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Lindsey Moore, co-owner of Covington Vacation Rentals and an active member of the city’s tourism board, has witnessed firsthand how Covington’s reputation as a filming hotspot has transformed the area.

Today the nonprofit Sundance Institute announced the fellows selected for the 2025 Screenwriters Lab and Screenwriters Intensive programs, which provide emerging artists with a creative and nurturing space to develop their first and second independent features. The 10 projects for the Screenwriters Lab were selected from over 3,380 submissions, and 11 fellows will work under the guidance of accomplished creative advisors to develop their scripts. The Screenwriters Lab will take place from January 18–22 at the Sundance Mountain Resort in Utah.

Not counting the 2021 pandemic year when all theaters were closed, it’s the second lowest MLK 4-day weekend of the last 10 years with the marketplace now estimated to do $96.3M. The last time it was this low was 2022 with $85M, and that’s when Paramount/Spyglass’ Scream led with a $33.8M Friday-Monday opening.

Later this week, Georgia Entertainment will hold its “From Script to Screen” event series at the 41st annual Sundance Film Festival. These activations will spotlight the state’s locations, studio facilities, incentives and world class suppliers supporting production in Georgia.

Dunwoody gives filmmakers a combination of beautiful locations, top-of-the-line hotels and shopping, restaurants and all manner of amenities, world-class sound stages, expansive backlots, a bleeding-edge LED volume for virtual production, and every other type of professional service or production space a film team requires.

We’ll start off with an update carrying over from the fall 2024 season - Congratulations go out to the Truett McConnel Bears League of Legends team for their second place finish in the Fall NACE Open Plus Season - with that goes a shoutout to senior Landon Guthrie being named team Most Valuable Player.

Originally developed for Lucasfilm's acclaimed series The Mandalorian, this groundbreaking technology represents the future of filmmaking.

The Georgia Department of Economic Development team specialized in supporting arts and culture, Georgia Council for the Arts, today announced that 10 Georgia communities have been selected to host a curated traveling exhibition of works from Georgia’s State Art Collection.

Trilith Institute is joining Georgia Entertainment at the 41st annual Sundance Film Festival as a presenting partner of its "From Script to Screen" programming. These events are designed for filmmakers, producers and directors attending the Sundance Film Festival to spotlight the state’s locations, infrastructure, world class studio facilities and incentives.

This reel reflects the behind the scenes efforts to make the event possible. Strategic production partners included Assembly Studios, Universal Production Services, Cellberus, ICP, NEP Sweetwater, Sterling Studio Kitchen, AFR Furniture Rental, Classic Tents & Events, SGPS/ShowRig and Lightscape.