23RD URBAN MEDIAMAKERS FILM FESTIVAL: Oct. 14 - 17

A 14-day line-up of international movies, youth films, and podcasts along with content creators, actors, writers, and film buffs

By CL STAFF Thursday October 10, 2024 04:59 PM EDT

For 14 days during the Urban Mediamakers Film Festival (UMFF) global content creators will compete in various categories including animations, Afrofuturism, shorts, documentaries, scripts, features, photography, virtual reality, middle and high schoolers, commercials, Georgia-produced, LGBTQ, music videos, TV/web series, podcasts, trailers, and PSAs.

Content creators competing are representing 21 countries including Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Jamaica, Japan, Nigeria, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Senegal, State of Palestine, and the United States.

Events

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23rd Urban Mediamakers Film Festival 2024: William “Rock” Moses” Award to “Fight Night - the Million Dollar Heist”

10/27/2024 7:00 PM

Virtual

The inaugural William “Rock” Moses Award presented to “Fight Night - the Million Dollar Heist” Atlanta historic series. Honoring Will “SugarMeat” Moses — the #1 numbers man in Vine City - and his son, William “Rock” Moses, one of Atlanta’s original gangsters.

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23rd Urban Mediamakers Film Festival 2024: Supernatural Story of Fredrick - Feature Film

10/26/2024 9:30 PM

Norcross Cultural Arts & Community Center

This documentary brings you into the heart of the African Ancestral Society’s ‘Black Wall Street Memorial March’.

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23rd Urban Mediamakers Film Festival 2024: Up From the Earth, Out Through the People

10/26/2024 8:00 PM

Norcross Cultural Arts & Community Center

This documentary brings you into the heart of the African Ancestral Society’s ‘Black Wall Street Memorial March’.

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Sneaker

23rd Urban Mediamakers Film Festival 2024: Creative Kids Camp “Sneakers on the Red Carpet” and Project Premieres

10/26/2024 6:30 PM

Norcross Cultural Arts & Community Center

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Videopalooza

23rd Urban Mediamakers Film Festival 2024: UMFF Videopalooza - Middle and High School Filmmakers

10/26/2024 5:30 PM

Norcross Cultural Arts & Community Center

UMFF Videopalooza - Middle and High School Filmmakers (Screening in Meeting Room #1).

America Divided, director Asher Elias Anantham - High School Students and Teen Filmmakers - United States - 6:21 mins.

Crescendo, director Alexa Jeong - High School Students and Teen Filmmakers - United States - ...

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AfroFuturism Fest 2024

10/26/2024 5:00 PM

Norcross Cultural Arts & Community Center

About this event

Event lasts 6 hours

AfroFuturism Fest 2024 is a festival within the Urban Mediamakers Film Festival. Spotlighting Black sci-fi, fantasy, and horror, the AfroFuturism Fest will showcase projects in competition, interaction with the creators of the projects, the inaugural Gwinnett C...

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Gwinnett County Comic-Con

10/26/2024 5:00 PM

Norcross Cultural Arts & Community Center

About this event

Event lasts 5 hours

The first annual Gwinnett County Comic-Con bringing comic artists, writers, and lovers of the creativity together.

Comic books presented during the Urban Mediamakers Film Festival:

· Born Again, writer Ronald Cromartie - Comic Book - United States

· Illum...

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Vigilantes

Vigilantes Inc.: America’s New Vote Suppression Hitmen

10/25/2024 9:00 PM

Norcross Cultural Arts & Community Center

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The Christmas Chain - Feature Film - Salute to Veterans

10/25/2024 4:00 PM

Norcross Cultural Arts & Community Center

About this event

Event lasts 2 hours

THE CHRISTMAS CHAIN - Directed by Dale Fabrigar| This feature film follows Dez and Jerome, twin brothers with contrasting personalities, as they journey home for Christmas after Jerome’s serious kidney injury. On a train ride marked by a chance encounter with S...

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Kuf Knotz & Christine Elise Live Music Performance - 8-9:30 PM

10/18/2024 8:00 PM

Norcross Cultural Arts & Community Center

About this event

Event lasts 2 hours

Kuf Knotz & Christine Elise Live Music Performance - 8-9:30 PM

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23rd Urban Mediamakers Film Festival 2024: Not About a Political Party. Only About the Vote : Voter Engagement

10/18/2024 6:00 PM

Norcross Cultural Arts & Community Center

Whether you’re an independent, Democratic or Republican, voting is the only thing that matters....

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23rd Urban Mediamakers Film Festival 2024: This Time Round - Documentary Feature Film - Lunch and a Movie

10/18/2024 12:00 PM

Norcross Cultural Arts & Community Center

THIS TIME ROUND - Directed by Francisco J. Nunez and Ansley Sawyer | Amidst the backdrop of a pandemic-stricken New York City, witness the unwavering passion and determination of a youth chorus as they strive to keep their art alive against all odds. Through poignant storytelling and original music ...

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23rd Urban Mediamakers Film Festival 2024: College Student Filmmakers Series #1

10/17/2024 7:00 PM

Norcross Cultural Arts & Community Center

MEETING ROOM #1

Anansi the Spider, director Jared Hall, Animation, Jamaica - 4:46 mins.
A Pearl in the Ocean, director Vasundhara Jadhav - LGBTQ - India - 13:42 mins.
Buhurt, director Davis Michael Shaw - United States - 16:21 mins.
Destiny, director Vishakha Bhardwaj - India - 25:35 mins.

