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.
Peter Rumbold leads Shadowbox Studios, a global studio services platform that provides state-of-the-art, purpose-built soundstage campuses and key production services in Georgia and the United Kingdom. Its Georgia campus alone offers some 850,000 square feet of production facilities.
Citizens Community Bank is proud to announce the appointment of Cathy Parker as the new Business Development Officer.
The Otis Redding Foundation, (ORF), is proud to announce the 2024 “King Of Soul Music Festival” on September 6 and…
BronzeLens 15th Anniversary Film Festival Recognizes… Legendary Filmmaker Bill Duke Gil Robertson, President of the African American Film Critics Association, and Shaunya Chavis Rucker, Multi-Emmy Award-Winning Veteran television journalist and Fulton County Films Division Manager!!
The Atlanta Dream are set to play their second of two games against the Indiana Fever at State Farm Arena on Monday, Aug. 26 at 7:30 p.m. The first matchup set the record for attendance of an WNBA game in the state of Georgia with a sold-out crowd of 17,575, and the rematch is expected to break the record again.
This fall, students at Georgia State University College of Law will have the unique opportunity to delve into the legal aspects of Issa Rae’s career under the guidance of their professor.
Georgia Entertainment watched Thursday night as filmgoers celebrated Georgia-born actors at the Atlanta screening of The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat at the Springs Cinema and Taphouse in Sandy Springs.
Chick-Fil-A is moving aggressively into the entertainment space with plans to launch a slate of originals for its own streaming platform. Deadline understands…
Ask anyone, regardless of profession or background, and they will tell you that it is notoriously hard to break into a career in the film industry. That’s exactly what Trilith Institute is trying to do away with. With a new slate of classes designed specifically to help bridge the gap between where you are and making it in the industry, they hope to launch the next generation of creatives in Georgia.
“The Gates,” the first new daytime soap opera in a quarter century, will shoot at Assembly Studios in Doraville, a major coup for both the studio and the state.
“You can be a real working artist and make a good life here. The same cannot be said for a lot of major cities,” says Billy Gabor, a veteran film colorist with the Atlanta office of Company 3.
Watch the season 2 trailer for Georgia-based “Tulsa King” out now.
The Woodruff Arts Center is pleased to announce that Ann Marie Bedtke joined the organization as Executive Vice President and Deputy Director.
“Being involved in ‘Signing Day’ has shown me the incredible synergy between Georgia’s film industry and it’s sports culture. The film, festival and the Unscripted event are a testament to how our state nurtures talent and fosters collaborations that highlight Georgia’s rich heritage in both arenas.” Champ Bailey
Join the Trilith Institute for an incredible night of conversation with acclaimed actress and acting coach, Diane Venora (Heat, Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet, Hamlet, Bird).
A photographer shares her first person account of her recent “unique and captivating” stay in Francis Ford Coppola’s new All-Movie Hotel in Peachtree City, Georgia.
Watch behind the scenes footage of “Descendants: The Rise of Red” which was filmed at Georgia-based Cinelease Studios – Three Ring Studio.
BronzeLens opens its annual film festival with a special screening of Peacock’s limited series FIGHT NIGHT: THE MILLION DOLLAR HEIST, Wednesday, August 21 at the Tara Atlanta Theater.
Francis Ford Coppola‘s “Megalopolis” is bringing in some extra help for the lead-up to its theatrical release — and the “Godfather” auteur didn’t even have to look outside his own family for it.
He is Tim Minard, CEO of Georgia-based Eclipse Gaming, creators of player-connective gaming experiences found in commercial settings worldwide. And he’s a man who realizes the transformative power that entertainment, sport and experiential storytelling play in positively engaging people and reaching future generations.
The World Chamber of Commerce is honored to announce the Sneak Preview of the meaningful documentary, *No One Heals Alone*, which explores the harrowing journeys of Veterans coping with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).