The 18th Annual Macon Film Festival (2022)
Consumers looking for things to do in Middle Georgia do not have to look far as the 18th Annual Macon Film Festival is right around the corner. The Annual Macon Film Festival is a four day event that screens independent films, displays special screenings, and conducts film related workshops throughout Macon’s historic theaters and various downtown locations. The festival presented by Mercer University kicks off Thursday, August 17th until Sunday, August 20th.
Various screenings will be held at the Museum of Arts & Sciences, the Douglass Theatre, the Theatre Macon, Visit Macon, and the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame.
Nearly 90 film screenings will be shown over the four day event, as well as recognition in excellence in various film categories with nearly $10,000 in prize money awarded.
The Annual Macon Film Festival Details
When: Thursday, August 17th – Sunday, August 20th
Time: Check Film Schedule
Venues:
- Douglass Theatre – 355 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Macon GA
- Museum of Arts & Sciences – 4182 Forsyth Road, Macon GA
- Georgia Sports Hall of Fame, 301 Cherry Street, Macon GA
- Theatre Macon – 438 Cherry Street, Macon GA
- The Grand Opera House – 651 Mulberry Street, Macon GA
- Visit Macon, 450 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Macon GA
Festival Passes: Available Here
Various Festival Passes and Prices:
- All Access VIP Pass – $150
- Pass for all festival screenings, parties/receptions, and the hospitality suite at HQ
- First priority seating at special screenings.
- Screening Pass – $65
- Pass for all festival screenings
- First priority seating
- Day Pass – $25
- Admission for one chosen day on either Friday, Saturday or Sunday
- Admission to all screenings on chosen day
- Single Block Ticket – $10
- Admission for one film or block of films on either Friday, Saturday or Sunday
Online tickets must be redeemed at the festival HQ at the Grand Opera House – 651 Mulberry Street, Macon GA.
HQ Hours:
- Thursday, August 18th: 10am – 5pm
- Friday, August 19th: 10am – 5pm
- Saturday, August 20th: 9:30am – 6pm
- Sunday, August 21st: 9:30am – 5pm
*Tickets will not be available at the individual festival venues.
Festival Contact: Macon Film Festival
- Phone – (478) 227-3840
- Mailing Address – P.O. Box 929, Macon GA 31202-0929
- General Information – info.maconfilmfestival@gmail.com
- Tickets – tickets.maconfilmfestival@gmail.com
- Volunteers – volunteers.maconfilmfestival@gmail.com
- Marketing – marketing.maconfilmfestival@gmail.com
- Sponsors – sponsors.maconfilmfestival@gmail.com
- Programming Team – submissions.maconfilmfestival@gmail.com
Macon Film Festival Party Schedule
Thursday, August 17th
- 7:15pm – 9:45pm: Special Screening – Chasing, Chasing Amy
- Georgia Sport Hall of Fame, 301 Cherry Street, Macon GA
Friday, August 19th
- 7pm
- Museum of Arts and Sciences, 4182 Forsyth Road, Macon GA
Saturday, August 20th
- 9:30pm: After Party – All Access Pass Required, Must be 21+
- Grants Lounge, 576 Poplar Street, Macon GA
Sunday, August 21st
- 6pm – 7pm: Pre-Party – All Access Pass Required
- The Grand Opera House, 651 Mulberry Street, Macon GA
Macon Film Festival Schedule
Thursday, August 17th
- 7:15pm – 9:45pm: Special Screening: Chasing, Chasing Amy
- Douglass Theatre, 355 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Macon GA
Friday, August 18th
- 10:15am – 12pm: The Future of Film – Student Shorts Block
- Georgia Sports Hall of Fame, 301 Cherry Street, Macon GA
- 10:30am – 12pm: Narrative Feature – Night Watch
- Douglass Theatre, 355 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Macon GA
- 12:30pm – 2pm: Documentary Feature – Jimmy in Saigon
- Georgia Sports Hall of Fame, 301 Cherry Street, Macon GA
