Viewers have options to discover indie films, series, and shorts from diverse creators across the globe. For independent filmmakers and creators, the Tonbo Reels Beta is an opportunity to share, create and be discovered. Lastly, TonboTV offers brands and advertisers a range of seamless ad integration to reach highly targeted viewers with AI-optimized placements.
In Episode 3 of the State of Esports, we get a preview of the STEM Innovation Center & Esports Arena in Bartow County, GA. This 7,000sq ft space features stadium seating and state of the art equipment. The grand opening was attended by both city and state elected officials noting gaming as a key sector in economic and workforce development.
GreatHomesATL, a premier full-service Commercial and Residential real estate agency based in Douglasville, Georgia is proud to announce its strategic partnership with Georgia Entertainment to provide housing solutions for the state’s booming entertainment industry.
Making Columbus the third leg of Georgia’s film industry became a goal in 2019, but the pandemic — followed by strikes — made building a local workforce and bringing in productions difficult.
If anyone was betting on Joker: Folie à Deux as being a winning tentpole in their fantasy box office league a year out, well, sorry, you just lost a ton of cash.
While large productions filming in Georgia qualify for various incentives on the state and local levels, small companies in Columbus face challenges as officials hope new grants will help stimulate the industry locally.
The weeklong series of performances, workshops, exhibitions, and research presentations, will kick off at the Woodruff Arts Center—home to the Alliance Theatre, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and High Museum of Art.
Returning for a sixth year, DreamHack Atlanta is an immersive gaming experience. This year, it will take place during a three day festival where guests will professional esports tournaments, amateur and high school gaming tournaments, world-famous bring-your-own-computer (BYOC) LAN party, cosplay, art, activities, expo, screenings and more.
Tyler Blackwell infuses a double dose of artistic and technical talent into the backbone of Georgia’s film, television, and broadcast industry.
In partnership with Trilith Studios, The Town at Trilith is thrilled to announce the Makers and Music Festival in celebration of Trilith Studios’ 10-year anniversary. On October 5, 2024, plan to be at Trilith’s Town Centre from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. for a day filled with vibrant artistry, live music, and family-friendly activities.
The red carpets are ready as the curtain rises on the highly anticipated 21st Rome International Film Festival (RIFF), running Oct. 31 to Nov. 3, 2024. Nestled in the heart of historic Rome, Ga., this year’s festival is a must-attend event, with a curated lineup of film premieres, celebrity appearances, and thought-provoking discussions. RIFF is a celebration of cinema, culture, and storytelling.
Atlanta Fashion Week (ATLFW) is back from October 2-7, 2024, with a highly anticipated lineup of cutting-edge fashion, art, and culture. Over the course of five days, attendees will be treated to an exciting blend of runway shows, interactive pop-ups, insightful panel discussions, captivating art installations, and exclusive after-parties.
When the Duffer Brothers chose Jackson as the backdrop for the fictional town of Hawkins, it sparked a cultural revival that breathed new life into the community.
Latinas in Media Atlanta, in collaboration with Explore The Spark, is excited to host its annual Comunidad Mixer on Saturday, October 26, 2024, from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM at El Ponce Mexican Restaurant.
Get ready for an epic weekend of Call of Duty®: Mobile beginning October 4th with a live performance from singer-songwriter, filmmaker, and record producer, Shaboozey kickstarting the Call of Duty: Mobile World Championship 2024 by Snapdragon Pro Series festivities online, in-game and in-person at DreamHack Atlanta.
At SCAD TVfest: Costume Design, SCADFILM turns the spotlight onto some of the top costume designers for the screen, who will share how they mold inspiration, design, and fabric to set the scene for our favorite shows.
Producers and filmmakers see potential in Columbus as a filming location because of its ability to appear as both a mid-size city or a small town and offer support from the local business community.
On October 29th from 5 -7 pm, patrons are invited to bring their pups dressed in their best Halloween costume and enjoy a spooktacular evening filled with entertainment, festive treats, and tail-wagging excitement.
