2025-08-14T11:06:38-04:00 2024-09-30 581484212 HOWARD MOORE & MCDUFFIE PC PO BOX 4547 MACON GA 31208 990EZ 2023-10-01 270615076 MACON FILM FESTIVAL INC MACO 4787425317 PO BOX 929 MACON GA 312020929 APRIL HORNSBY TREASURER 4787425317 2024-08-09 true true APRIL HORNSBY P00536708 4787425317 2025-08-14 2023 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X WWW.MACONFILMFESTIVAL.COM X X 69007 X 52357 16393 257 69007 8400 37245 9710 546 53835 109736 -40729 58674 17945 X 93597 48481 21839 23714 115436 72195 56762 54250 58674 17945 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 2024 THE MACON FILM FESTIVAL CELEBRATED 19 YEARS OF SHOWCASING INDEPENDENT FILMS AND FILMMAKERS IN MACON, GEORGIA. THE FESTIVAL PARTNERED WITH THE FIRE STARTERS FILM FESTIVAL TO KICK OFF THE FESTIVAL FOR THE INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE SCREENING OF THE GROUNDBREAKING DOCUMENTARY, RED FEVER, DIRECTED BY CATHERINE BAINBRIDGE AND NEIL DIAMOND AT THE DOUGLASS THEATRE WITH SPECIAL GUEST DIRECTOR NEIL DIAMOND IN ATTENDANCE. ALSO BASED IN MACON, THE FIRE STARTERS FILM FESTIVAL FOCUSES ON SHOWCASING FILM AND VISUAL ART MADE BY INDIGENOUS FILMMAKERS, WITH A PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON THE MUSCOGEE (CREEK) NATION EXPERIENCE. THE FESTIVAL'S OFFICIAL SELECTION SCREENINGS BEGAN FRIDAY MORNING AT THE DOUGLASS THEATRE, THE MUSEUM OF ARTS AND SCIENCES, AND THE GEORGIA SPORTS HALL OF FAME, WITH THEATRE MACON AS AN ADDITIONAL SCREENING VENUE THROUGHOUT THE FESTIVAL WEEKEND. THE GRAND OPERA HOUSE SERVED AS FESTIVAL HQ AND THE LOCATION OF FILMMAKER AND FREE-TO-THE-PUBLIC WORKSHOPS WITH MERCER MUSIC AT CAPRICORN AS AN ADDITIONAL WORKSHOP LOCATION IN DOWNTOWN, MACON. THE PLANETARIUM AT THE MUSEUM OF ARTS & SCIENCES SERVED AS THE LOCATION OF FRIDAY'S SPECIAL FULLDOME SCREENING EVENT; COMPLETE WITH AN OPEN BAR AND FOOD. THE FESTIVAL PARTNERED WITH THE MUSEUM TO HOST THE NIGHT OF IMMERSIVE SHOWCASE IN THEIR NEWLY RENOVATED PLANETARIUM. SATURDAY EVENING FEATURED A SPECIAL SCREENING OF THE ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION'S AWARD WINNING 90'S HIP-HOP DOCUMENTARY THE SOUTH GOT SOMETHING TO SAY AT THE DOUGLASS THEATRE WITH THE DOCUMENTARY'S DIRECTOR, RYON HORNE, AND THE FILM'S WRITER, BYRON HORNE, IN ATTENDANCE AT THE SCREENING AND FOR A Q&A FOLLOWING THE FILM. THE HORNE BROTHERS WERE JOINED BY A PANEL OF AJC CONTRIBUTORS INCLUDING THE NEWS OUTLETS EDITOR-IN-CHIEF LEROY CHAPMAN JR. THE FESTIVAL CLOSED WITH A SPECIAL SCREENING OF THE FIRST TWO EPISODES FROM THE ACCLAIMED HBO MAX SERIES STAX: SOULSVILLE, U.S.A., DIRECTED AND PRODUCED BY JAMILA WIGNOT, WHO WAS IN ATTENDANCE AT THE FESTIVAL. FOLLOWING THE FESTIVAL DATES IN AUGUST, MACON FILM FESTIVAL PARTERENED WITH NEWTOWN MACON TO HOST SEVERAL OUTDOOR SCREENINGS IN AN ONGOING SERIES, CLASSICS AT THE BIBB, MADE POSSIBLE BY THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF THE DOWNTOWN CHALLENGE FUND OF THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL GEORGIA, PEYTON ANDERSON FOUNDATION, AND KNIGHT FOUNDATION. THIS FREE COMMUNITY SCREENING SERIES WILL RETURN IN FALL 2025. 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. MANY FILMS FEATURED HAD BETWEEN 1 - 4 REPRESENTATIVES WHO MADE THE TRIP TO MACON. FESTIVAL ATTENDANCE NUMBERS ARE ESTIMATED AT 1,011 AUDIENCE MEMBERS. 8400 109736 109736 JUSTIN ANDREWS PRESIDENT 3.00 0 TONY LONG SR VICE PRESIDE 2.00 0 LISA MCLENDON SECRETARY 2.00 0 APRIL HORNSBY TREASURER 2.00 0 STEVE MURRAY MEMBER AT LA 2.00 0 CHRISTI JOHNSON DIRECTOR 1.00 0 JIM BURT DIRECTOR 1.00 0 BOB MAVITY DIRECTOR 1.00 0 HANNAH HARTMAN DIRECTOR 1.00 0 SCOTT MITCHELL DIRECTOR 1.00 0 MICHAEL STEWART DIRECTOR 1.00 0 CANDACE HOLLINGSHED DIRECTOR 1.00 0 SUSAN WELCH DIRECTOR 1.00 0 false false false false false false false false false GA HOWARD MOORE & MCDUFFIE PC 577 MULBERRY ST STE 1610 MACON GA 31201 4787425317 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE NONE true X 56300 63023 