2024-08-14T11:19:59-04:00 2023-09-30 581484212 HOWARD MOORE & MCDUFFIE PC PO BOX 4547 MACON GA 31208 990EZ 2022-10-01 270615076 MACON FILM FESTIVAL INC MACO 4787425317 PO BOX 929 MACON GA 312020929 JUSTIN ANDREWS PRESIDENT 4787478252 2023-08-13 true false APRIL HORNSBY P00536708 4787425317 2024-08-14 2022 2024-08-08 14:25:15Z X WWW.MACONFILMFESTIVAL.COM X X 88841 X 71276 17334 231 88841 7900 40775 8910 439 53393 111417 -22576 81250 58674 X 101067 93597 19275 21839 120342 115436 39092 56762 81250 58674 X SURROUNDED BY A RICH MUSICAL AND SOUTHERN CULTURE, THE MACON FILM FESTIVAL CELEBRATES INDEPENDENT FILM WHILE PROMOTING FILMMAKING FOR ENTERTAINMENT, INSPIRATION, EDUCATION, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THROUGH THE WORK OF THE MACON FILM FESTIVAL, IT IS OUR VISION FOR CENTRAL GEORGIA TO BECOME A DESTINATION FOR FILM. IN AUGUST OF 2023 THE MACON FILM FESTIVAL CELEBRATED 18 YEARS OF SHOWCASING INDEPENDENT FILMS AND FILMMAKERS IN MACON, GEORGIA. THE FESTIVAL OPENED WITH A SPECIAL SCREENING OF THE DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 'CHASING, CHASING AMY' AT THE DOUGLASS THEATRE WITH SPECIAL GUEST PRODUCER RYAN JAMES IN ATTENDANCE. THE FILM PREVIOUSLY PREMIERED AT THE 2023 TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL AND HAS SINCE PLAYED AT FESTIVALS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS WELL AS INTERNATIONALLY. THE FESTIVAL'S OFFICIAL SELECTION SCREENINGS BEGAN FRIDAY MORNING AT THE DOUGLASS THEATRE AND THE GEORGIA SPORTS HALL OF FAME. SCREENINGS CONTINUED THROUGHOUT THE FESTIVAL WEEKEND WITH THEATRE MACON AND THE GRAND OPERA HOUSE COMING ON AS ADDITIONAL SCREENING VENUES. THE OUTDOOR PAVILION AND AUDITORIUM AT THE MUSEUM OF ARTS & SCIENCES SERVED AS THE LOCATION OF FRIDAY'S SPECIAL SCREENING EVENT. THE FESTIVAL PARTNERED WITH THE MUSEUM TO HOST A FREE OUTDOOR SCREENING OF THE CLASSIC FILM PEE WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE COMPLETE WITH A PRE-PARTY AND A PEE WEE HERMAN IMPERSONATOR FOR VISITING FILMMAKERS AND SPONSORS. SATURDAY EVENING FEATURED A SPECIAL SCREENING OF THE 2002 FILM DRUMLINE AT THE GRAND OPERA HOUSE WITH SPECIAL GUEST PRODUCER DALLAS AUSTIN. AUSTIN WAS AWARDED THE INAUGURAL MACON FILM FESTIVAL GEORGIA IMPACT AWARD FOR HIS CONTRIBUTION TO HELPING TO PASS THE GEORGIA ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY INVESTMENT ACT THAT HAS HELPED TO CATAPULT GEORGIA'S FILM INDUSTRY TO BECOME A GLOBAL LEADER WITH 4.4 BILLION IN DIRECT SPENDING IN THE STATE LAST YEAR ALONE. BEFORE THE SATURDAY EVENING SCREENING THE FESTIVAL PARTNERED WITH THE BIBB COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT TO OFFER A FREE 'BATTLE OF THE BANDS' EVENT FEATURING MARCHING BANDS FROM AREA HIGH SCHOOLS. AUSTIN SERVED AS A JUDGE ALONGSIDE, KARLA REDDING - ANDREWS OF THE OTIS REDDING FOUNDATION, AND ACTOR AFEMO OMILAMI. AFTER THE FESTIVAL AUSTIN PERSONALLY DONATED MONEY TO EACH OF THE PARTICIPATING BAND PROGRAMS. THE FESTIVAL CLOSED WITH A SPECIAL SCREENING OF THE INDIGO GIRL'S DOCUMENTARY IT'S ONLY LIFE AFTER ALL WITH SPECIAL GUEST DIRECTOR ALEXANDRIA BOMBACH. THE FILM PREVIOUSLY PREMIERED AT THE 2023 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL AND SCREENED AT MULTIPLE FESTIVALS ACROSS THE COUNTRY THROUGHOUT LAST YEAR. FOLLOWING THE FESTIVAL DATES IN AUGUST SCREENINGS CONTINUED INTO OCTOBER WITH IMMERSIVE FULLDOME SCREENINGS IN THE PLANETARIUM OF FESTIVAL PARTNER THE MUSEUM OF ART AND SCIENCES. THE FESTIVAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS WERE EXCITED TO ONCE AGAIN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE FESTIVAL SCREENINGS, WORKSHOPS, NETWORKING SESSIONS AND PARTIES IN MULTIPLE VENUES THROUGHOUT MACON. JUST UNDER 100 INDEPENDENT FILMS WERE FEATURED THROUGHOUT THE FESTIVAL WEEKEND AND CLOSE TO THIRTY FILMS WERE REPRESENTED BY VISITING FILMMAKERS DURING THE FESTIVAL. EACH FILM HAD BETWEEN 1 - 4 REPRESENTATIVES WHO MADE THE TRIP TO MACON. FESTIVAL ATTENDANCE NUMBERS ARE ESTIMATED AT 1,011 AUDIENCE MEMBERS. THE 2024 FESTIVAL CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS OPENED IN FALL 2023 AND FILMMAKERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD HAVE BEGUN TO SUBMIT THEIR FILMS FOR THIS YEAR'S FESTIVAL. 