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Join us for the Fourth Annual Atlanta Underground Film Festival, held August 22 - 25, 2007 in Atlanta, Georgia. You are also invited to DocuFest Atlanta, September 27 - 29, 2007 and the Atlanta HorrorFest, October 4 - 7, 2007!  View what's playing at DocuFest !!



AUFF QUICK GUIDE:

Venue: Address /  Phone: Tickets:
The Plaza Theatre     1049 Ponce de Leon Ave.  30306
404-873-1939
$7 General / $5 students
MJQ Concourse 736 Ponce de Leon Place  30306
404-870-0575
$7 General / $5 students
Drunken Unicorn 736 Ponce de Leon Place  30306
404-870-0575
$7 General / $5 students
The Five Spot 1123 Euclid Ave.  30307
404-223-1100
$5 donation
Eastside Lounge 485a Flat Shoals Ave.  30316
404 -521-9666
$5 donation
The EARL 488 Flat Shoals Ave.  30316
404-522-3950
$7 General


Get advance tickets & All Access Passes on-line!*

*Advance tickets and All Access Passes do not apply to AUFF Retrospectives:
Rocky Horror Picture Show and Jason and the Argonauts


Tickets are also available at the door of each venue 30 minutes prior to each screening.



Wednesday August 22, 2007


eastside lounge - 8/22/07


9:00 PM - Animation Attack!
     (program #1)

11:00 PM - Opening Night Party



          

Thursday August 23, 2007



The EARL - 8/23/07
 



    8:00 PM - Local Shorts       
   
11:30 PMMusic by
Club Awesome







eastside lounge - 8/23/07


8:30 PM - Sons of Saturn

9:30 PM - NAILED!





Friday August 24, 2007




4:30 PM - 6:00 PM - Moonlight & Magic

6:20 PM - 8:00 PM - Dirty Habit

8:15 PM - 10:15 PM - Viva

10:30 PM - 11:45 PMThe AUFF Sex Show         

Midnight - Special AUFF Screening (TBA)

MidnightAUFF Retrospective:
Rocky Horror Picture Show





The Five Spot - 8/24/07

7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Cracker Crazy:
The Invisible Histories of the Sunshine State


9:00 PM - 9:15
Live Music by Nerdkween

9:15 PM - 10:30 PM
The Short Life of Jose Antonio Gutierrez
       

10:30 PM - Live Music by:
The Feeding Fingers



Drunken Unicorn - 8/24/07

8:30 PM -  9:45 PMComedy Shorts

10:00 PM - Live Music by Starlett

          Midnight -   AUFF After Party          



MJQ - 8/24/07


8:30 PM - 10:00 PM -   Music Industry A-Z
playing with The Hiphop Nation


11:00 PM -   AUFF After-Party





Saturday August 25, 2007




2:30 PM - 4:05 PM - Sci-Fi & Horror Shorts

4:20 PM - 5:50 PM - Shorts from Spain

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM - International Shorts

7:45 PM - 8:50 PM - Experimental Shorts

9:00 PM - 10:30 PM - Animation Attack! (program #2)

10:00 PM -11:45 PM -   Animation Attack! Retrospective:
Jason and the Argonauts


10:45 PM - 12:00 AM - Freelance

Midnight - Blood Car



The Five Spot - 8/25/07


9:00 PM - 10:15 PM - AUFF Drama (program #1)

10:15 - Live Music by Andre Paraguassu and Bradley Bailey

10:45 PM - 11:30 PM - AUFF Drama - (program #2)




The Drunken Unicorn - 8/25/07



8:30 PM - 10 PM - AUFF Best in Show Shorts! (TBA)

10:00 PM - Live Music by Numb

11:30 PM - until - AUFF Closing Party




MJQ - 8/25/07


Midnight  - AUFF After-Party


 Changes could be made, and films could be added!!!        Check back before showtimes!!           

Atlanta Underground Film Festival Features
Blood Car

Dir. Alex Orr - GA - 75 min.
Film Website

In the near future gas prices have reached astronomical highs nearing $40 a gallon. One man, Archie Andrews, an environmentalist elementary school teacher, is trying to discover an alternate fuel source. While experimenting with wheat grass, Archie accidentally stumbles upon a solution. That solution turns out to be blood. HUMAN BLOOD!

AUFF Closing Feature
Midnight Saturday August 25, 2007 at the Plaza.
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Cracker Crazy
The Invisible Histories of the Sunshine State

Dir. Georg Koszulinski - FL - 94 min.
Film Website


Blending archival and original footage, Cracker Crazy brings to life a cast of historical characters spanning 12,000 years, from Florida's ancient Indians to the migrant farm workers of the 21st century. Unmask the Ku Klux Klan and don't forget Walt Disney and Henry Flagler - the two characters most responsible for the Florida we know today. Think you know Florida? Think again.

7:30 PM, Friday August 24, 2007 at the Five Spot.
Presented by DocuFest Atlanta

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Dirty Habit

Dir. Bryan Root - CA - 81 min.
Film Website


A creepy, surrealistic drama about a nun and a prostitute who get stuck on an elevator. One is going to, one is coming from a meeting with the same man. The prostitute has a talking handbag.

