Upcoming 2027 Atlanta Film FEstivals

Atlanta Spotlight Film Festival
Jan
9

Atlanta Spotlight Film Festival

Spotlight is Atlanta’s end-of-year short film festival celebrating standout work from the season. We bring together award-winning and festival-recognized shorts for live screenings, filmmaker meetups, and a focused awards event each December.

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Atlanta Documentary Film Festival
Mar
18
to Mar 21

Atlanta Documentary Film Festival

ATL DOC, aka Atlanta Docufest, is one of the longest-running documentary film festivals in the United States. For over twenty years, it’s been a place for films that tell the truth, start conversations, and bring people together.


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Atlanta Shortsfest
May
14
to May 16

Atlanta Shortsfest

The 18th Annual Atlanta Shortsfest returns May 14 - 16, 2027 at 7 Stages. Nearly 100 short films from around the world, live screenings, and filmmakers in attendance across three packed days in Little Five Points.


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Atlanta Underground Film Festival
Aug
12
to Aug 15

Atlanta Underground Film Festival

Join us August 12-15, 2027 at 7 Stages Theatre in the Little 5 Points neighborhood in Atlanta, Georgia for the 24th annual Atlanta Underground Film Festival. Discover four days of independent films, filmmaker Q&As, mixers, after parties and much more.


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Atlanta Horror Film Festival
Oct
7
to Oct 10

Atlanta Horror Film Festival

Celebrating 21 years of independent horror, Atlanta HorrorFest is Georgia’s original horror film festival. Join us for four days of feature films, shorts, horror comedies, filmmaker Q&As, panels, mixers, late-night parties and the Saturday Horror Crawl in Little 5 Points. 


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