Clint Eastwood is back in the director’s seat, as Warner Bros. released the first trailer for his drama “Juror #2.”
The Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) proudly announces its first list of honorees for the 2024 SCAD Savannah Film Festival, scheduled to take place from Oct. 26 to Nov. 2.
Working on the design of Tyler Perry Studios, the first major film production campus in Georgia, is a lofty gig for a young architect and her design firm. But it’s where Maria Guerra-Stoll, now president and CEO of PAM Studios, cut her teeth in film studio design in 2007.
We were honored to attend The FACEs of Fashion: “A Celestial Experience” on Sunday night, September 29th. The venue was full of energy with a powerful networking reception, visual performances, and a runway fashion show. This is the first of several events to highlight Fulton County’s FACE 2024 Experience, which recognizes the county’s robust resources in fashion, art, culture, and education.
Cine Gear Expo announces that Free Registration is open for Atlanta’s top filmmaking art and technology event being held at the famous Trilith Studios in Fayetteville, Georgia on October 4-5, 2024.
The Miguel Wilson Collection and the Ride to the Olympics Foundation are hosting the 7th Annual Atlanta Fashion & Polo Classic weekend, Friday, October 11 – Sunday, October 13.
The Atlanta Women’s Film Festival is set to make a return on Sunday, October 13, 2024, at the Limelight Theater.
Level 77 Music brought home four Mark Awards at this year’s 10th Annual Mark Awards hosted by the Production Music Association (PMA) in Los Angeles on Sept. 25, 2024.
Imagine a world where storytelling isn’t confined to a screen or a set of speakers, but is an immersive, interactive experience. That’s gaming today.
At the end of last week and into the weekend, the Midtown Atlanta campus of the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) hosted its scheduled AnimationFest educational sessions and panels, creatively dodging the weather to keep attendees safe from the rain and winds of Hurricane Helene.
Wild Robot posted the third best opening for an animated movie in September with $35M after an $11.3M Friday (including near $2M previews) and $14.2M on Saturday.
Travis Moore is a Covington City Councilman and the Co-Owner of Covington Vacation Rentals, which he runs with his wife Lindsey. He joined Georgia Entertainment at Cinelease Studios – Three Ring studios to share his perspective on the region’s thriving tourism industry.
More than just a great name, renowned visual effects company Whiskeytree helps fortify Georgia’s bottom line. Owned and operating by Jonathan Harb, the San Rafael, California-based company opened in Alpharetta in January 2024 under the name The Whiskytree Southern Corp.
Georgia Entertainment has announced plans to hold their signature ‘From Script to Screen’ event series at the 41st annual Sundance Film Festival to spotlight the state’s resources, infrastructure, world class studio facilities, and incentives.
In this 2 part episode of The State of Esports, we get a full Games Week Georgia preview. Games Week Georgia, brought to you by Ghost Gaming and Skillshot, celebrates the video game and esports industry, bringing together gaming leaders and experts from around the world.
Producers for the picture include Mary Aloe for Aloe Entertainment, Hannah Leader for Luna Film Productions, Gillian Hormel and Joshua Harris for Atlanta-based PeachTree Media Partners. Harris’ daughter, Georgian actress Mila Harris plays young Mary.
Maximizing state tax benefits and minimizing state tax risks and exposures. These are two talents that keep tax advisor Jess Johannesen with Aprio LLP, a top 25 business advisory, tax, and accounting firm, a prominent asset to Georgia’s Creative Economy.
Last week, the new and improved ABV Gallery, showcasing the original works of Atlanta Artist Greg Mike, opened to the public in East Atlanta Village. With an impressive attendance of nearly 4,000 on its opening weekend, ABV has further cemented itself a prestigious place in the local art world.
The Atlanta-based president and managing partner of Peachtree Media Partners, formerly known as Gala Media Capital, and Gramercy Park Media was on location for the filming of World Breaker, a sci-fi action thriller he is producing, starring Milla Jovovich, Luke Evans and co-starring Mila Harris, his 13-year-old daughter.
