity in the region.
“The jurisdictions that perform well from here on out – the ones with sustainably high levels of sound stage occupancy and job creation – will be those invested in film project attraction at the country, state and regional level,” Philip Sokoloski, FilmLA.