Little 5 Points Film Festival

The Little 5 Points Film Festival brings independent films, filmmakers, and audiences together for four days of screenings, filmmaker Q&As, parties, and neighborhood events in one of Atlanta's most distinctive neighborhoods.

Come for the films. Stay for the neighborhood.

The Little 5 Points Film Festival celebrates independent cinema in one of Atlanta's most diverse, eclectic, and unconventional neighborhoods.

Known for its alternative culture, independent businesses, music, art, and rebellious spirit, Little Five Points has always welcomed people who think, create, and live differently. Our festival reflects that same spirit through a diverse lineup of films, filmmakers, stories, and perspectives.

Over four days, the festival brings together independent features and shorts from across genres and cultures, along with filmmaker Q&As, special events, mixers, and after-parties throughout the neighborhood.

From comedy, drama, and documentary to horror, animation, experimental cinema, and films that defy categories, we celebrate different voices and approaches to storytelling.

The Little 5 Points Film Festival brings independent filmmakers, artists, local businesses, and audiences together for a celebration that extends beyond the theater.

Filmmaker Q&As, mixers, after-parties, and neighborhood events create opportunities to meet the people behind the films, exchange ideas, and make new connections.

With screenings and activities throughout Little Five Points, the neighborhood itself becomes part of the festival experience.

We're looking for films that reflect the independent spirit of Little Five Points.

Our programming welcomes narrative features and shorts, documentaries, animation, experimental films, comedies, dramas, and work that doesn't fit neatly into any category.

Your film might be offbeat, deeply personal, funny, unsettling, or unlike anything we've seen before.

We value originality, creative storytelling, and filmmakers willing to take chances, regardless of budget or experience.

Just like the neighborhood that inspires it, the Little 5 Points Film Festival embraces variety.

Our programming brings together filmmakers from different backgrounds, cultures, and experiences, showcasing stories that entertain, challenge, surprise, and introduce audiences to new perspectives.

We welcome everything from traditional narratives to unconventional storytelling, from deeply personal films to offbeat comedies, documentaries, and experimental work.

Whether your film is funny, moving, unsettling, thought-provoking, or simply unlike anything we've seen before, we're interested in original voices and stories worth sharing.

Little 5 Points is more than the festival's location. It's part of its identity.

Known for its street art, live music, vintage shops, independent restaurants, bars, and alternative culture, the neighborhood has long been a gathering place for Atlanta's creative community.

The festival brings that community together through film screenings, social gatherings, and collaborations with neighborhood businesses and venues.

Between screenings, explore the neighborhood, meet fellow filmmakers, grab food or drinks, and experience what makes Little Five Points different.

We welcome independent features and shorts across all genres, styles, and budgets.

There are no premiere requirements. Whether your film is making its debut or has already screened elsewhere, we're interested in original stories and filmmakers with something to say.

Selected filmmakers will have opportunities to screen their work, meet audiences, participate in Q&As, attend festival gatherings, and connect with other independent filmmakers.