93430 65276 52357 330386 13723 13644 17941 17834 16393 79535 70023 76667 111371 83110 68750 409921 750 1025 850 4960 5200 12785 750 1025 850 4960 5200 12785 397136 245 150 147 231 257 1030 245 150 147 231 257 1030 70268 76817 111518 83341 69007 410951 0.96640 0.97910 0.00000 0.00000 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 10 CASH CONTRIBUTION: 8,400 FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 16 EXPENSES ADVERTISING AND PROMOTION 25,833 OFFICE EXPENSE 1,309 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 1,676 INTEREST EXPENSE 657 INSURANCE EXPENSE 1,524 FESTIVAL EXPENSES 22,836 TOTAL 53,835 FORM 990-EZ, PART II, LINE 24 ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE 12,741 9,623 OTHER RECEIVABLES 8,000 12,843 PREPAID EXPENSES AND DEFERRED CHARGES 1,098 1,248 EQUIPMENT 3,849 3,849 LESS ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION 3,849 3,849 TOTAL 21,839 23,714 FORM 990-EZ, PART II, LINE 26 ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED EXPENSES 32,570 30,684 MORTGAGE AND OTHER NOTES PAYABLE 24,192 23,566 FORM 990-EZ, PART III 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. FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 28 IN AUGUST OF 2024 THE MACON FILM FESTIVAL CELEBRATED 19 YEARS OF SHOWCASING INDEPENDENT FILMS AND FILMMAKERS IN MACON, GEORGIA. THE FESTIVAL PARTNERED WITH THE FIRE STARTERS FILM FESTIVAL TO KICK OFF THE FESTIVAL FOR THE INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE SCREENING OF THE GROUNDBREAKING DOCUMENTARY, RED FEVER, DIRECTED BY CATHERINE BAINBRIDGE AND NEIL DIAMOND AT THE DOUGLASS THEATRE WITH SPECIAL GUEST DIRECTOR NEIL DIAMOND IN ATTENDANCE. ALSO BASED IN MACON, THE FIRE STARTERS FILM FESTIVAL FOCUSES ON SHOWCASING FILM AND VISUAL ART MADE BY INDIGENOUS FILMMAKERS, WITH A PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON THE MUSCOGEE (CREEK) NATION EXPERIENCE. THE FESTIVAL'S OFFICIAL SELECTION SCREENINGS BEGAN FRIDAY MORNING AT THE DOUGLASS THEATRE, THE MUSEUM OF ARTS AND SCIENCES, AND THE GEORGIA SPORTS HALL OF FAME, WITH THEATRE MACON AS AN ADDITIONAL SCREENING VENUE THROUGHOUT THE FESTIVAL WEEKEND. THE GRAND OPERA HOUSE SERVED AS FESTIVAL HQ AND THE LOCATION OF FILMMAKER AND FREE-TO-THE-PUBLIC WORKSHOPS WITH MERCER MUSIC AT CAPRICORN AS AN ADDITIONAL WORKSHOP LOCATION IN DOWNTOWN, MACON. THE PLANETARIUM AT THE MUSEUM OF ARTS & SCIENCES SERVED AS THE LOCATION OF FRIDAY'S SPECIAL FULLDOME SCREENING EVENT; COMPLETE WITH AN OPEN BAR AND FOOD. THE FESTIVAL PARTNERED WITH THE MUSEUM TO HOST THE NIGHT OF IMMERSIVE SHOWCASE IN THEIR NEWLY RENOVATED PLANETARIUM. SATURDAY EVENING FEATURED A SPECIAL SCREENING OF THE ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION'S AWARD WINNING 90'S HIP-HOP DOCUMENTARY THE SOUTH GOT SOMETHING TO SAY AT THE DOUGLASS THEATRE WITH THE DOCUMENTARY'S DIRECTOR, RYON HORNE, AND THE FILM'S WRITER, BYRON HORNE, IN ATTENDANCE AT THE SCREENING AND FOR A Q&A FOLLOWING THE FILM. THE HORNE BROTHERS WERE JOINED BY A PANEL OF AJC CONTRIBUTORS INCLUDING THE NEWS OUTLETS EDITOR-IN-CHIEF LEROY CHAPMAN JR. THE FESTIVAL CLOSED WITH A SPECIAL SCREENING OF THE FIRST TWO EPISODES FROM THE ACCLAIMED HBO MAX SERIES STAX: SOULSVILLE, U.S.A., DIRECTED AND PRODUCED BY JAMILA WIGNOT, WHO WAS IN ATTENDANCE AT THE FESTIVAL. FOLLOWING THE FESTIVAL DATES IN AUGUST, MACON FILM FESTIVAL PARTERENED WITH NEWTOWN MACON TO HOST SEVERAL OUTDOOR SCREENINGS IN AN ONGOING SERIES, CLASSICS AT THE BIBB, MADE POSSIBLE BY THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF THE DOWNTOWN CHALLENGE FUND OF THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL GEORGIA, PEYTON ANDERSON FOUNDATION, AND KNIGHT FOUNDATION. THIS FREE COMMUNITY SCREENING SERIES WILL RETURN IN FALL 2025. 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. MANY FILMS FEATURED HAD BETWEEN 1 - 4 REPRESENTATIVES WHO MADE THE TRIP TO MACON. FESTIVAL ATTENDANCE NUMBERS ARE ESTIMATED AT 1,011 AUDIENCE MEMBERS.