46th Atlanta Film Festival unveils short films lineup

March 31, 2022 (Deed News) – Atlanta Film Festival, or ATLFF, an Oscar-Qualifying Film Festival, has announced the short films lineup for the 46th edition.

The 46th Atlanta Film Festival, or ATLFF22, has announced the short films lineup for the 2022 edition of the festival, which is scheduled to take place from April 21-May 1 at the Plaza Theater in Atlanta, GA, in the U.S.

The Atlanta Film Festival (ATLFF) is the Southeast’s preeminent celebration of cinema and the flagship production of the Atlanta Film Society. The festival is one of the largest and longest-running festivals in the U.S.

ATLFF showcases the work of both emerging and established artists and is one of less than twenty U.S. film festivals that is Academy Awards-Qualifying in all three shorts categories: Narrative Short, Documentary Short, and Animated Short.

Atlanta Film Festival: Short Films Lineup

The 46th Atlanta Film Festival has announced the short films lineup in four competition sections:

• Narrative Shorts
• Documentary Shorts
• Animated Shorts
• Experimental Shorts

Narrative Short Films Lineup

A lineup of 44 narrative short films from 13 countries have been selected to compete in the Narrative Shorts competition section of the 46th Atlanta Film Festival, or ATLFF22. The narrative short films are from USA, Australia, UAE, Puerto Rico, Ireland, Iceland, UK, France, Iran, Belgium, Canada, Belgium, Bangladesh.

1. THE AGENT by Emily Frances Kaplan / from USA
2. ARTISTIC by Nina Lee / from USA
3. BEAUTIFUL THEY by Cloudy Rhodes / from Australia
4. THE BOND by Jahmil Eady / from USA
5. BURY YOUR FISH by Emma Josephson / from USA
6. CHAMP by Hannah Peterson / from USA
7. CHICKEN by Rana Roy / from USA, UAE
8. CLEARING HOUSE by Andy Long / from USA
9. COCHE BOMBA by Kantú Lentz / from USA
10. A DEER LOST IN THE WOODS by Camilo Diaz / from USA
11. DON’T GO WHERE I CAN’T FIND YOU by Rioghnach Ni Ghrioghair / from Ireland
12. EL EXTRAÑO EN LA CASA RIVERA by Esteban Bailey / from USA, Puerto Rico
13. EMPTY NESTERS by Devon Solwold / from USA
14. GLITTER AIN’T GOLD by Christian Nolan Jones / from USA
15. HEARTLESS by Haukur Björgvinsson / from Iceland
16. HOOK UP by Laura Nagy / from Australia
17. KISS CHASE by Ebele Tate / from UK
18. LADYLIKE! by Camila Florez / from USA
19. LEASING SPACE by Giovanni Tortorici / from USA
20. LEYLAK by Scott Aharoni, Dennis Latos / from USA
21. MAN OR TREE by Varun Raman, Tom Hancock / from UK
22. MOLES by Vanja Victor Kabir Tognola / from Switzerland
23. MOSHARI by Nuhash Humayun / from Bangladesh
24. NEST by James Hunter / from Australia
25. OUR OWN LAND by Simon Helloco / from France
26. POOR GLENNA by Jean-Paul DiSciscio / from USA
27. POST-CITRUS by Madison Hatfield / from USA
28. RAYA by Sepide Berenji / from Iran
29. ROY by Tom Berkeley, Ross White from UK
30. SHARK by Nash Edgerton / from Australia
31. SHE KEEPS ME by Erica Orofino / from Canada
32. SPAGHETTER GETTER by Jared Lapidus / from USA
33. SUPERFAN by Karina Lomelin Ripper, Marc Ripper / from USA
34. SUSHI NOH by Jayden Rathsam Hua / from Australia
35. SWIPE by Anthony Sneed / from USA
36. THE SYED FAMILY XMAS EVE GAME NIGHT by Fawzia Mirza / from USA
37. THEREFORE, SOCRATES IS MORTAL by Alexandre Isabelle / from Canada
38. THIS IS OUR HOME by A.K. Espada / from USA
39. TITAN by Valéry Carnoy / from Belgium, France
40. TRAINING WHEELS by Alison Rich / from USA
41. TRYING by Jason Park / from USA
42. WHILE MORTALS SLEEP by Alex Fofonoff / from USA
43. WOLFDOG by Nick Snow / from USA
44. A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE by Gauri Adelkar / from USA

Documentary Short Films Lineup

A lineup of 20 documentary short films from 8 countries have been selected to compete in the Documentary Shorts competition section of the 46th Atlanta Film Festival, or ATLFF22. The documentary short films are from USA, Canada, Switzerland, Russia, Cyprus, Malaysia, UK, France.

