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.”
INTENNSE—a pro tennis league in Doraville—closed out its 2026 season on Aug. 1 at INTENNSE Arena at Assembly Studios, where the Freeze took home the league championship outlasting the Outriders 137-130.
Heidi Boisvert has been named the chair of the School of Arts, Entertainment, and Creative Technologies at Georgia Tech. She begins the new role on August 1, 2026. As the experience economy (industries such as gaming, film, live performance, and music) converges thanks to the seismic effect of artificial intelligence, Boisvert says this new school will prepare students to think well beyond the technologies and tools available today.
Atlanta’s luxury real estate story has traditionally centered around Buckhead, Tuxedo Park, Chastain Park and the city’s established estate neighborhoods. But one of the most interesting development stories of 2026 is unfolding in a different direction.
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.
SCAD now offers the first Bachelor of Design in Applied AI, along with a minor available to students across every discipline, from fashion design to filmmaking. The university is betting that the future of AI will be shaped not just by engineers in Silicon Valley but by artists, designers and storytellers who understand what makes technology feel human.
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.
The Foundation has partnered with researchers from Harvard University and Baylor University whose groundbreaking five-year, 200,000-page Global Flourishing Study explores what it truly means for individuals and communities to flourish. Their research demonstrates that flourishing is not simply a feeling or philosophy—it is measurable, teachable, and achievable.