Recognized as Best Film Festival by Creative Loafing, Sunday Paper, 10Best and Atlanta Magazine, Atlanta Film Festival offers a year-round program of screenings, workshops, seminars, parties, panels and other educational events. The festival’s competitions include Narrative Feature, Documentary Feature, Narrative Short, Animated Short, and Documentary Short categories. The festival also screens films out of competition and these films can still compete for non-jury awards, as every year the festival offers an Audience Award for both Features and Short films.