- 12:30pm – 2pm: Documentary Feature – Ship Happens
- Douglass Theatre, 355 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Macon GA
- 2:30pm – 4pm: Narrative Feature: Birdhouse / She Watches Blindly
- Georgia Sports Hall of Fame, 301 Cherry Street, Macon GA
- 2:30pm – 4pm: Narrative Shorts – The Nature of Relationships
- Douglass Theatre, 355 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Macon GA
- 4:30pm – 6:15pm: Documentary Shorts – Unique Short Stories
- Georgia Sports Hall of Fame, 301 Cherry Street, Macon GA
- 4:30pm – 6:15pm: Narrative Feature – Hayseed
- Douglass Theatre, 355 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Macon GA
- 9:15pm – 10:45pm: Special Screening – Pee Wee’s Big Adventure
- Museum of Arts and Sciences, 4182 Forsyth Road, Macon GA
Saturday, August 20th
- 10am – 11:45pm: Documentary – Southern Stories: Mr. Ashley Lived Here / UNSPOKEN
- Georgia Sports Hall of Fame, 301 Cherry Street, Macon GA
- 10:15am – 11:45am: Music Documentary: Stories I Create in My Head / The Mojo Mainfesto – The Life & Times of Mojo Dixon
- Theatre Macon, 438 Cherry Street, Macon GA
- 10:30am- 12pm: Student Shorts Block: The Future of Film
- Douglass Theatre, 355 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Macon GA
- 11am- 12pm: Workshop: Location Scouting & Management and Their Impact on Your Film
- Visit Macon, 450 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Macon, GA
- 11:30am – 12:15pm: Fulldome: Legend of the Enchanted Reef
- Museum of Arts and Sciences, 4182 Forsyth Road, Macon GA
- 12:15pm – 1:45pm: Documentary: Unique Short Stories
- Georgia Sports Hall of Fame, 301 Cherry Street, Macon GA
- 12:15pm – 1:45pm: Narrative Short: LGBTQ – Love, Loss & Acceptance
- Theatre Macon, 438 Cherry Street, Macon GA
- 12:30pm – 2pm: Narrative Feature: Sweet Disaster
- Douglass Theatre, 355 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Macon GA
- 1:30pm – 2:15pm: Fulldome: Saturday – Family Fun Block
- Museum of Arts and Sciences, 4182 Forsyth Road, Macon GA
- 2:15pm – 3:45pm: Narrative Shorts: Georgia Made Shorts
- Theatre Macon, 438 Cherry Street, Macon GA
- 2:15pm – 3:45pm: Narrative Feature: Malibu Horror Story
- Georgia Sports Hall of Fame, 301 Cherry Street, Macon GA
- 2:3opm – 3:30pm: Fulldome: Earth Explorers Block
- Museum of Arts and Sciences, 4182 Forsyth Road, Macon GA
- 2:3opm – 4pm: Documentary: The Quiet Epidemic
- Douglass Theatre, 355 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Macon GA
- 4pm – 5pm: Fulldome: Saturday – Art Immersive Block
- Museum of Arts and Sciences, 4182 Forsyth Road, Macon GA
- 4:15pm – 5:45pm: Documentary: One Pin At A Time
- Georgia Sports Hall of Fame, 301 Cherry Street, Macon GA
- 4:15pm – 5:45pm: Narrative Short: Here for the Twist
- Theatre Macon, 438 Cherry Street, Macon GA
- 4:30pm – 6pm: Narrative Feature: The Park
- Douglass Theatre, 355 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Macon GA
- 5pm – 6pm: Workshop: Directing Television – Maintaining Creative Vision with Crystle Roberson
- Visit Macon, 450 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Macon GA
- 6pm – 7:15pm: LGBTQ – Narrative Feature: Miles from Nowhere
- Theatre Macon, 438 Cherry Street, Macon GA
- 6:15pm – 8pm: Narrative Short: The Nature of Relationships
- Georgia Sports Hall of Fame, 301 Cherry Street, Macon GA
- 7:15pm – 9:30pm: Special Screening: Still Working 9 to 5
- Douglass Theatre, 355 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Macon GA
Sunday, August 21st
- 10am – 11am: Workshop: A Life in Acting – From Television to Film (Virtual)
- 10:15am – 11:45am: Documentary: Chasing Childhood
- Theatre Macon, 438 Cherry Street, Macon GA
- 10:30am – 12pm: Music Documentary: Stories I Create In My Head / The Mojo Mainfesto – The Life & Times of Mojo Dixon
