film freeway accredited
georgia Shorts
Film festival
Sunday, May 14th | 2023 | Wild Heaven West End Brewery & Gardens
Welcome to the georgia shorts film festival
The Georgia Shorts Film Festival is a theatrical screening event in Atlanta for independent films of all genres. The Georgia Shorts Film Festival also recognizes exceptional filmmaking and screenwriting with awards and nominations by our judging panel.
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Short Films
The Georgia Shorts Film Festival is a theatrical screening event in Atlanta, GA, for independent short films of all genres. We are excited to showcase not only some of the best films from Georgia and the Southeast, but also showcase some of the best films from around the world to Georgia audiences.
Screenplays
The Georgia Shorts Film Festival (GSFF) also recognizes exceptional screenwriting with awards and nominations by our judging panel.
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2023 Official
Selections
FILMS
Aion
Aww, Shit!
Bendix: Site Unseen
Blood in My Eyes music video
Bright Morning Stars: The Johnsons of Hemphill
Canton Abbey
Church Camp
Conflict
Could This Have Been An Email
Dissonance
Ed’s Last Will
Essentially Amy
Family
Feetless Shoes
Find Me In The Morning – Apacalda
For Paloma
Gender Outlaw, a bodysurfing story
Ghosted
Go
Greenhouse
H A N G M A N
Half
Hit or Miss
Match Day
Midnight Snack: What Would You do for Soup?
Nine Months to November
Reclaim Your Water: TheBrosFresh
Ringing Rocks
Solita
Stillness
The Boston Photograph
The Service
Under The Sun
Who Sits Beside Us in The Bath
Winter’s Year
SCREENPLAYS
Achilles’ Heel
BF
CandyByte
Canton Abbey Pilot
Code Name “Brenda”
Dr. Apples: The Eye
Finding Emmaus
Happy Boy
Left & Leaving
Leia
Olivia’s Oasis
Pal
Sleeps Like the Dead
Straw on the Camel
The Shadow PPL
Til the End of Summer
2023 Award
Nominations
Best Action/ Horror/ Thriller Film
Aww, Shit!
Dissonance
GO- Winner!
Solita
The Service
Best Animated Film
Midnight Snack: What Would You do for Soup?- Winner!
Best Drama Film
Essentially Amy
Family
Half
Nine Months to November
Stillness- Winner!
Under The Sun
Best Dark Drama
Aion
Conflict
For Paloma
H A N G M A N- Winner!
Ringing Rocks
Best Documentary Film
Bendix: Site Unseen
Bright Morning Stars: The Johnsons of Hemphill- Winner!
Gender Outlaw, a bodysurfing story
Reclaim Your Water: TheBrosFresh
The Boston Photograph
Best Comedy Film
Canton Abbey
Church Camp
Could This Have Been An Email- Winner!
Hit or Miss
Match Day
Best Dark Comedy
Ghosted- Winner!
Feetless Shoes
Best Georgia Film
Aww, Shit!
Canton Abbey
Could This Have Been An Email
GO
The Service- Winner!
Best Music Video
Blood in My Eyes
Find Me In The Morning- Winner!
Best Experimental Film
Greenhouse
Who Sits Beside Us in The Bath
Winter’s Year- Winner!
Best Cinematography
Bright Morning Stars: The Johnsons of Hemphill
Dissonance
Gender Outlaw, a bodysurfing story
Greenhouse- Winner!
Best Editing
Bendix: Site Unseen
Ghosted
Match Day
Reclaim Your Water: TheBrosFresh
Solita- Winner!
Best Orginal Music
For Paloma
Under The Sun
Winter’s Year
Who Sits Beside Us in The Bath- Winner!
Best Actress
Aurelia Riley- For Paloma
Bonny Bruer- Dissonance
Jillian Walzer- Hit or Miss- Winner!
Stacy Chu- Essentially Amy
Best Actor
Clay Randel- Match Day
Johnno Wilson- Ghosted
Peter Stormare- H A N G M A N
Sedrick J Lakpa- GO- Winner!
Best Ensemble Cast
Canton Abbey- Winner!
Conflict
Could This Have Been An Email
Feetless Shoes
Ghosted
Best Director
Andrew D Bourne- Church Camp
Ari Groobman- Essentially Amy
Julie O’Hora- The Service
Lucas Hicks- Under The Sun
Sam Upton- H A N G M A N- Winner!
Best Overall Film
Bendix: Site Unseen
Feetless Shoes
Ghosted- Winner!
H A N G M A N
Under The Sun
Best Short Comedy Film Screenplay
Canton Abbey Pilot- Winner!
Happy Boy
Best Short Drama Film Screenplay
Code Name “Brenda”
Pal- Winner!
Best Horror Film Screenplay
CandyByte
Straw on the Camel- Winner!
Best Feature Length Drama Film Screenplay
Finding Emmaus
Olivia’s Oasis- Winner!
Our Venue
Wild Heaven West End Brewery & Gardens
1010 White St SW, Atlanta, GA 30310