Ghost o...

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23rd Urban Mediamakers Film Festival 2024: Short Film Showcase - Series #1 - Urban Mediamakers Film Festival

10/17/2024 6:30 PM

Norcross Cultural Arts & Community Center

Join us for the Urban Mediamakers Film Festival Short Film Showcase - Series #1 in competition in partnership with the Gwinnett County Black Chamber of Commerce.

SCREENING LOCATION: Norcross Cultural Arts and Community Center - Auditorium

Long Way Home - Director Ronald Cromartie - 18:00 mins.

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23rd Urban Mediamakers Film Festival 2024: TV/Web Series, Virtual Reality, LGBTQ, Mobile Films - Series #2

10/17/2024 4:00 PM

Norcross Cultural Arts & Community Center

UMFF 2024 TV/Web Series, Virtual Reality, LGBTQ, Mobile Films - Series #2 (Screening in Meeting Room #1).

The Duguesclin Tower, director Ronan LIOT - France - 14:41 mins.
D dot H, directors Meegwun Fairbrother, Mary Galloway - Canada - 9:16 mins.

Shirley & Ross, director C.G. Reeves - United State...

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23rd Urban Mediamakers Film Festival 2024: Documentary Short Films Showcase Series

10/17/2024 2:30 PM

Norcross Cultural Arts & Community Center

Documentary Short Films Showcase Series of the 23rd Urban Mediamakers Film Festival in Meeting #1.

· A Race in the Sun, director K. Nicole Mills - United States - 20:00 mins.
· Echoes of Immortality, director - Women-Only Directors - Taiwan 26:16

· Even Me 2.0, director Megan T. Ebor - United States...

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23rd Urban Mediamakers Film Festival 2024: TV/Web Series, Virtual Reality, LGBTQ, Mobile Films - Series #1

10/17/2024 1:00 PM

Norcross Cultural Arts & Community Center

UMFF 2024 TV/Web Series, Virtual Reality, LGBTQ, Mobile Films - Series #1 (Screening in Meeting Room #1).

The Heart Helper Podcast, directors Jodie S Smith, Dame Dozha - United States - 40:01 mins.
Pitched Together, director Diego Bonilla - United States - 7:25 mins.

Police Dispatch: Briarmoor, di...

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23rd Urban Mediamakers Film Festival 2024 - Box Brown: A Box Marked

10/17/2024 12:00 PM

Norcross Cultural Arts & Community Center

BOX BROWN: A Box Marked Freedom is the incredible TRUE story of Henry “Box” Brown, an enslaved man who mailed himself to freedom in 1849.

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23rd Urban Mediamakers Film Festival 2024: Artificial Intelligence (AI) Unleashed: How Content Creators Can Thrive

10/16/2024 1:00 PM

Virtual

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23rd Urban Mediamakers Film Festival 2024: A Conversation with REDELIA SHAW, Directors Guild of America (DGA)

10/15/2024 1:00 PM

Virtual

Redelia Shaw is a Los Angeles-based filmmaker and DGA 2nd AD that has worked on numerous projects including Blackish, Scandal, House of Lies, The Muppets, Heroes and The Office.

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23rd Urban Mediamakers Film Festival 2024: UMFF 2024 Official Selections Directors, Producers and Cast Q&A

10/14/2024 7:00 PM

Virtual

With global content creators, UMFF 2024 brings directors, producers, writers, cast and crew with official selections virtually for a Q&amp;A.

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23rd Urban Mediamakers Film Festival 2024: A Conversation with RALPH SCOTT, BHERC and Social Cinema LLC

10/14/2024 4:00 PM

Virtual

RALPH SCOTT has spent the better part of 30 years promoting and supporting independent films as Program Director and Co-Founder of Black Hollywood Education and Resource Center (BHERC) also, Co-Founder of Visual AIDS: A cinematic look at the HIV/AIDS epidemic; film festivals as well as Executive Pro...

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23rd Urban Mediamakers Film Festival 2024

10/14/2024 12:00 PM

Norcross Cultural Arts & Community Center

Join the 23rd Urban Mediamakers Film Festival (UMFF) running October 14-27, 2024 for 14 days as global content creators compete in various categories including animations, Afrofuturism, shorts, documentaries, scripts, features, photography, virtual reality, middle and high schoolers, commercials, Ge...

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Urban Mediamakers Film Festival: Anti-Columbus Day (Virtual)

10/14/2024 12:00 PM

Virtual

UMFF 2024 kicks off with Anti-Columbus Day

Changing Hearts and Minds Through Content Creation Workshop (fee)
UMFF 2024 Films Streaming 24/7 on UrbanFlixToGo.com
UMFF Directors, Producers and Cast Q&amp;A

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23rd Urban Mediamakers Film Festival 2024: Changing Hearts/Minds through Leadership & Content: Anti-Racism - Virtual

10/14/2024 12:00 PM

Virtual

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Events take place at Norcross Cultural Arts & Community Center, 10 College Street, NW, Norcross, GA, 30071, and at other sites in Gwinnett County. Some events are feee; some events are ticketed. Find out more here. Tickets may be purchased here.

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