Atlanta Spotlight Film Festival

Atlanta Spotlight Film Festival closes the year by bringing together short films that made an impact throughout the season. The focus is on strong work, attentive audiences, and a weekend built around watching films and talking about them.

Spotlight is for filmmakers who want one more meaningful screening at the end of the year. You get to see your film with an audience again, spend time with other filmmakers, and end the season in a room full of people who care about short film.

Spotlight is not about discovery. It is a curated selection of standout short films from the year. Every film that gets in screens. The program is tight on purpose so films are not lost in a crowded schedule. People sit, watch, and stay engaged.

Submissions are open to short films in all genres, including narrative, documentary, comedy, horror, animation, experimental, student, and music video. Films that have played other festivals during the year are encouraged to enter.

What makes Spotlight useful is timing. It gives filmmakers a shared end-of-year moment to recognize work that stood out. The event includes screenings, filmmaker conversations, and a final awards presentation with category honors such as Film of the Year, Best Director, Audience Choice, and other focused awards.

Atlanta Spotlight Film Festival gives the year a proper ending. The strongest short films of the season screen together, and the filmmakers behind them get a final platform to be seen.

Spotlight is produced by Atlanta Film Series.