Anthony R. Page (Film - TV - Theater - Photography - Design - Advocacy)

Day 4 (Innovation & Discovery Expo) (Activity Schedule and Complete Event Details) SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3 -  10:00 AM – 4:00 PM Location: TBD Saturday turns toward innovation and the changing landscape of entertainment and storytelling. A series of interactive presentations will connect audiences directly with innovators, entrepreneurs and thought leaders working across entertainment, technology, and storytelling. Saturday will draw from the Alma Film Festival’s expansive global ecosystem of more than 150 stakeholders across 42 countries, bringing together innovators, entrepreneurs, technologists, filmmakers and thought leaders through both in-person and virtual participation. That network gives Ent-Tech a distinctly global perspective, connecting emerging ideas and technologies in Atlanta with voices, experiences and innovation from across the United States and the Global South. Ent-Tech is intentionally designed around interaction and discovery rather than a traditional tra...

    Day 3 - The Afro-Mosaic Cinema Summit FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2 - Time: TBD Friday turns its attention to cinema as more than entertainment, examining its power as a vehicle for cultural intelligence, research and public discourse —and as an instrument through which communities can reclaim the authority to define themselves. Among the featured screenings is Je Suis Noire (Becoming a Black Woman) , directed by Rachel M’Bon and co-directed by Juliana Fanjul . The film won Best Documentary at the 2026 Alma Film Festival , where M’Bon—a Swiss filmmaker of German, Swiss and Congolese heritage—also became the inaugural recipient of the festival’s Dr. Cornel West Award for Global Truth & Cultural Conscience , recognizing artists whose work demonstrates moral courage, intellectual rigor and a sustained engagement with the human condition. The film also speaks to a larger cultural movement Alma has observed across the Global South, the African diaspora and communities around the wor...

Day 2   ( The Afro-Mosaic Cinema Summit  — Part 1 ) THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1 - 11 AM - 9 PM The Campus of Morehouse College 830 Westview Dr SW, Atlanta, GA 30314 Centering 1526 Thursday is dedicated to Centering 1526 , a day of scholarship and cultural intelligence shaped by the research and scholarly work of Dr. Samuel T. Livingston of the Morehouse College Africana Studies Department . Livingston is developing a book project centered on 1526, featuring contributions from scholars and thought leaders across the United States. The day begins with a keynote address from acclaimed author, educator, performer, and Gullah Geechee cultural interpreter Dr. Ron Daise . KEYNOTE ADDRESS 11:00–11:50 AM Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel Afternoon programming moves to Lacy Exhibition Hall for think tanks, panels, roundtables, and symposia. Session I — 1:00–2:15 PM Session II — 2:25–3:40 PM Session III — 3:50–5:05 PM Programming currently in development includes a Gullah Geec...

Day 1 (The Alma Experience) WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 - 6:30 PM Palate Atlanta Tasting Room 339 Nelson St SW, Atlanta, GA 30313 The week opens under the umbrella of The Alma Experience , the Alma Film Festival’s global engagement and hospitality arm, with an intimate evening designed around connection, conversation, and carefully curated experiences. Hosted at Palate Atlanta Tasting Room , a boutique tasting room in Atlanta’s historic Castleberry Hill neighborhood, the evening will feature curated wine, craft food, and distinctive live performances in a setting built around craftsmanship, culture, and connection. The Alma Experience approaches hospitality as intentional experience design—creating environments where people from different industries, countries, and cultures have the space to meet organically, exchange ideas, and begin relationships that can extend well beyond the evening itself. Bringing together members of Alma’s international ecosystem with Atlanta’s creative, ac...

  Blue Bistro Creative is a cultural strategy and infrastructure platform operating at the intersection of storytelling, technology, and economic development.  We exist to solve a structural gap in the global creative economy: extraordinary cultural output is being generated across emerging markets, particularly throughout the Global South, but it remains undercapitalized, under-networked, and disconnected from scalable economic opportunity.  Our model is designed to close that gap.  Through platforms like the Alma Film Festival and our broader ecosystem-including innovation expos, summits, and workforce initiatives-we aggregate talent, convene cross-sector stakeholders, and activate markets in a coordinated, system-level way.  What differentiates us is that we don't operate isolated programs-we build integrated infrastructure. That includes cultural platforms, talent pipelines, market access pathways, and community-based economic participation, all aligned with...

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, invest...