Fulton County Arts & Culture is once again gearing up to become the FACE of the fashion scene as they prepare to host the FACEs of Fashion: “A Celestial Experience” event on Sunday, September 29 from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Fulton County Government Center, 141 Pryor St. SW, Atlanta, GA 30303.
Filmed in Dunwoody, Atlanta and Honolulu, “Red One” is set to hit theatres on Nov. 15.
The Creative Media Industries Institute (CMII) at Georgia State University is excited to welcome Autumn Bailey-Ford, Andre Henderson, Jared Mass, Catrice Swann, and Troy Taylor as the newest members of its esteemed Artists in Residence program.
In an upset nobody saw coming, the third weekend of Warner Bros’ Beetlejuice Beetlejuice stole No. 1 away from Paramount and Hasbro Entertainment’s Transformers One, $26M to $25M.
the only Afro Latino film festival in the southeast country is setting the stage to welcome film aficionados, Georgia filmmakers, Latino creatives, celebrities, industry professionals, students and community members eager to celebrate Latino culture from around the world for Hispanic Heritage Month.
CEO of Skullz Incorporated, Wes Byrd, has combined his skills in tech & e-commerce with his passion of gaming to create a successful Georgia-based business.
Netflix delivered an unforgettable experience to Georgians last night with a start studded ‘Geeked Week’ event at The Eastern in Reynoldstown.
With daring plot twists and high-stakes entertainment. Tulsa King Season 2 has rapidly climbed the ranks of this year’s most eagerly awaited shows.
The Motion Picture Association (MPA) today announced Prime Video & Amazon MGM Studios will become the newest member of the global trade association, joining the world’s largest film, TV, and streaming companies.
David Manuel is an advocate for all things artistic, aesthetically expressive, and authentically creative within the state of Georgia. A graduate of the Atlanta College of Art with a BFA in Advertising and Design, Manuel uses his expertise and extensive network to help bridge diverse cultures — using the arts as his vehicle and strongly contributing to the Creative Economy in the process.
Star Forest Project Reimagines Children’s Entertainment for the Digital Age with Multimedia Adventure of Immersive Storytelling, Music and Wonder
Atlanta Fashion Week (ATLFW) is back from October 2-7, 2024, with a highly anticipated lineup of cutting-edge fashion, art, and culture.
Governor Brian P. Kemp today joined the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD) in announcing that the state broke tourism records for the second year in a row and maintained its No. 5 market share ranking among all 50 states and Washington, D.C., for the fourth consecutive year.
The City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Technology and Innovation, in collaboration with the Atlanta Collegiate Entrepreneurship Syndicate (ACES), will host Avant South—the city’s groundbreaking event designed to foster innovation, entrepreneurship and technological advancement.
Commemorate Atlanta’s Creators With Food, Games and Fun at RE:IMAGINE’s 10th Anniversary Event
Leaders from the global video game industry will gather in Georgia for business conferences, culminating in DreamHack, ESL FACEIT Group’s gaming lifestyle festival, as it returns to Atlanta for the sixth time.
The event was an opportunity for the team to shine a spotlight on their world class stages, costumes, lighting + grip, sign shop, expendables and transportation services.
Governor Brian P. Kemp today delivered the keynote address at the second annual Governor’s Workforce Summit, during which he announced that Georgia has been named the No. 1 state for business for the 11th consecutive year by Area Development magazine.
On Friday evening, Paramount organized a special showing of the first two episodes of the second season of ‘Tulsa King’ for a group of VIP guests hosted by Senator & Chairman Matt Brass. Georgia Entertainment was honored to join alongside the Motion Picture Association to support the small gathering.
Spearheaded by Director David Manuel and his team, Emmy Award-winning news anchor WSBTV Karyn Greer opened up the preview event for The FACEs of Fashion – a Celestial Event and set the stage — teeing up the significance of Georgia’s emerging art of fashion as evident in Atlanta’s Fulton County.
