The Cherokee Office of Economic Development announces departure of longtime President & CEO, Misti Martin.

Each month we bring you a list of ongoing productions in Georgia. This information is provided by Georgia.org and reproduced by Georgia Entertainment to bring you the latest, verified, productions.

The first weekend of 2025 — which sources have declared “a normal year” — is eyeing a grand estimated total of $105.5M for all movies, which is certainly better at +23% than the first weekend of 2024 which did $85.9M, per Box Office Mojo. Overall, it was a blasé frame of holiday carryovers without any new wide releases: one of three currently in 2025 along with Oct. 31 and Dec. 12.

Backlight Student Film Festival announced that this year’s festival will take place on March 29 and 30, 2025 in Athens, GA. The non-profit will host its fourth annual two-day student short film festival, including student film screenings, an industry panel, a red carpet, mixer, and an awards ceremony.

Discover Dunwoody proudly announces Mela Rayne-Fernandez as the Quarter 4 recipient of the  Distinguished Production Associate Recognition Program for 2024.

SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion + Film celebrates fashion as a universal language, garments as important conduits of identity, and film as an immersive and memorable medium.

Lion and land critter continued to go at like an episode of Mutual Omaha’s Wild Kingdom this weekend with each studio screaming that they’re No. 1. If you look at the standard 3-day weekend, it’s Paramount’s Sonic the Hedgehog 3 with $38M while Disney’s Mufasa is looking at an estimated $37M. However, on the five-day measure which saw The Lion King prequel rise from the dust on Christmas Day and Dec. 26 in its dailies, Mufasa takes the lead with $63.7M. 

Featuring five short documentary films Executive Produced and commissioned by South Fulton Arts, Filmer 7 shines a spotlight on Atlanta’s vibrant creative community, showcasing local filmmakers and local creatives as their subjects. Though donations are accepted and encouraged, all FILMER screening tickets are free.