- Douglass Theatre, 355 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Macon GA
- 11am – 12:30pm: Narrative Feature: The Park
- Georgia Sports Hall of Fame, 301 Cherry Street, Macon GA
- 12:15pm – 1:30pm: Narrative Short: LGBTQ – Love, Loss & Acceptance
- Theatre Macon, 438 Cherry Street, Macon GA
- 12:30pm – 2pm: Narrative Short: Here for the Twist
- Douglass Theatre, 355 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Macon GA
- 1pm – 2:45pm: Narrative Short: The Nature of Relationships
- Georgia Sports Hall of Fame, 301 Cherry Street, Macon GA
- 2pm – 3:30pm: Documentary: The Quiet Epidemic
- Theatre Macon, 438 Cherry Street, Macon GA
- 2:30pm – 3:45pm: Music Documentary: A Tale of 2 Music Cities / Little Satchmo
- Douglass Theatre, 355 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Macon GA
- 3:15pm – 4:45pm: Narrative Shorts: Georgia Made Shorts
- Georgia Sports Hall of Fame, 301 Cherry Street, Macon GA
- 4pm – 5:45pm: Documentary – Southern Stories: Mr. Ashley Lived Here / UNSPOKEN
- Theatre Macon, 438 Cherry Street, Macon GA
- 4:15pm – 5:45pm: Documentary: One Pint At A Time
- Douglass Theatre, 355 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Macon GA
- 5:15pm – 6:45pm: Narrative Feature: The Ugly Truth
- Georgia Sports Hall of Fame, 301 Cherry Street, Macon GA
- 7pm – 8:45pm: Special Screening: Conducting Life
- Grand Opera House, 651 Mulberry Street, Macon GA
Annual Macon Film Festival Submission Process
Although the 2022 film festival is closed for film submissions there is still time for interested patrons to submit a film for the 18th Annual Macon Film Festival to be held in 2023. Interested filmmakers should follow the film festival’s submission process.
Once submitted various festival screeners will score the film based on various criteria to include the plot, writing, acting, cinematography, sound, originality, and overall pacing. Once the submission process is complete the festival selects the highest scoring films in each designated category for the film festival.
Film categories are comprised of:
- Documentary
- Georgia Made
- LGBT
- Music
- Narrative Shorts
- Narrative Feature
- Student Shorts
- Macon Made Shorts
The selected films will then be sent to festival jurors who will score the final films and announce the winners during the festival. The jurors consist of filmmakers, industry professionals, film professors, and other film festival representatives.
Post festival the winning films will be placed in festival archives. Monetary awards are given to the winning film from an assortment of film categories and range from $500 to $1200.
Traditional Film & VR Official Selection Awards Breakdown:
- The Melvyn Douglass ‘Best in Show’ Award – $1200
- Best of ‘Narrative Feature’ Category – $1000
- Best of ‘Documentary’ Category – $1000
- Best of ‘Documentary Shorts’ Category – $800
- Best of ‘Georgia Made’ Category – $800
- Best of ‘Narrative Shorts’ Category – $800
- Best of ‘LGBTQ’ Category – $800
- Best of ‘Student Shorts’ Category – $500
- The Karen Black Audience Choice – Narrative Feature – $500
- Audience Choice – Documentary – $500
- Festival Special Mention Award – $500
Fulldome Official Selection Awards Breakdown:
- Best Immersive Experience – $1000
- Best Long Form Film – $500
- Best Short Form Film – $500
Annual Macon Film Festival History
The Macon Film Festival was founded in 2006 and became an independent non-profit in 2009 with the mission of celebrating and promoting film-making. The film festival is held annually in the heart of Georgia in historic downtown Macon. The festival consists of film screenings, special screenings, and workshops. The Macon Film Festival is named one of the top 100 festivals by Filmfreeway.
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