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(Opening Night Ticket & Pass Holders Only)
It’s a Plaza Theatre institution! Lips Down On Dixie performs the interactive version of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” at midnight on both Fridays during the festival.
For more information, check out Lips Down On Dixie's website. Tickets will be available at The Plaza's Box Office.
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(Saturday Ticket & Pass Holders Only)
Hosted and programmed by Beau Brown—one of Atlanta's most prolific puppeteers—and Elizabeth Leary, “Touch the Puppet Head” is a combination of live puppetry performances and curated short puppet films. ‘It’s like a poetry slam except with more puppets and less sucking!’
Beau Brown is an Atlanta Film Festival Special Guest Programmer and the Director of Atlanta's Puppet Slam, The Puckin Fuppet Show; officially recognized and sponsored by the national Puppet Slam Network.
All puppetry arts programming for our 10-day festival was carefully curated by Beau, Elizabeth Leary and our festival programmers for the 2014 festival audience and filmmakers.
Ever wandered what a Best Boy or Key Grip does? Take a tour inside the grip truck. Local equipment house Day 1 Production Services will showcase different gear for lighting and camera support.
The Dinner Project is a series of filmed conversations featuring well-known Casting Directors. Over dinner professional Atlanta actors ask the CDs timely questions, gathered from your acting peers and relevant to the entertainment industry in the Southeast. During the panel, we will screen episode 2, featuring Jen Kelley and Rita Harrell of Big Picture Casting. Episode 1 featuring Mark Fincannon of Fincannon and Associates is availble online at http://thedinnerprojectshow.com/
The Scarecrow - Limbert Fabian, Brandon Oldenburg – USA – 3:33
Chipotle’s “The Scarecrow” is designed to help educate people about the world of industrial food production that supplies much of what they eat. The film is set in a dystopian fantasy world where all food production is controlled by fictional industrial giant Crow Foods.
Strange Wonderful - Stephanie Swart – USA – 4:18 [Competition]
Little monster goes to school that day. She thinks, 'They probably call me snail face when I'm not around.' Sometimes she gets lonely, but she can be happy too.
Confusion Through Sand – Danny Madden – USA - 12:00 [Competition]
A nineteen year old kid finds himself alone in a hostile desert, scared as hell and trained to react.
The Magnificent Lion Boy - Ana Caro – UK - 11:24 [Competition]
Whilst leading an expedition to Africa, anthropologist Leonard Orlov discovers a feral child living a brutal and primitive existence. Horrified, he brings the creature back to Victorian London, intent on civilizing the child.
Crime - Alix Lambert, Sam Chou – USA/Canada – 4:26 [Competition]
When Hartford teacher Marcus McGhee has his car stolen, the police refuse to assist him.
Fingers Tale - Luca Schenato, Sinem Vardarli – Turkey – 4:06 [Competition]
An unusual adventure of a team of toes.
Dji. Death Fails - Dmitri Voloshin – Moldova – 4:56 [Competition]
Dji is an unlucky reaper. All he has to do is collect the soul of a dying man, but many obstacles prevent him from completing this simple process.
Snowdysseus - Evan Curtis – USA – 5:36 [Competition]
“Snowdysseus” explores the vulnerability in nostalgia for one's home.
The Wanderer of Saint-Marcel - Rony Hotin – France – 8:00 [Competition]
In the Parisian subway, a happy homeless in spite of his conditions. Every night, after the closure of its station, its dreams take life
Monkey Rag - Joanna Davidovich – USA – 3:45 [Competition]
A bouncy, animated romp set to the rollicking Asylum Street Spankers tune.
Olive - Harriet-Lane Ngo – USA – 3:04 [Competition]
Olive finds herself lost in the woods. When she sees a tree in the clearing, she attempts to climb it.
directed by Ti West
USA, 2013, English, 95 minutes
From acclaimed writer/director Ti West, “The Sacrament” follows two Vice media correspondents as they set out to document their friend's search to find his missing sister. They travel outside of the United States to an undisclosed location where they are welcomed into the world of 'Eden Parish,' a self-sustained rural utopia comprised of nearly 200 members. At the center of this small, religious, socialist community is a mysterious leader known only as 'Father.' As their friend reunites with his sister, it becomes apparent to the newcomers that this paradise may not be as it seems. What started as just another documentary shoot soon becomes a race to escape with their lives.