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THROUGH THE WORK OF THE MACON FILM FESTIVAL, IT IS OUR VISION FOR CENTRAL GEORGIA TO BECOME A DESTINATION FOR FILM. FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 28 IN AUGUST OF 2023 THE MACON FILM FESTIVAL CELEBRATED 18 YEARS OF SHOWCASING INDEPENDENT FILMS AND FILMMAKERS IN MACON, GEORGIA. THE FESTIVAL OPENED WITH A SPECIAL SCREENING OF THE DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 'CHASING, CHASING AMY' AT THE DOUGLASS THEATRE WITH SPECIAL GUEST PRODUCER RYAN JAMES IN ATTENDANCE. THE FILM PREVIOUSLY PREMIERED AT THE 2023 TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL AND HAS SINCE PLAYED AT FESTIVALS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS WELL AS INTERNATIONALLY. THE FESTIVAL'S OFFICIAL SELECTION SCREENINGS BEGAN FRIDAY MORNING AT THE DOUGLASS THEATRE AND THE GEORGIA SPORTS HALL OF FAME. SCREENINGS CONTINUED THROUGHOUT THE FESTIVAL WEEKEND WITH THEATRE MACON AND THE GRAND OPERA HOUSE COMING ON AS ADDITIONAL SCREENING VENUES. THE OUTDOOR PAVILION AND AUDITORIUM AT THE MUSEUM OF ARTS & SCIENCES SERVED AS THE LOCATION OF FRIDAY'S SPECIAL SCREENING EVENT. THE FESTIVAL PARTNERED WITH THE MUSEUM TO HOST A FREE OUTDOOR SCREENING OF THE CLASSIC FILM PEE WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE COMPLETE WITH A PRE-PARTY AND A PEE WEE HERMAN IMPERSONATOR FOR VISITING FILMMAKERS AND SPONSORS. SATURDAY EVENING FEATURED A SPECIAL SCREENING OF THE 2002 FILM DRUMLINE AT THE GRAND OPERA HOUSE WITH SPECIAL GUEST PRODUCER DALLAS AUSTIN. AUSTIN WAS AWARDED THE INAUGURAL MACON FILM FESTIVAL GEORGIA IMPACT AWARD FOR HIS CONTRIBUTION TO HELPING TO PASS THE GEORGIA ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY INVESTMENT ACT THAT HAS HELPED TO CATAPULT GEORGIA'S FILM INDUSTRY TO BECOME A GLOBAL LEADER WITH 4.4 BILLION IN DIRECT SPENDING IN THE STATE LAST YEAR ALONE. BEFORE THE SATURDAY EVENING SCREENING THE FESTIVAL PARTNERED WITH THE BIBB COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT TO OFFER A FREE 'BATTLE OF THE BANDS' EVENT FEATURING MARCHING BANDS FROM AREA HIGH SCHOOLS. AUSTIN SERVED AS A JUDGE ALONGSIDE, KARLA REDDING - ANDREWS OF THE OTIS REDDING FOUNDATION, AND ACTOR AFEMO OMILAMI. AFTER THE FESTIVAL AUSTIN PERSONALLY DONATED MONEY TO EACH OF THE PARTICIPATING BAND PROGRAMS. THE FESTIVAL CLOSED WITH A SPECIAL SCREENING OF THE INDIGO GIRL'S DOCUMENTARY IT'S ONLY LIFE AFTER ALL WITH SPECIAL GUEST DIRECTOR ALEXANDRIA BOMBACH. THE FILM PREVIOUSLY PREMIERED AT THE 2023 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL AND SCREENED AT MULTIPLE FESTIVALS ACROSS THE COUNTRY THROUGHOUT LAST YEAR. FOLLOWING THE FESTIVAL DATES IN AUGUST SCREENINGS CONTINUED INTO OCTOBER WITH IMMERSIVE FULLDOME SCREENINGS IN THE PLANETARIUM OF FESTIVAL PARTNER THE MUSEUM OF ART AND SCIENCES. THE FESTIVAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS WERE EXCITED TO ONCE AGAIN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE FESTIVAL SCREENINGS, WORKSHOPS, NETWORKING SESSIONS AND PARTIES IN MULTIPLE VENUES THROUGHOUT MACON. JUST UNDER 100 INDEPENDENT FILMS WERE FEATURED THROUGHOUT THE FESTIVAL WEEKEND AND CLOSE TO THIRTY FILMS WERE REPRESENTED BY VISITING FILMMAKERS DURING THE FESTIVAL. EACH FILM HAD BETWEEN 1 - 4 REPRESENTATIVES WHO MADE THE TRIP TO MACON. FESTIVAL ATTENDANCE NUMBERS ARE ESTIMATED AT 1,011 AUDIENCE MEMBERS. THE 2024 FESTIVAL CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS OPENED IN FALL 2023 AND FILMMAKERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD HAVE BEGUN TO SUBMIT THEIR FILMS FOR THIS YEAR'S FESTIVAL. WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO A SUCCESSFUL FESTIVAL IN AUGUST CELEBRATING 19 YEARS OF BRINGING INDEPENDENT FILM AND FILMMAKERS TO MACON.