Atlanta-based writer and director Omar Derby is closing out the summer festival circuit on a high note. His short film The Good One recently won Best Dark Drama at the 2026 Georgia Shorts Film Festival.
Launching with students from Clemson University’s film and television program, the credit-bearing residency places students in the Town at Trilith, where they live, study and create within one of North America’s largest purpose-built production ecosystems.
Indie Spotlight began as a Georgia Entertainment interview series spotlighting independent filmmakers across the state. The Sept. 23 event brings that work off the page, celebrating the creativity, resourcefulness and impact of local filmmakers who are contributing to the state’s growing film ecosystem.
When Alexxiss Jackson was little, she loved playing with Polly Pockets. But God help you if you touched those dolls. “It was a soap opera, and nobody else could touch it. It was this whole elaborate set-up on my two dressers in my room, with a little paper bridge connecting the two parts of the town,” she remembered. “Nobody could touch it, because they had to be in their places for the next episode of the soap opera.”
The private sector needs an environment where companies, entrepreneurs and investors can thrive. The public sector benefits when that activity creates employment, investment, corporate growth and a broader tax base capable of supporting the communities where that growth occurs.
AFM’s 47th edition will take place November 10–15, 2026, in Los Angeles, with headquarters at the Fairmont Century Plaza and screenings held at AMC Century City 15.
David Ellison, the chairman of Paramount, which is trying to buy CNN parent Warner Bros. Discovery, is reportedly threatening to move its headquarters from Los Angeles to a city in a state that is not suing his company, according to reports from multiple media outlets, citing unnamed individuals.
studioG, Provost Studio, and its Content Kitchen division today announced a creative production alliance operating from within the Biltmore Innovation Center at Georgia Tech’s Tech Square, one of Atlanta’s most storied landmarks now reimagined as the city’s leading hub for innovation, entrepreneurship, and the creative industry.
Many entertainment and creative professionals feel torn between saving and investing. On the surface, it appears to be a financial decision. Underneath, it is often a question of purpose that comes with more feelings than what we want to deal with.
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