Harlan (2005) Guy H. Tuttle (2005) Katherine Evans (2005) Linda Burns (2005) Dr. Kay Beck (2006) George LeFont (2006) Lab 601 (2006) Will Packer (2007) Kenny Blank (2007) GPP (Georgia Production Partnership) (2007) Steve James and Peter Gilbert (2008) Tyler Perry Studios (2008) Dr. Matthew Bernstein (2008) Virginia Hepner (2008) Tom Luse (2019) Betsy Holland (2019) Christopher M. Carr (2019) T.I. (2019) Daveed Diggs (2019) Southeastern Media Award Eric Wise; City Boys Dream of Beaches (1995) Dorne M. Pentes; The Closest Thing to Heaven (1996) Robert Clem; Big Jim Folsom: The Two Faces of Populism (1997) Nick Searcy, Sean Bridgers; Paradise Falls (1998) Michael Porembski; Burning Questions (1999) David Gordon Green; George Washington (2000) Ray McKinnon; The Accountant (2001) Kristen McGary, Amy McGary; The Adventures of Ociee Nash (2002) Ossie Davis Award Spike Lee (2005) Cicely Tyson (2006) John Sayles, Maggie Renzi (2007) Filmmaker-to-Watch Award Sean Bloch (2006) Julien Paolini (2013) Moon Molson (2014) Ian Samuels (2015) Thoranna Sigurdardottir (2016) Malcolm Washington (2017) Connor Simpson (2018) Kalu Oji (2019) Esteban Bailey (2022) New Mavericks Award Meryem Benm'Barek-Aloïsi; Jennah (2015) Erica Tremblay; In the Turn (2015) Elisa Paloschi; Driving with Selvi (2016) Katy Grannan, Hannah Hughes; The Nine (2017) Innovator Award Daveed Diggs (2018) Phoenix Award Kiersey Clemons (2018) George Anthony Morton (2022) Rebel Award Jason Reitman (2018) President Jimmy Carter (2021) Originator Award Joe Berlinger (2019) Spike Lee (2019) Notable films that have played the festival Feature Film Award-Winners See also Sundance Film Festival SXSW Film Festival Nashville Film Festival Atlanta Jewish Film Festival List of film festivals List of film festivals in North and Central America References External links Atlanta Film Festival website Film Freeway Film festivals in Georgia (U.S. state) Festivals in Atlanta Annual events in Georgia (U.S. state) Film festivals established in 1976 1976 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state) Short film festivals in the United States LGBT events in Georgia (U.S. state) LGBT film festivals in the United States Tourist attractions in Georgia (U.S. state) Tourist attractions in Atlanta Tourist attractions in Fulton County, Georgia