Atlanta Film Festival unveils 2026 lineup

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — The Atlanta Film Festival has unveiled the full lineup for 2026. The festival’s 50th edition will have 154 official selections ranging from experimental shorts to films building early Oscar hype.

The festival is headlined by 10 marquee films, including Gregg Araki’s I Want Your Sex, the Willem Dafoe-starring Late Fame and The Brittney Griner Story, about the current Atlanta Dream center.

Special presentations will include a screening of Clint Eastwood’s 2019 film Richard Jewell, about the security who helped evacuate crowds at the 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing.

The screening will take place just under 30 years after the explosion and be attended by the film’s star, Paul Walter Hauser.

The festival will also include the documentary Bo Legs: Marvin Arrington, Sr., An Atlanta Story, about the Atlanta icon.

The festival will take place at the Tara and Plaza theaters from April 23 to May 3 and online from May 4 to May 11.