The Georgia Film Academy (GFA) has emerged as a beacon of possibility within the state’s flourishing film industry, offering pathways into careers in film, TV, live-streaming broadcasts and new media.
Described as a “two-hander,” Spielberg’s UFO project is set to commence production February 2025 in New Jersey and Atlanta, Georgia.
The second weekend of September for all movies came close to the $100M mark for the first time since pre-Covid 2019 thanks to Warner Bros’ Beetlejuice Beetlejuice rally at the box office.
“[I] started my career renting cars on the southside of Atlanta,” Byrd says. But then, Georgia and its wonderland of opportunity brought career moves the car rental pro couldn’t have foreseen.
Today, the nonprofit Sundance Institute announced the final phase of its Request for Proposal (RFP) process to host the Sundance Film Festival beginning in 2027.
The Waldorf Astoria Atlanta Buckhead is delighted to announce the appointment of Chef Bermyson to Executive Chef, overseeing all aspects of the luxury property’s culinary offerings. Alongside Chef Bermyson’s arrival, the property has also welcomed Chef Keith Hyche, who will serve as Chef de Cuisine of the property’s signature brasserie-style restaurant, Brassica.
Host Julie Ann Crommett uses her background in media, entertainment, and inclusion, Julie Ann brings you inspiring conversations with changemakers and innovators who are making a real impact.
The problem that Angel Studios seeks to address is that a limited number of Hollywood studio decision-makers determine which films and television shows are made, and four out of five box office releases fail. Additionally, for every hit TV show, there are a hundred misses.
Julie Foster Straw is the Executive Director of RE:Imagine ATL, a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering the next generation of storytellers by providing young people with opportunities and resources in film and digital media.
Geeked Week is back for the fourth year, and this time we’re coming to you live from Atlanta.
It’s quite possible that no other state besides Georgia could be the ideal home base for Trilith Studios’ top executive, Frank Patterson. The entrepreneur, higher education thought leader, film director, production company founder, and studio executive at the largest purpose-built film studio in North America is a force of creative business activity.
Discover Dunwoody is proud to recognize Shelby Grady as the September recipient of our Distinguished Production Associate Recognition Program.
The Sundance Institute is on the clock to decide where the new home of its Sundance Film Festival will be as of 2027.
The Otis Redding Foundation (ORF) celebrated its 3rd Annual “King of Soul Music Festival” on September 6 and 7, 2024, in Macon, Georgia.
Georgia Entertainment made it’s first appearance at the 49th Toronto International Film Festival, one of the largest and most prestigious film festivals in the world. Spotlighting the cinematic achievements and industry infrastructure in the Peach State, Georgia remains on the mind of top international filmmakers.
“Atlanta-forward.” That’s the right-on description Doghouse Pictures’ founder and CEO Jeff Keating uses to describe the new limited series, Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist. The Atlanta premiere of Fight Night rocked a packed house at The Tara Theatre on Saturday night, beginning with opening remarks from Georgia Entertainment President Jezlan Moyet.
Bowden plans to retire Dec. 31 after 29 years working for the city’s convention and visitors bureau, VisitColumbusGA, including the past 21 years as president and CEO.
The eighth annual Georgia Film Festival will take place Sept. 12-14, featuring several University of North Georgia (UNG) students. This year’s films will be shown in the new cinema in the Gainesville Campus Performing Arts building.
Norman Milton Lear was born in New Haven, Connecticut, in the summer of 1922, but by the time he was nine years old, his nuclear family had shattered.
Chef Craig Richards, in partnership with the Woodruff Arts Center, will debut a new restaurant concept at the performance and visual arts campus in 2025. Elise will transform the former Table 1280 space on the campus, and it will mark the second restaurant venture for the chef and owner, who debuted the critically acclaimed Lyla Lila in 2019.
After two weeks of lighting up the streets of Venice, the red carpet continues to roll out for Hollywood’s biggest stars after making the trip across the transatlantic for the Toronto Film Festival (TIFF).
