DATE: 9/16/25
TIME: 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
LOCATION: Manuel’s Tavern
PRICE: Free
It's back! The Atlanta Film Society and Kodak Film Lab Atlanta are in partnership to present The 100 Feet of Film Project. This project provides a team of filmmakers with the opportunity to maximize their creativity while minimizing the ability to reshoot. Through this project, filmmakers will learn to effectively and efficiently shoot on a limited reel of film stock, and in the process, must focus on the fundamentals of filmmaking. Join us for a discussion with Win Marks, Kim Ruiz, and Bill Manning as they talk about their individual experiences participating in the program and shooting on film.
ABOUT THE PANELISTS
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Win Marks is a filmmaker based in Atlanta, Georgia. His short film Patio Cigarette won the jury prize at the 2025 The 100 Feet of Film Project and went on to play at the Atlanta Film Festival later that year. Win enjoys short books, pie for breakfast, and walks on the beltline with his wife.
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Kim Ruiz (she/her) is a multimedia artist focusing in filmmaking, installation, photography, and music. Her work explores the phenomenology of waking, dreaming, and death states in film. Kim owns and operates a small private music teaching studio, Music Minds, in Candler Park since 2020. She is currently pursuing an MFA in Digital Filmmaking and a graduate certificate in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at GSU. Kim recently held a tenure position as Music Director at WRAS Album 88 from 2021-2025. Her work has exhibited locally at the Atlanta Film Festival, AVC Fest, and Convergence Atlanta Art & Film Expo, in addition to screenings at Anthology Film Archives in NYC and University of Kent in Paris' postgraduate arts festival, Chaos and Order. Kim's group’s film, Rat Tail, won the Audience Award at the 2025 The 100 Feet of Film Project.
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Bill Manning is an Atlanta-based stills photographer and emerging cinematographer with a focus on storytelling through celluloid. He is the founder of Atlanta Film Company, which offers 35mm motion picture film as a still photography solution—providing young cinematographers with an affordable way to learn how to expose and experiment with motion picture stocks. Bill has contributed to numerous independent productions in the Atlanta area, working as a writer, producer, cinematographer, unit stills photographer, and production assistant. In 2025, he wrote and executive produced Our Father, created for The 100 Feet of Film Project, which is currently submitted to five film festivals worldwide.