1. ALMEDA by Paul Hairston / from USA
2. BABUSHKA by Kristina Wagenbauer / from Canada, Switzerland, Russia
3. THE BEAUTIFUL CONFUSION by Luis G. Santos / from USA
4. CHILLY & MILLY by William D. Caballero / from USA
5. CHUU CHUU by Mackie Mallison / from USA
6. DEERWOODS DEATHTRAP by James P. Gannon / from USA
7. EVERY SUNDAY by Keti Papadema / from Cyprus
8. F1-100 by Emory Chao Johnson / from USA, Malaysia
9. THE GAME GOD(S) by Adrian L. Burrell / from USA
10. A HOMECOMING I’LL REMEMBER by Jasmine Rene’ McCaskill / from USA
11. LAST DAYS OF AUGUST by Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck, Robert Machoian / from USA
12. MEET THE TEAM TAKING J-SETTING FROM UNDERGROUND CLUBS TO THE MAIN STAGE by Frederick Taylor / from USA
13. NUISANCE BEAR by Jack Weisman, Gabriela Osio Vanden / from Canada
14. OBJECTS OF HEARTBREAK by Grace Kim / from USA
15. REBYRTH by Cydney Tucker / from USA
16. THE SENTENCE OF MICHAEL THOMPSON by Kyle Thrash, Haley Elizabeth Anderson / from USA
17. SOME KIND OF INTIMACY by Toby Bull / from UK, France
18. THERE’S NO END by Mattias Evangelista / from USA
19. WINN by Joseph East, Erica Tanamachi / from USA
20. YOU CAN’T STOP SPIRIT by Vashni Korin / from USA

Animated Short Films Lineup

A lineup of 22 animated short films from 12 countries have been selected to compete in the Animated Shorts competition section of the 46th Atlanta Film Festival, or ATLFF22. The animated short films are from USA, Poland, Ireland, Colombia, Germany, India, Sweden, Taiwan, UK, Canada, France, Singapore.

1. BIGFOOT TOOK MY PHOTO! by Sasha Espinosa / from USA
2. CRUMBS OF LIFE by Katarzyna Miechowicz / from Poland
3. DESPOT by Nicholas D’Agostino / from USA
4. FALL OF THE IBIS KING by Mikai Geronimo, Josh O’Caoimh / from Ireland
5. THE FARMER AND THE LIGHTNING STORM by Danielle Browne / from USA, Colombia
6. HOPPER’S DAY by Jingqi Zhang / from USA
7. LAIKA & NEMO by Jan Gadermann, Sebastian Gadow / from Germany
8. LOCAL MIDDLE SCHOOLER by Sanjna Bharadwaj / from USA
9. MOTHER by Subarna D / from India
10. MUSICA QUARANTENA by Lilian T. Mehrel, Danielle Rhoda / from UK, USA
11. MY EX BOYFRIEND by Cissi Efraimsson / from Sweden, USA
12. MY FAT ARSE AND I by Yelyzaveta Pysmak / from Poland
13. MY GRANDMOTHER IS AN EGG by Wu-Ching Chang / from Taiwan, UK
14. MY PET VENUS by Ariel Paxton / from USA
15. NEW TRICKS by Matt Corsillo / USA
16. NIGHT OF THE LIVING DREAD by Ida Melum / from UK
17. THE OCEAN DUCK by Huda Razzak / from USA
18. PEOPLE PERSON by Rymalena / from USA
19. PIVOT by Ana Gusson / from Canada
20. SPROUT by Nayt Cochran / from USA
21. A TINY TALE by Sylvain Cuvillier, Chloé Bourdic, Théophile Coursimault, Noémie Halberstam, Maÿlis Mosny, Zijing Ye / from France
22. THE VISIT by Morrie Tan / from Singapore

Experimental Short Films Lineup

A lineup of 13 experimental short films from 7 countries have been selected to compete in the Experimental Shorts competition section of the 46th Atlanta Film Festival, or ATLFF22. The animated short films are from USA, Brazil, Canada, Germany, South Korea, Iran.

1. BAD DREAM by Camilo Diaz / from USA
2. ETERNITY ON A LOOP by Isabela Costa / from Brazil, USA
3. ETHEREAL by Isabelle Kanapé / from Canada
4. EYES AND HORNS by Chaerin Im / from Germany, South Korea, USA
5. FREE NOIR PAPILLON by Lev Omelchenko / from USA
6. GLADIOLUS by Azadeh Navai / from Iran, USA
7. HOW TO BEHAVE AT A PARTY by Allison Radomski / from USA
8. IN THE FUTURE by Kelly Gallagher / from USA
9. KILL TIME by Benjamin Rinehardt / from USA
10. LÁCRIMAS by Jeremy Moss / from USA
11. MAY WE KNOW OUR OWN STRENGTH by Jih-E Peng / from USA
12. PANDROG by Jard Lerebours / from USA
13. WHISPER, RUSTLE by Maureen Zent / USA