ATLANTA FILM SOCIETY LOCALS ONLY: TRIPPIN’ WINNERS
ATLANTA, GA (July 24, 2025)—The Atlanta Film Society is proud to announce the award winners for our most recent LOCALS ONLY: TRIPPIN’, which occurred on Thursday, July 24, 2025. LOCALS ONLY is a recurring screening of short films from Georgia’s independent filmmakers. Each event has a distinct theme and focus. The featured short films are entirely from submissions. The Jury Award Winner was chosen by distinguished jurors from all backgrounds across the film industry, while in-person attendees determined the Audience Award.
LOCALS ONLY presents TRIPPIN’, Every story is a journey. This season, queuing up short films depicting travel of all kinds - road trips, cruise ships, and 10-minute space landings! We want to know what you did last summer and how you got there. We’re ready to contend with all the ways a voyage can have us “straight trippin’.”
LOCALS ONLY: TRIPPIN’ SUBMISSIONS
SOUNDS OF THE FOREST, directed by Zachary Stephens
TRIP-TYCH!, directed by Brian Lonano, Kevin Daniel Lonano
FANTOMET, directed by Rob Tiffin, Mitchell Hardage
KLARK SOUND - RED SPOT SUN, directed by John R Roche
THE INTERSECTION AT REBECCA STREET AND SHIPMAN AVENUE, directed by Deitrah Taylor
MORNING-BIRD, directed by Lorin R Dent
FIVE O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE, directed by Jonathan Milograno
IRIDESCENCE, directed by Max Arnzen
EATING 38 CHEESEBURGERS, directed by Andrew Schwab
BANANA DOG'S REVENGE, directed by Esperanza Gabriel
SEA LEGS, directed by Laurie Garner
LOCALS ONLY: TRIPPIN’ WINNER
Jury & Audience Award Winner: FIVE O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE, directed by Jonathan Milograno
All selected films were screened at the event at the Tara Theatre and received Official Selection laurels. Additionally, chosen filmmakers received a waiver to submit their LOCALS ONLY entry to the following Atlanta Film Festival. Each film chosen received five free tickets to attend the screening and two free tickets to the Tara Theatre ($30 value).
Jury and Audience prizes will be awarded, each with a $100 cash prize. Winning films will also receive Winner laurels, two All-Access badges each to the following Atlanta Film Festival ($800+ value), and two Tara Theatre tickets/popcorn/drink combos ($54 value).
More information can be found for those looking to submit, attend, or be a vendor at https://www.atlantafilmsociety.org/locals-only.