6:20 PM, Friday August 24, 2007 at the Plaza.
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Freelance

Dir. Drew Sawyer  - GA -  63min.
Film Website

Elliot Guillespie seeks to become the worlds greatest investigative reporter, ala his idol, Rod Reel. A daunting task considering he comprises a news crew of one, can't drive, and still lives in his mother's basement. To aid him in his pursuits, Elliot enlists Toby, a depressed and lonely suburban taxi driver, to be his cameraman. The two quest for the big scoop, or what passes for the big scoop in the suburban town in which they live. Complicating matters is Roy Henry, Elliot's former childhood bully, now his mothers lover, and his partner in a lawn-care business. Elliot slips further and further into psychosis as his dream seems unattainable. It would seem that to make the news, one may truly have to MAKE the news.

10:45 PM, Saturday August 25, 2007 at The Plaza.
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Moonlight & Magic


Dir. Timothy Spanos - Australia - 90 min.
Film Website

A mo-hawk and a diabetic journey across the high country searching for a home they can call their own. Along the way, they meet a brain damaged nudist, a breast cancer survivor and a delinquent as they spread their moonlight and magic throughout the land. Don't miss this prequel to "Nancy, Nancy," AUFF's Best Comedy in 2006!

4:30 PM, Friday August 24, 2007 at the Plaza.
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Music Industry A - Z

Dir. Sean Crawford - NY/GA - 68 min.
Film Website
This eye-opening documentary stresses the importance of teamwork, independent production, mixtapes, publishing, contracts, touring, marketing & promotions as well as what label executives are looking for in an artist. Featuring interviews with Sean Paul, Swizz Beatz, Fat Joe, Slim Thug, Pitbull, Jadakiss, and many, many more, this documentary is a must see for anyone who is trying to break into the music industry.

Playing with Opening Short:

The Hiphop Nation:
A Conversation Inspired by the Teachings of KRS-ONE

Dir. Russel Gottschalk - GA - 25 min.

On April 16th 2005, in Atlanta, KRS-ONE delivered his Gospel of Hiphop, which focused on it's goals, purpose, past and future. His teachings prove Hiphop is a powerful cultural movement, a network of social relations and an international existence that transcends race, religion, gender and class.

8:30 PM, Friday August 24, 2007 at MJQ
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NAILED!

Dir. Sheldon Schiffer - GA - 40 min.
Film Website

Branca, a Brazilian immigrant, get entangled with the exploits of Patrick, a con-artist, looking to swindle her out of money for marriage. Branca soon discovers that cultural integration costs more than money, and that the American man of her dreams is as elusive as the American dream itself.

9:30 PM, Thursday August 23, 2007 at Eastside Lounge
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Sons of Saturn

Dir. Joao Machado - Brazil - 45 min.
Film Website

Meet the Saturnino family, a fictional story told through real archival footage of a family who goes from rags to riches to rags again. Three generations of men are bound by a legacy going beyond the intertwining branches of their family tree.

AUFF Opening Feature
8:30 PM, Thursday, August 23, 2007 at Eastside Lounge
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The Short Life of Jose Antonio Gutierrez

Dir. Heidi Specogna - USA - 90 min.
Film Website

The moving and nearly unbelievable story of the 'green-card soldier,' a one-time street kid from Guatemala, who headed north along the Pan-American Highway — full of hopes and desires for a better future — ultimately to die an American hero far from home.

9:15 PM, Friday August 24, 2007 at The Five Spot
Presented by DocuFest Atlanta

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Viva
Dir. Anna Biller - CA - 120 min.
Film Website

VIVA is a cult freak-out retro 1970's spectacle, about a bored housewife who gets sucked into the sexual revolution. Abandoned by her perfect Ken-doll husband, Barbi is dragged into trouble by her girlfriend, who spouts women's lib as she gets Barbi to discard her bra and go out on the town. Barbi becomes a Red Riding Hood in a sea of wolves, and quickly learns a lot more than she wanted to about the different kinds of scenes going on in the wild '70's, including nudist camps, the hippie scene, orgies, bisexuality, sadism, drugs, and bohemia.

8:15 PM, Friday August 24, 2007 at The Plaza
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An AUFF Retrospective:

The Rocky Horror Picture Show


Dir. Jim Sharman
Writers: Richard O'Brien & Jim Sharman Year: 1975

You are invited to participate in an AUFF salute to the ultimate underground film! If you've never experienced RHPS in a theatre, now's your chance!

Join Brad and Janet as they enter the realm of Dr. Frank-N-Furter (Tim Curry) and his twisted pals. 'Come up to the lab, and see what's on the slab. I see you shiver with antici-pation!'

Midnight, Friday, August 24, 2007 at The Plaza





An Animation Attack! Retrospective:
Jason and the Argonauts

Dir. Don Chaffey - year : 1963
Website

Experience the many-headed Hydra, Talos the giant and the army of skeletons that made stop-motion animation expert Ray Harryhausen legendary!


10:00 PM, Saturday, August 25, 2007 at The Plaza
Presented by the Silver Scream Spook Show!




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