Over September 23 and 24, Discover Dunwoody hosted the Above & Beyond FAM Tour — a two-day program for a dozen invited producers, directors, location and travel managers, and creative executives with near-term projects. Collectively, their credits represent more than $100 million in production spend.
On Sept. 23, Georgia Entertainment and Universal Production Services, with Discover Dunwoody, presented the inaugural Indie Spotlight inside The Jewel Box at Assembly Studios. The evening brought together independent filmmakers, studio leadership and industry partners for a program focused on the creators driving Georgia’s independent work.
Developed as a thesis project through the SCAD MFA program in Savannah and made with a Georgia-based cast and crew that grew to 83 people, anchored by an almost entirely female senior producing team, the film recreates a chapter of World War II aviation history with vintage aircraft drawn from Kermit Weeks’ Fantasy of Flight collection.
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In this conversation with Jezlan Moyet, president of Georgia Entertainment, filmed at Discover Dunwoody’s studio, costume designer, Beverly Saffier reflects on the instincts and philosophy behind her work, tracing her eye for storytelling through wardrobe back to childhood and describing how she immerses herself fully in a character’s world through research before ever making a design choice.
The film was shot entirely in Georgia, in and around Augusta, with locations across Evans and Lincolnton, using a Georgia-based cast and crew and completing much of its post-production in the state. It follows the trilogy’s first chapter, “Holy Ghost,” which went on to international distribution, and it reflects the cross-cultural mission of SRHP Films, a Georgia- and India-based company that blends Indian storytelling with Hollywood-style filmmaking.
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.
Set in a small Georgia town, “Party USA” follows Taylor, a fireworks store employee whose father dies unexpectedly. When she’s unable to get her shift covered, a deadly mistake sends her spiraling into red, white and blue-collared chaos. The film explores working-class America, the emotional cost of customer service labor, and the pressure to maintain politeness even as personal tragedy unfolds.
Set in Savannah, Ga., “Holy Father” is a horror-crime thriller starring Oscar nominee Eric Roberts as Father Isaac Wales, an exorcism specialist investigating ritualistic murders while battling an ancient demon who possessed his colleague.