The Attack of the Robots from Nebula 5 - Chema García Ibarra - Spain – 6:26
Almost everybody is going to die very soon. Fortunately for some, the impending attack of the robots has been forecasted.
Protoparticles - Chema García Ibarra – Spain - 7:30
The experiment was almost a success: protomatter exists.
Mystery - Chema García Ibarra – Spain – 11:00 [Competition]
They say that if you put your ear to the back of his neck, you can hear the Virgin talk.
Get an early look at latest episode of FOX Sports South's Emmy® Award-winning series DRIVEN, profiling Atlanta Braves fan favorite Evan Gattis. As a 26-year old rookie, the catcher, left fielder and occasional first baseman slugged his way to 21 home runs and 65 RBIs. The real story, however, is the long and winding road he took to make it to the major leagues. A high school phenom, he walked away from a baseball scholarship to Texas A&M University as he battled anxiety, substance abuse and depression. He found himself working odd jobs, including as a golf cart driver, ski lift operator and janitor. In 2010 he decided to give baseball another try. Three years later, he made the Braves’ big league roster during spring training and burst into the national spotlight, winning National League Rookie of the Month awards in both April and May of 2013.
DRIVEN, an original programming series, provides viewers with inspiring stories of dedication, accomplishments and success in sports by taking a deeper look at individuals and organizations with the innate drive to rise above their circumstances, fulfill their dreams and provide the rest of us with lasting memories. Upcoming episodes in 2014 include the stories of war hero-turned UFC fighter-turned college football analyst Brian Stann and Braves All-Star closer Craig Kimbrel.
Between Regularity and Irregularity - Masahiro Tsutani – Japan - 7:50
Nature creates the glow of light and the beauty of a shape in a chaotic worldview of finely-detailed images filled with light.
End, End, End - Jonathan Rattner – USA - 8:46
“End, End, End” is an experimental short on the fragmentary nature of thoughts, memories, and emotions.
On Loop - Christine Hooper – UK - 5:00
Four in the morning, crapped out, yawning.
Saturar - Joshua Winters – USA - 1:35
The film in which a man is squirted with ketchup and mustard.
Close the Lid, Gently: A Home Document Scan - Ariana Gerstein – USA - 5:30
A video made entirely from 2 home desktop scanners- one a photo scanner, the other a refurbished low end document scanner. Each has it's own texture and sees the domestic environment in it's own particular way, one scan at a time.
Déjà-vu - Jean-Guillaume Bastien – Canada - 4:00
Five women share a sense of deja-vu.
Black Box Recorder - Abinadi Meza – USA - 2:21
A film about memory, time and the streams of images that form our consciousness.
Inversion - Linda Fenstermaker – USA - 12:00
"Inversion" creates an open space for female consciousness, embodying intimate dialogs between filmmaker, camera and subject.
Dancing Glitch - Michael Betancourt – France/USA - 2:30
“Lumiere vue no. 76” (1896) of choreographer and dancer Loie Fuller, whose Serpentine Dance was an early inspiration for Cubist abstraction, provided the original source material for this visual music work.
Malaria - Edson Oda – USA - 5:32
The story of Fabiano, a young Mercenary who is hired to kill Death.
Listen - Monteith McCollum – Sweden/USA - 10:00
A short film made as part of a collaboration of works curated by Slamdance Film Festival, “Listen” examines shortwave radio as a technology that can be utilized not only for communication, but also abstract sound art.
Made possible by Epting Events.
(Friday Ticket & Pass Holders Only)
It’s a Plaza Theatre institution! Lips Down On Dixie performs the interactive version of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” at midnight on both Fridays during the festival.
For more information, check out Lips Down On Dixie's website. Tickets will be available at The Plaza's Box Office.
So It Goes - performed by ContraVerse - MT Simpson - USA
Winner from the Creative Loafing Short Cuts Contest.
directed by Richard Ayoade
UK, 2013, English, 93 minutes
Simon James is a ghost. Friends, family, and coworkers meet his every action with complete indifference. He grimly goes through the motions, hoping for recognition that never comes. All of this changes when James Simon arrives. Physically, James and Simon are dead ringers. Yet in temperament, James is everything Simon is not: personable, spontaneous, assertive and desirable. When James begins to take over Simon’s life, he is forced to act. Jesse Eisenberg’s fantastic double performance is bolstered by a cast of seasoned character actors who bring Simon James’s gloomy retro world to life. Directed with a deftly comic hand and assured visual technique by Richard Ayoade, "The Double" is a stylish black comedy with acerbic wit to spare.
