ANNOUNCING BACKLIGHT 2025

Backlight is back March 29-30th, 2025. Click for more details.

he press photographs cast and crew on the red carpet at the Backlight Student Film Festival in Athens, Georgia, on Sunday, March 30, 2025.

Annual Backlight Film Festival illuminates talent of Georgia student filmmakersBy: The Red & Black

Backlight Student Film Festival Features on Lois Reitzes's Podcast: City Lights with Lois ReitzesBy: Backlight Press Center

Filmmaker Colin Young takes a photo of the cast and crew of the film "Donnie Dies" on the red carpet during the Backlight Film Festival at the Tate Center in Athens, Georgia, on Sunday, April 21, 2024.

Athens weekend preview: Backlight Film Festival, TEDxUGA, Jam in the Streets and moreBy: The Red & Black

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