The Credits Podcast: Film Festival 101

February 28, 2019 2:50 PM |Updated: August 13, 2020 11:50 PM

By:

Kalena Boller and
Sean Powers

Terrell Sandefur (r) moderates a Q&A session with actor Burt Reynolds (l) in 2015. Also featured is actor and producer Todd Vittum (c).

Terrell Sandefur has organized film festivals across the state in communities such as Atlanta, Rome, Columbus and Milledgeville. He even helped start the wildly popular Macon Film Festival, where he served as a film commissioner.

Sandefur tells host Kalena Boller about what it takes to make a film festival successful, and he shares his plans for spreading the word about Georgia's film industry at next month's Sundance Film Festival.

If you're interested in attending the Georgia party at the Sundance Film Festival, contact Terrell Sandefur.

Upcoming Georgia Film Festivals:

Atlanta Jewish Film Festival, Atlanta (February 6 - 26, 2019)

SCAD aTVfest, Atlanta (February 7 - 9, 2019)

Pan African Film Festival Atlanta, Atlanta (February 7 - 18, 2019)

South Georgia Film Festival, Valdosta (March 1-3, 2019)

Atlanta Film Festival (April 4 - 14, 2019)

Millegeville/Eatonton Film Festival (April 23 - 28, 2019)

Atlanta Shortsfest (July 11 - 13, 2019)

Atlanta Underground Film Festival (August 15 - 18, 2019)

BronzeLens Film Festival Atlanta (August 21 - 25, 2019)

Atlanta International Documentary Film Festival (Atlanta DocuFest) (November 7 - 10, 2019)

Macon Film Festival (August 15-18, 2019)

Out On Film, Atlanta (late september/early october 2019 dates TBA)

Peachtree Village International Film Festival (2019 dates TBA)

Covey Film Festival, Thomasville (2019 dates TBA)

Way Down Film Festival, Columbus (October 2019 dates TBA)

Atlanta Horror Film Festival (September 12-15, 2019)

Georgia Latino Film Festival, Atlanta and Duluth (March 21-24, 2019)

Savannah Film Festival (October 26-November 2, 2019)

Rome International Film Festival (November 7-10, 2019)

Terrell Sandefur (r) during a Macon Film Festival panel with actor Burt Reynolds in 2015.

Following the Macon Film Festival screening of Matthew Modine's film "Birdy" in 2014, Terrell Sandefur moderates a Q&A session with Modine (c). Also featured is SCAD professor Michael Chaney (r).