Connecting independent filmmakers with communities throughout the South for film screenings and conversations around compelling stories, important topics, and the art of filmmaking.
Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers
Program Description
For nearly fifty years, the Southern Circuit has worked with Screening Partners to connect independent filmmakers with community audiences throughout the South for screenings and conversations around compelling stories, important topics, and the art of filmmaking. Screening Partners present screenings and host touring filmmakers, using independent film as a conduit for community connection and conversation. Southern Circuit Screening Partner organizations have included universities, community arts centers, municipalities, historic cinemas, museums, libraries, places of worship, and more, serving diverse audiences of all ages.
Southern Circuit prioritizes featuring Southern filmmakers and stories. We are committed to presenting films by filmmakers in every stage of their career including emerging and first-time filmmakers.
Southern Circuit is made possible through a partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts.
The 2024-2025 Southern Circuit Season
Films On Tour
Bulls and Saints
with Rodrigo Dorfman (Director)
City of a Million Dreams
with Tim Watson (Editor, Co-Writer, Co-Producer)
Family Tree
with Jennifer MacArthur (Director)
Home is a Hotel
with Kevin Wong (Director, Producer, Co-Cinematographer) and Kar Yin Tham (Co-Director, Producer)
Kim's Video
with David Redmon and Ashley Sabin (Co-directors, co-cinematographers, co-editors)
Lift
with Steven Melendez (Protagonist), Mary Recine (Producer), and David Peterson (Director, Producer)
North Putnam
with Joel Fendelman (Director) and Beth Benedix (Producer)
O Pioneer
with Clara Lehmann (Director, Producer, and Writer) and Jonathan Lacocque (Director, Producer, Cinematographer, and Editor)
The Playmaker
with Hannah Bowman (Director, Producer, Editor, Cinematographer)
Santos - Skin to Skin
with Kathryn Golden (Producer, Director, Editor) and Ashley James (Producer, Director of Photography)
Small Town Universe
with Katie Dellamaggiore (Director, Producer)
This World Is Not My Own
with Petter Ringbom (Director, Writer, Cinematographer), Ruchi Mital (Writer, Producer), and Cathi Perry (Family Member)
Where the Butterflies Go
with Fraser Jones (Director, Producer, Host)
Screening Partners
- Birmingham, AL – Sidewalk Film Center and Cinema
- Clearwater, FL - Ruth Eckerd Hall
- Fort Myers, FL – Lee County Alliance of the Arts
- Miami, FL – O Cinema
- Atlanta, GA – Emory University Center for Ethics
- Canton, GA – Canton Theatre in partnership with the Fox Theatre (Atlanta, GA)
- Eatonton, GA – The Plaza Arts Center
- Hapeville, GA – City of Hapeville
- Lawrenceville, GA – Aurora Theatre
- Rome, GA – Rome International Film Festival
- Bowling Green, KY – Western Kentucky University
- Alexandria, LA - Arts Council of Central Louisiana
- Cleveland, MS – Delta Arts Alliance
- Jackson, MS – Mississippi Film Society
- Asheville, NC – Asheville Art Museum
- Charlotte, NC – Charlotte Museum of History
- Wilmington, NC – University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Cucalorus Film Festival, Working Films, and WHQR Public Media
- Winston-Salem, NC – a/perture cinema
- Clemson, SC – Clemson University
- Maryville, TN – Clayton Center for the Arts
Nashville, TN – Global Education Center
Opportunities
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Views from the Southern Circuit
As filmmakers, we want our films to reach as broad and diverse an audience as possible. The Southern Circuit Tour makes that possible.
Pam Tom, Director, TyrusStories
Questions?
For questions about Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers, contact Hillary Crawford.
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