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Home
schedule
  • 2025 Program
2025 Film Categories
  • Best Animation
  • Best Comedy
  • Best Documentary
  • Best Drama
  • Best Experimental
  • Best Horror
  • Best Local Director
  • Best Local Film
  • Best Micro Short
  • Best Music Video
  • Best Narrative
  • Best Student Short
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Info
  • Nominees
  • Awards
  • FAQ
  • Award Winning Docs
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  • Filmmakers
  • Spotlight IMDB
  • Stream Films on Festflix
Georgia Film Festivals
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  • ATL Shorts
  • ATL Underground
  • ATL Horror
  • ATL Experimental
  • Georgia Film Festivals
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  • Home
  • schedule
    • 2025 Program
  • 2025 Film Categories
    • Best Animation
    • Best Comedy
    • Best Documentary
    • Best Drama
    • Best Experimental
    • Best Horror
    • Best Local Director
    • Best Local Film
    • Best Micro Short
    • Best Music Video
    • Best Narrative
    • Best Student Short
  • Tickets and Passes
  • Info
    • Nominees
    • Awards
    • FAQ
    • Award Winning Docs
    • Award Winning Shorts
    • Filmmakers
    • Spotlight IMDB
    • Stream Films on Festflix
  • Georgia Film Festivals
    • ATL Documentary
    • ATL Micro Shorts
    • ATL Shorts
    • ATL Underground
    • ATL Horror
    • ATL Experimental
    • Georgia Film Festivals
  • Home
  • schedule
    • 2025 Program
  • 2025 Film Categories
    • Best Animation
    • Best Comedy
    • Best Documentary
    • Best Drama
    • Best Experimental
    • Best Horror
    • Best Local Director
    • Best Local Film
    • Best Micro Short
    • Best Music Video
    • Best Narrative
    • Best Student Short
  • Tickets and Passes
  • Info
    • Nominees
    • Awards
    • FAQ
    • Award Winning Docs
    • Award Winning Shorts
    • Filmmakers
    • Spotlight IMDB
    • Stream Films on Festflix
  • Georgia Film Festivals
    • ATL Documentary
    • ATL Micro Shorts
    • ATL Shorts
    • ATL Underground
    • ATL Horror
    • ATL Experimental
    • Georgia Film Festivals

Atlanta Spotlight Film Festival Awards

Join us Saturday, December 6, 2025 at Limelight Theater in Atlanta

Atlanta Spotlight Film Festival

The Event

The Atlanta Spotlight Film Festival is not a typical film festival. We present the Best of the Year Showcase, where selected films compete for top honors in front of a live audience. Every film chosen is automatically nominated for an award in its category.


We welcome films that have already had a successful festival run, as well as new discoveries ready to shine. Our goal is to highlight the very best short films of the year and celebrate the filmmakers who made them.


Categories include: Best Drama, Best Comedy, Best Horror, Best Documentary, Best Director, Best Local Film, Audience Choice, and more.


What you can expect if selected:
Your film screened in Atlanta at our year-end showcase
Automatic nomination for an award in your category
A chance to win our crystal Spotlight trophy
Networking with fellow filmmakers and a live audience experience


View 2025 Nominees

How Films Are Judged

All submissions are reviewed by a panel of experienced film professionals, including:

  • Independent filmmakers
  • Festival programmers
  • Industry consultants
  • Critics and past award winners
  • Audience Members at our annual events

Films are judged on originality, storytelling, emotional impact, direction, editing, pacing, cinematography, sound, and overall artistic merit.

Atlanta Spotlight Film Festival

Award Categories:

Film of the Year
Best Narrative Short
Best Drama Short
Best Comedy Short
Best Horror Short
Best Documentary Short
Best Local Short
Best Local Director
Best Student Short
Best Animated Short
Best Music Video
Best Micro Short
Best Experimental Short
Best Director
Best Performance
Best Ensemble
Jury Award
Audience Choice
Spotlight Icon Award 

Award Nominees

2025 Film Submissions

Previous Shorts Awards on IMDB

Atlanta Spotlight Film Festival on IMDB

Previous Documentary Awards on IMDB

Atlanta Spotlight Film Festival on IMDB

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