It is a sunny day at the David Zaslav-led Warner Bros Discovery today, for after a downer summer with Furiosa, Horizon, et al, the Burbank, CA lot is rising like a phoenix as Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice Beetlejuice grossed $42M on Saturday
“Big Magic Retreat” by Eat, Pray, Love author scheduled for October 4-6, 2024
Chil Studios, an award-winning creative studio in Atlanta recognized by Peerspace as one of the city’s top 10 meeting spaces, is thrilled to announce the launch of its membership program.
Games Week Georgia is back – the week of October first through the 6th will be host to competitions and events covering a wide spread of esports content. Including Oct 2nd’s Esports Summit held at Skillshot Atrium where you’ll find panels, workshops, speakers, leaders focused on gaming, esports, business, education, and how it all connects.
Many artists, filmmakers, and athletes in Georgia find it possible to focus more clearly on what they do best. That’s because they have a local resource handling the finances that allow them to create, execute, and flourish.
On October 5, 2024, plan to be at Trilith’s Town Centre from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. for a day filled with vibrant artistry, live music, and family-friendly activities.
Disney, together with its 20th Century Studios label, led summer 2024 (May 3-Labor Day) with $1.53 billion thanks to a comeback in brands Pixar with Inside Out 2 and MCU with Deadpool & Wolverine, as well as its Fox brands of Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes and Alien: Romulus.
“We believe Crafty Apes has a reputation for delivering top-tier digital work on many of the most well-known IP’s. As we have watched and worked with management for several years, our confidence in the team has only strengthened with their navigation of the business during the industry’s recent strikes.”
Justin Andrews, a Macon native, serves as the President of the Macon Film Festival’s Board of Directors. The festival, which recently wrapped up on August 18th, provided an invaluable experience for creatives from all over the country.
An entrepreneurial spirit led Davis and his wife, Jamie, to establish Atlanta-based Reel Supplies LLC in 2021, a building supply and equipment rental company.
SCADFILM Celebrates Animation with Exclusive Screenings and Presentations from Netflix, Adult Swim, DC Studios, IFC Films, Warner Bros., and SCAD Students
Out On Film, Atlanta’s LGBTQIA+ film festival, proudly announces that it has been officially recognized as a BAFTA-qualifying festival.
Georgia Entertainment has released program details and partners for its signature “From Script to Screen” event series at the 49th annual Toronto International Film Festival.
Organizers today announced the lineup for the 2024 Atlanta Digital World Summit (ADWS), set for Oct. 1, 2024 at Mercedes Benz Stadium.
Erica Lumpert brings a great deal to the picture in Georgia. The native New Yorker who relocated down South is the CEO of Security Associates of Coastal Georgia (SACG), a top provider of concierge security services to a number of industries – industrial, retail, school, and events among them.
On Sept. 7, 2024, at Tara Theatre, an Atlanta guest audience will premiere Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist, an eight-episode limited series based on a true story that cuts close to home.
In the last four years, our community has experienced the ripple effects of this burgeoning Creative Economy. And while they still are getting their arms around it, they are engaged and ready to embrace all the benefits that come with Georgia’s explosive film and entertainment industry.
Star Forest, the brainchild of Emmy Award-winning producer Genevieve LeDoux, is set to revolutionize how children engage with music, storytelling, and creativity.
On October 5, 2024, plan to be at Trilith’s Town Centre from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. for a day filled with vibrant artistry, live music, and family-friendly activities.
Blame the lack of want-to-see fare in addition to the return-to-school as this penultimate weekend of summer is coming in at $94.5M for all movies, -33% from last weekend.
The Museum of Illusions Atlanta is thrilled to announce a strange and unusual exhibit takeover that will transport visitors into the whimsical and eerie world of the highly anticipated film, “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.”
VisitColumbusGA Board of Commissioners announce the retirement of CEO, Peter Bowden, effective December 31, 2024.