PARTY DETAILS
Location: The Highland Inn Ballroom, 716 Ponce De Leon Pl NE, Atlanta, GA 30306
Time: 9:00PM
Admission: Ticket & pass holders ONLY
Our 2014 Atlanta Film Festival opening night party is made possible by Epting Events.
PASS HOLDER RSVP
All pass holders are REQUIRED to RSVP for the opening night film and must bring their printed or mobile digital RSVP with them to the door. Your pass does not guarantee admission into the theatre for this screening due to high-demand. If RSVPs have sold out, you will be placed on a waitlist; pass holders who register on the waitlist will be given priority if seats are available after ticket-buyers have been admitted. Pass holders with a RSVP will be admitted into Priority Seating Group A; a greeter will be available at all ATLFF venues to guide you to the correct line. This RSVP is for pass holders ONLY; ticket-buyers do not need to RSVP.
MovieHopper Cards, Film Passes, and Companion Tickets do not include the opening or closing night films/parties. You may purchase an individual ticket below.
directed by Gareth Evans
Indonesia, 2013, Indonesian, 148 min.
Immediately following the events of the original, “The Raid 2” tracks Officer Rama as he is pressured to join an anti-corruption task force to guarantee protection for his wife and child. His mission is to get close to a new mob boss, Bangun, by befriending his incarcerated son, Uco. Rama must hunt for information linking Bangun with corruption in the Jakarta Police Department while pursuing a dangerous and personal vendetta that threatens to consume him and bring his mission — and the organized crime syndicate — down around him.
Part of Xfinity On Demand Encore Day!
The Scarecrow - Limbert Fabian, Brandon Oldenburg – USA – 3:33
Chipotle’s “The Scarecrow” is designed to help educate people about the world of industrial food production that supplies much of what they eat. The film is set in a dystopian fantasy world where all food production is controlled by fictional industrial giant Crow Foods.
Strange Wonderful - Stephanie Swart – USA – 4:18 [Competition]
Little monster goes to school that day. She thinks, 'They probably call me snail face when I'm not around.' Sometimes she gets lonely, but she can be happy too.
Confusion Through Sand – Danny Madden – USA - 12:00 [Competition]
A nineteen year old kid finds himself alone in a hostile desert, scared as hell and trained to react.
The Magnificent Lion Boy - Ana Caro – UK - 11:24 [Competition]
Whilst leading an expedition to Africa, anthropologist Leonard Orlov discovers a feral child living a brutal and primitive existence. Horrified, he brings the creature back to Victorian London, intent on civilizing the child.
Crime - Alix Lambert, Sam Chou – USA/Canada – 4:26 [Competition]
When Hartford teacher Marcus McGhee has his car stolen, the police refuse to assist him.
Fingers Tale - Luca Schenato, Sinem Vardarli – Turkey – 4:06 [Competition]
An unusual adventure of a team of toes.
Dji. Death Fails - Dmitri Voloshin – Moldova – 4:56 [Competition]
Dji is an unlucky reaper. All he has to do is collect the soul of a dying man, but many obstacles prevent him from completing this simple process.
Snowdysseus - Evan Curtis – USA – 5:36 [Competition]
“Snowdysseus” explores the vulnerability in nostalgia for one's home.
The Wanderer of Saint-Marcel - Rony Hotin – France – 8:00 [Competition]
In the Parisian subway, a happy homeless in spite of his conditions. Every night, after the closure of its station, its dreams take life
Monkey Rag - Joanna Davidovich – USA – 3:45 [Competition]
A bouncy, animated romp set to the rollicking Asylum Street Spankers tune.
Olive - Harriet-Lane Ngo – USA – 3:04 [Competition]
Olive finds herself lost in the woods. When she sees a tree in the clearing, she attempts to climb it.
Made possible by Epting Events.
(Sunday Ticket & Pass Holders Only)
