If it can be written or thought, it can be filmed.
Stanley Kubrick
ENTERTAIN. EDUCATE. ENGAGE.
Not Just Movies and Popcorn
From Comfy Seats to S.T.E.A.M. Supplies
The Covey Film Festival is not just an opportunity to sit down and eat popcorn while watching the big screen. It acknowledges that film is now recognized as a major cultural visual art form in the same league as dance, theatre, and fine art. Thomasville is unique in the film industry due to its involvement in film production as well as the number of people with ties to the area currently active in the film world. The Festival itself is a vehicle to entertain, educate and engage audiences through the screening of over twenty acclaimed films—in addidtion to special events and pop-ups—during Covey’s sixth season in October.
The Festival is also the signature fundraising event for the Thomasville Community Resource Center which for twenty years has provided services to children, their families, and the community. All net proceeds return to TCRC for services (like the STEAM—science, technology, engineering, arts, math—program) for 500 children and their parents in ten sites in Thomas, Mitchell, and Grady Counties. To learn more about TCRC, click the logo below.
2018 Feature Events
Covey Film Festival Highlights
Covey Kickoff: Faith Under Fire
Thomas County Schools Auditorium
6:30PM
with Antionette Tuff
On the day that Antoinette Tuff considered suicide, she realized that all of her challenges had prepared her for a purpose: to save an Atlanta school under siege from a deranged killer bent on murdering the students.
The film screening will be postponed due to conflicts and will be rescheduled.
FSU Shorts will be rescheduled as well.
Standing on the edge of adulthood, Andrew yearns to find his purpose as a young African-American in today’s America. With his mother longing to find more to her life than parenting, Andrew is forced to take on the mounting pressure of family responsibility. His search for connection with an absent father leads him to a dangerous crossroads.
Special Event: Era of Megafires
Tall Timbers
6:00 Social 6:30 Cowboys & Scientists (Short) 7:20 Era of Megafires (Feature)
The rise of highly destructive megafires threatens our very way of life. One man’s research combined with visual storytelling and wildfire photography will educate, compel, and, finally, incite the audience to action.
Follows writer and surgeon Atul Gawande as he delves into the relationships doctors develop with patients nearing the end of their lives.
Regional Premier: Maynard
Thomas County Board Auditorium
7:00PM
From protests to politics, Maynard Jackson Jr. picked up Martin Luther King’s mantel and crafted successful diversity, inclusion & engagement templates still practiced today. Watch him transform Atlanta from the “heart of the confederate south” to a cosmopolitan world-class city.
The Covey Film Festival is an exciting time in October—dozens of films and film-related events are scattered around picturesque Thomasville during the first cool nips of Fall. But did you know that Covey continues throughout the year with pop-ups and special occasions? By becoming a part of the Covey family, you'll receive announcements, special deals, and the first heads-up on the good things we do.
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Whether an individual who wants to make a serious difference in our South Georgia community or a business involved in the changing area economics, support for the Covey Film Festival is worthwhile.
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