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Purchase Your Early Bird Tickets Now Because…Samana Is The Secret, But It Won’t Be For Long.

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When I started this journey, the goal was to put together a really dynamic cultural event. I have done so many events, of all types, in a variety of settings, across my creative career that I know how to do that well, often with very limited resources. So as per my typical approach, I locked in and went to work. However, as I worked to build out this platform over the last three and a half years, something began to happen. Things were converging in a way that was not directly proportional to the work we were putting forth... yes, we were focused and working hard, but we began noticing all of these serendipitous things that moved our trajectory away from merely executing a dynamic cultural event. At first I sort of dismissed it as coincidence, kept my head down and kept working. But these inexplicable things kept happening again and again, and the presence of these “things” that I could not explain became very loud and could not be ignored. I suddenly realized, ok, something else is hap...
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Alma Film Festival Sets the Course to Develop a Global Cinematic Agenda by Naming Its First Series of Global Ambassadors

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Prioritizing underrepresented voices and markets, the festival's new Afro-Mosaic Cinema Circle begins with five filmmakers and cultural leaders from Cape Town to Suva. Developed by the Alma Film Festival Executive Team The map of world cinema has always been larger than the map of the film business. Films are being made right now in Maseru and Suva, in Toronto's Little Jamaica and on the Samaná peninsula, that most of the world has not yet had the chance to see, by young creators in markets that global companies are only beginning to understand. On Tuesday, the Alma Film Festival moved to close that gap, naming the first regional ambassadors of its new Afro-Mosaic Cinema Circle : Lisa Mini in Cape Town, Lori Beazer in Toronto, Benny Marie Hiraldo Trinidad in Santo Domingo, Khotso Jaden Maphathe in Maseru, Lesotho, and Tumeli Tuqota in Suva, Fiji. They are the first of up to 30 ambassadors, each appointed for two years, who will advise the festival as it shapes a Global Ci...
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Building Bridges Across Continents, Countries and Cultures: Deepening Our Connection with Cameroon

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Building Bridges Across Continents, Countries and Cultures: Deepening Our Connection with Cameroon At the  Alma Film Festival , we believe cinema can build bridges across countries, cultures, and continents. Every shared story and creative exchange helps us understand one another, and that understanding can grow into lasting relationships. Our partnership with the Cameroonian film community puts that belief into practice. We are building a consistent, long-term relationship rooted in shared purpose, creative exchange, and support for filmmakers and their work. On November 3, 2026, Alma Film Festival Founder, Festival Director, and Managing Producer Anthony R. Page joins Tabe A. Wesley for a live online conversation. The session is the latest step in a relationship built through acting workshops, film curation, and connecting Cameroonian creatives with an international community. Cameroon: 8:00 PM WAT United States: 2:00 PM ET Join The Live Session Here Our Six Pillars in Pract...
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Come Celebrate Our Inaugural Year - The Alma Film Festival Holiday Social

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The Alma Film Festival Holiday Social An intimate evening for the artists, entrepreneurs, and champions writing Alma’s next chapter. An extraordinary year. The best is yet to come. Fun, yes. And focused on the future. Friday, December 11 · 6:00 p.m. Palate Atlanta Tasting Room 339 Nelson Street SW · Castleberry Hills · Atlanta For Tickets Over the last three and a half years, the Alma Film Festival executive team has built relationships across 42 countries. Through them, we’ve witnessed something remarkable. Across continents and cultures, individuals, agencies, and institutions are eager to build community, forge collaborations, and create systems that preserve what matters most to them. People are taking back ownership of their stories, their images, and their heritage, and telling them in ways that are more authentic, more accurate, and more complete. In some respects it is a rebirth, and in others an expansion, of creative and cultural confidence rooted in reclaiming what was alw...
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Alma Film Festival’s Bridge-Building Speaker Series connects First Frame Film Academy students in the Dominican Republic with Ian Elmore Moore of The King Center.

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Across Borders, Toward a Beloved Community Las Terrenas, Dominican Republic — Alma Film Festival will welcome Ian Elmore Moore, Director of the Beloved Community Leadership Academy at The Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change , for a virtual conversation with students of First Frame Film Academy in Las Terrenas, Dominican Republic , on Friday, November 6, 2026, at 3:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time . Presented through Alma’s Bridge-Building Speaker Series , the gathering will connect young storytellers with a leader whose work centers on youth empowerment, nonviolence, and the enduring vision of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Beloved Community. For Alma, the conversation is also a practical step toward a larger ambition: building bridges across countries, continents, and cultures by connecting the people within its growing international ecosystem. Over the past three and a half years, Alma Film Festival’s executive team has developed relationships across 42 countries ....
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Beyond the Festival: From Fiji to Cameroon, Alma and Signify TV Bring Independent Films to New Audiences

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A dramatic moment from A Cry from the Forest , directed by Lynno Lovert and starring Laura Onyama. Building on its debut festival in the Dominican Republic and its Ent-Tech (Innovation and Discovery Expo), Alma is putting its 42-country network to work, giving independent films and music videos a life beyond the festival circuit. ATLANTA — Here is the quiet problem with most independent films: they premiere, they win applause, maybe an award or two, and then they go dormant, many of them left sitting on a hard drive for years. Too often, these filmmakers never reach the audiences most eager to see their work. The Alma Film Festival and Signify TV are taking steps to change that. It’s a big problem, and no single partnership can solve it. But together, the two organizations are doing their part to connect more filmmakers with more audiences, one country, one creative community and one story at a time. The partnership arrives during a breakout year for Alma. In March, the festival made ...
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The Alma Experience: Music, Theatre, and the Conversations That Brought Us Together During Ent-Tech Atlanta

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Mari “Marz” Poydras of Channel Seven pouring every ounce of passion into the mic at Palate Atlanta Tasting Room. Two evenings at Palate Atlanta Tasting Room brought warmth, creative energy, and meaningful connection to Ent-Tech. Some of the most memorable moments of the Ent-Tech (Innovation & Discovery Expo) happened when the day’s work gave way to music, theatre, wine, and conversation. Across our Wednesday opening celebration and Saturday evening gathering at Palate Atlanta Tasting Room , The Alma Experience offered a welcoming space to enjoy extraordinary talent, reflect on what we had experienced, and get to know one another more deeply. Held on September 30 and October 3, the two social evenings brought a beautiful balance to the inaugural entertainment tech expo. Wine tastings on both nights helped set an intimate, relaxed tone, while the performances gave guests plenty to celebrate—and much to talk about. Joining us from Hampton Roads, Virginia, Channel Seven delivered an i...
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