Fri, May 1 · 7 PM
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Atlanta Film Festival 2026 program: EXPERIMENTAL SHORTS. Featured films include nearer to thee in a triptych, Stroad Movie, Before the Freeze, Final Cut, The Future is Virtual (The Future is Virtual), Good Neighbors Care, Materia and more. nearer to thee in a triptych: A 16mm elegy where light slowly reveals objects left behind, tracing presence through red and winter. Stroad Movie: A kaleidoscopic portrait of the landscape designed to be everything. You dare resist your consumer destiny? Before the Freeze, Final Cut: A mother's fragile mental state shatters when an interruption involving insecticide threatens the lives of her daughter and dog. The Future is Virtual (The Future is Virtual): Luca subscribes to a revolution that will bring humanity into virtuality, but behind his hopelessness is a desire for human connection Good Neighbors Care: A chemical company in North Carolina promises environmental stewardship, while neighbors suffer due to the ecological disaster they caused. Materia: Materia transforms ordinary objects into vast terrains of light and texture, revealing a hidden kinship between the human body and minerals. OPERATION WANDERING SOUL ////////// GHOST TAPE NUMBER 10: a war vet upset over his daughters suicide is tricked by con artists who end up playing him a tape of his own war crimes SYSTEM BOOTING (비인가 시스템: 작동 오류): A counter-signal to techno-Orientalism: glitch and silence expose how sci-fi scripts the Asian body. Simulacrumbs: Haunted by a craving she can’t quite name, a woman’s fixation on little treats unravels into a surreal descent through her own mind. Manifesto of Feeble and Bitter Love: A tactile 16mm direct animation where fracturing, chromatic light meets a haunted, rhythmic soundscape. Chasing The Sound Out: Filmed during a house show with friends, Chasing the Sound Out grows out of an ongoing personal inquiry into infrastructure and relationships. Is it war? (الحرب جات؟): Jafar mentally denies the truths of his homeland's conflict in Sudan and the horrors of war and displacement, before it destroys his mind.
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Show
7:00pm
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Getting There
1049 Ponce De Leon Ave NE Atkins Park, GA
Free lot parking