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Melissa Simpson

Film Impact Georgia // Atlanta Jewish Film Festival
Executive Director // Operations Manager
Atlanta, Georgia
Websitefilmimpactgeorgia.org
I wish I was as cool as Cameron McAllister.

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Thursday, August 22
 

5:30pm CDT

Filmmaker + Sponsor Kick-off Reception Kress Building
 
Friday, August 23
 

5:00pm CDT

Opening Night Pre-Party (INVITE ONLY EVENT) Roots & Revelry

8:00pm CDT

Opening Night: I Want My MTV sponsored by Kinetic Alabama TheatreTyler Measom and Patrick Waldrop • Kinetic Communications

10:00pm CDT

Opening Night After Party 3rd Ave. N. (Block Party)
 
Saturday, August 24
 

10:10am CDT

Only ASFA Lecture HallTakashi Doscher • Alabama School of Fine Arts • Birmingham Business Journal

11:00am CDT

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back sponsored by Alpha Lumber Lyric TheatreIrvin Kershner • Greater Birmingham Convention & Visitors Bureau • Alpha Lumber and Supply Co., Inc.

12:15pm CDT

Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am sponsored by Books-A-Million Alabama TheatreTimothy Greenfield-Sanders • Books-A-Million • This is Alabama

12:30pm CDT

Film Festival Secrets w/ Chris Holland ASFA GalleryWind Creek Hospitallity • Chris Holland

2:00pm CDT

Greener Grass sponsored by Revelator Coffee Company Lyric TheatreJocelyn DeBoer and Dawn Luebbe • Greater Birmingham Convention & Visitors Bureau • Revelator Coffee Company Film Festival Alliance: Meet the Fests Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema (B)

2:40pm CDT

Sidetalks Live RMTC Cabaret TheatreCarrigan's Public House • Boutwell Studios

3:40pm CDT

Alabama Docs: Foodies sponsored by Les Dames d'Escoffier ASFA Black Box TheatreNicole Du Bois • Stacey Davis • Jess Lingle • Ava Lowrey • Heather Rickles • Callie Walls • Jennifer Wells • Les Dames d’Escoffier International Birmingham Chapter

5:15pm CDT

The Nightingale sponsored by Cox Pools Alabama TheatreJennifer Kent

6:00pm CDT

Circus of Books sponsored by Central Alabama Pride ASFA Recital HallRachel Mason

7:50pm CDT

National Narratives: Comedy ASFA Lecture HallNathan Adloff • Horatio Baltz • Iyabo Boyd • Cal Brunker • Matt Enlow • Phyllis Jackson • Grace Kim • Michael Long • Justin O'Neal Miller • Joy Nash • Matt Porter • Lije Sarki

8:15pm CDT

The Death Of Dick Long sponsored by ADTRAV Alabama TheatreDaniel Scheinert

9:00pm CDT

Sidewalk Saturday Southern AF / Saturday Night After Party Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark

10:40pm CDT

Shorts: After Dark Ch. 3 sponsored by MascotTV ASFA Dorothy Jemison Day TheaterMichael • Meredith Alloway • Ian Bondurant • Brandon Daley • Michael Greene • Mohit Jaswal • Spencer Lenzie • Paul Oh • Alex Phillips • Zane Rubin • Clayton Dean Smith • Felipe Di Poi Tamargo • MascotTV
 
Sunday, August 25
 

12:40pm CDT

Pageant Material ASFA Lecture Hall

1:10pm CDT

National Narratives: Notes on Grief ASFA Recital HallJohn Charter • Maegan Houang • Thomas Mendolia • Loli Menezes • Ethan Mermelstein • Valarie Patterson • Katherine Propper • Eric Pumphrey

2:00pm CDT

Gay Chorus Deep South sponsored by Druid City Pride First Church of BirminghamDavid Charles Rodrigues

2:30pm CDT

The Cat Rescuers Birmingham Museum of ArtRob Fructman • Steven Lawrence

4:00pm CDT

Performing Queerness: Beyond Drag ASFA GalleryMama Dixie • Winnie Wont • Mona Squeels • Josh Burford

4:40pm CDT

Always In Season First Church of BirminghamJacqueline Olive