film freeway accredited
Summer in
the south
Labor Day Weekend | Sunday, September 3rd | 2023 | Wild Heaven West End Brewery & Gardens
Welcome to the summer in the south film festival
A wonderful way to close out the summer with a celebration of creativity in film in Atlanta, GA.
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Short Films
Summer in the South Film Festival welcomes filmmakers and their amazing films as we say goodbye to summer over Labor Day weekend – in the heart of the South – Atlanta, GA. We have an entire day packed with independent film screenings, Q&As with the filmmakers, live panels with professionals in the film industry, and networking.
Screenplays
Script writers, in addition to submitting your script to the festival we also provide optional script coverage. Script coverage with our festival includes the price of your submission fee. Your work will be analyzed by a Cinema Life filmmaker who’s produced award winning films, has extensive writing experience, and also understands the indie way of filmmaking.
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Cinema Life Memberships
Annual Event Pass
Access to six Atlanta based film festivals and our monthly pitch/networking event.
Annual Submission Pass
Includes the Ultimate Filmmaker Bundle and 1 Film OR 1 Script submission to all Cinema Life Festivals and judges notes.
2023 Official Trailer
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Featured Films
2023 Award Nominations
Best Action/ Sci Fi Film
Reign
The Next Stop- Winner!
Best Animated Film
The Discarded
Trash Cats: Paranormal Investigations- Winner!
Best Comedy Film
Brute Force
Operation: Breakfast Menu
White Now Please- Winner!
Best Dark Comedy Film
Barely Breathing- Winner!
My Daughter, My All
Taxidermy Tim
The Discarded
Best Documentary
Bāan (Home)
Black is Beautiful- Winner!
Best Drama Film
Exhausted
Pretty Stranger
Rainbow Sun
Under The Sun- Winner!
Best Horror/ Experimental Film
The Iron Sheik Massacre- Winner!
The Voice in Isabel Fleiss’s Office
They Don’t Leave
Best Director
Derek Evans- Barely Breathing
Malik J. Ali- Rainbow Sun
Marco Antonio Ortega- Black is Beautiful
Lisa Drupsteen- Taxidermy Tim
Lucas Hicks- Under the Sun- Winner!
Best Actor
Anthony Misiano- Brute Force
Brad Banacka- My Daughter, My All
Carlos Tucker- Rainbow Sun
Neal Reddy- Barely Breathing- Winner!
Best Actress
Janet Carter- Exhausted- Winner!
Madeleine Wood- Rainbow Sun
Ming Zhao- Reign
Veronica Street- The Next Stop
Best Ensemble Cast
Barely Breathing
Rainbow Sun- Winner!
Brute Force
White Now Please
Best Cinematography
Brute Force
The Next Stop
Under the Sun- Winner!
White Now Please
Best Georgia Film
Bāan (Home)
Barely Breathing- Winner!
My Daughter, My All
Under the Sun
Screenplay Finalists
A Moving Day
Robbery Of An Essence
Sally and Glenn at the Palace
The Woman Called Thursday
Waiting Room
Whine
2023 Official Selections
FILMS
Bāan (Home)
Barely Breathing
Black is Beautiful
Brute Force
Exhausted
My Daughter, My All
Operation: Breakfast Menu
Pretty Stranger
Rainbow Sun
Reign
Taxidermy Tim
The Discarded
The Iron Sheik Massacre
The Next Stop
The Voice in Isabel Fleiss’s Office
They Don’t Leave
Trash Cats: Paranormal Investigations
Under The Sun
White Now Please
SCREENPLAYS
A Moving Day
Robbery Of An Essence
Sally and Glenn at the Palace
The Woman Called Thursday
Waiting Room
Whine
Our Venue
Wild Heaven West End Brewery & Gardens
1010 White St SW, Atlanta, GA 30310
