Ent-Tech (Innovation & Discovery Expo) Opens Vendor Registration for Inaugural Atlanta Launch

Entertainment-technology platform will connect startups, creative entrepreneurs, media innovators, and Global South creative markets with Atlanta’s film, technology, and entrepreneurship ecosystem.

ATLANTA, GA — Ent-Tech (Innovation & Discovery Expo), the entertainment-technology division of the Alma Film Festival, is now inviting startups, emerging businesses, creative entrepreneurs, technology companies, media platforms, educational organizations, community innovators, and aligned vendors to participate as exhibitors in its inaugural year.

Approved startup exhibitors may register at the Founding Startup Rate of $250 through July 15. After July 15, the standard startup vendor fee will be $500.

Launching this fall, Ent-Tech is designed as a four-day cultural and creative economy experience connecting entertainment, technology, storytelling, entrepreneurship, media innovation, and global cultural exchange. The platform will convene a high-value mix of founders, creators, investors, technologists, media leaders, educators, and cultural strategists working at the edge of the creative economy.

Exhibitor / Vendor Registration Here

“Ent-Tech was designed as a discovery platform for the next frontier of entertainment technology,” said Anthony R. Page, Festival Director of the Alma Film Festival and founder of Blue Bistro Creative. “In an environment where major global technology companies often dominate the conversation, we want to widen the aperture by identifying emerging ideas, early-stage platforms, and disruptive models with the potential to scale into meaningful global impact.”

Ent-Tech’s distinct focus is on high-potential ideas that sit at the intersection of entertainment, technology, and cultural infrastructure, particularly those emerging from the Global South and from overlooked disruptors in more dominant markets whose work deserves amplification. The platform is especially interested in ideas that may sit outside the usual corridors of capital and visibility, but carry extraordinary cultural, technological, and entrepreneurial promise.

That focus is already reflected in the larger Alma Film Festival ecosystem, which now includes more than 150 stakeholders across 56 cities and 36 countries, with planned activations and community connections extending to Fiji, Cameroon, South Africa, the Dominican Republic, Switzerland, Nigeria, Honduras, Jamaica, Lesotho, the Solomon Islands, and other emerging creative markets.

“We are looking toward the South Pacific, South America, the Caribbean, Central and Southeast Asia, and the continent of Africa as places where new frameworks, new creative systems, and new models of innovation are already taking shape,” Page said. “In our own small way, we want Ent-Tech to become a launchpad for ideas that deserve greater traction, while positioning Atlanta as a strategic gateway between the Global South and the global creative economy.”

The inaugural year will prioritize startups, scalable platforms, AI and media tools, gaming, animation, immersive experiences, production technologies, creator-economy models, youth innovation, digital storytelling systems, and other emerging ideas helping define the future of entertainment and the creative economy.

Atlanta as a Strategic Gateway

For Ent-Tech, Atlanta is not simply a host city. It is a strategic market — one where film production, technology, entrepreneurship, civil rights legacy, cultural influence, and global storytelling already operate in unusually close proximity.

“Atlanta has the rare combination of a dynamic technology sector, a powerful business ecosystem, a deep legacy of progressive activism and human rights work, and a global reputation for entertainment and storytelling,” Page said. “That convergence makes Atlanta uniquely positioned to help build bridges across cultures, industries, and markets. Ent-Tech is another step in that direction.”

The platform’s long-term vision is to create a new kind of entertainment-technology marketplace: one that identifies early signals, elevates overlooked innovation, strengthens creative infrastructure, and connects emerging markets to meaningful industry access.

A Four-Day Cultural and Creative Economy Experience

The inaugural Ent-Tech experience will unfold across four days, beginning Wednesday, September 30, and concluding Saturday, October 3.

Wednesday, September 30 — The Alma Experience Opening Night

• Ent-Tech opens with a social and cultural gathering supported by The G.L.O.W. Syndicate, Impact Atlanta International Magazine, Dai Moda luxury fashion brand, and Palate Atlanta Tasting Room.

• The evening will bring together film, fashion, media, culture, music, business, and community to launch the four-day experience and establish the cultural tone for the week.

Thursday, October 1 — Afro-Mosaic Cinema Summit: The Crown Symposium on 1526

• The second day will feature symposium programming led by Dr. Samuel Livingston, Morehouse College professor in the Africana Studies Department.

• The Crown Symposium on 1526 will examine 1526 as a watershed moment in Western history with deep implications for global storytelling, cultural memory, identity formation, and narrative power.

Friday, October 2 — Afro-Mosaic Cinema Summit: Screening Events & Cultural Conversations

• Friday will feature curated screening experiences and cultural conversations designed to deepen audience engagement, dialogue, and community participation.

Saturday, October 3 — Ent-Tech (Innovation & Discovery Expo)

• Saturday serves as the anchor day of the experience. The Expo will feature interactive presentations, exhibitions, startup showcases, vendor activations, creative technology demonstrations, breakout rooms, speakers, think tanks, fireside chats, panels, and community discussions.

Exhibitor Registration

Exhibitor registration is now open for Ent-Tech (Innovation & Discovery Expo), taking place Saturday, October 3, 2026, from 10 AM to 4 PM as the anchor day of the four-day Alma Film Festival fall convening.

Approved startup exhibitors may register at the Founding Startup Rate of $250 through July 15. After July 15, the standard startup vendor fee will be $500.

Exhibitor setup will begin at 8 AM, and all setups must be complete by 9:30 AM. The Expo will open to the public at 10 AM. Location information will be forthcoming.

Ent-Tech is especially interested in companies, platforms, organizations, and ventures building at the intersection of entertainment, technology, culture, and enterprise — particularly those developing emerging tools, scalable ideas, creative technologies, media platforms, production services, AI solutions, immersive experiences, gaming, animation, creator-economy models, youth innovation, and Global South-centered market opportunities.

Register here

About the Alma Film Festival

The Alma Film Festival is a research-centred, global film, culture, and creative economy platform committed to cross-cultural storytelling, cultural diplomacy, and transformative creative experiences.

Through its film festival, the Dandelion Institute, the Afro-Mosaic Cinema Circle, The Alma Experience, and Ent-Tech, Alma connects creative communities across regions, industries, and markets.

Media & Vendor Inquiries

For exhibitor registration, partnership opportunities, or media inquiries, please contact:

festivaldirector@almafilmfestival.com

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