| Genre | Documentary film festival |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Annual |
| Locations | Atlanta, Georgia, United States |
| Website | http://www.atldoc.com/ |
The Atlanta Documentary Film Festival (also called ATL DOC, Atlanta DocuFest) is a film festival that screens documentary films in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. [1] Paul Mariano's Also Ran was named Best Political Documentary at the 2006 festival. [2] Don Wilson's Mississippi Son: A Filmmaker's Journey Home was named Best Dramatic Documentary at the 2007 festival. [3] In 2009, Roger Nygard's The Nature of Existence was screened at the festival, [4] as was Mike Ramsdell's The Anatomy of Hate: A Dialogue for Hope, [5] which won the Audience Choice Award that year. [6] LGBT documentary film It Doesn’t Define Us was screened at the 2010 festival. [7] At the 2012 festival, Christine Anthony's and Owen Masterson's Grow! won the Audience Choice Award. [8] Decadence: Decline of the Western World was named that year's Best Foreign Documentary. [9]