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Tallahassee’s Film Culture
For purists who enjoy films and for the folks who simply enjoy a night at the movies, Tallahassee/Leon County has an active local film culture rooted in three distinct arenas:
- The Tallahassee Film Society (TFS) - http://www.tallahasseefilms.com
- TFS is a 501(c)3 tax exempt nonprofit organization that was incorporated and formed in 1999 for the purpose of bringing foreign and American independent films to the Tallahassee area. Modeled after other film societies in the southeastern United States, TFS presents films all year around and occasionally promote specialized film events and guests. TFS films are presented in the All Saints Cinema, which is located in the Gaines-street area. TFS has on online presence that allows for social networking and information sharing.
- Tallahassee Film Festival - http://tallahasseefilmfestival.com
- In 2008, City of Tallahassee/Leon County citizens enjoyed the first Tallahassee Film Festival, presented by Florida Commerce Credit Union. Tallahassee was selected as one of three regions in the nation to participate in the Knight Creative Communities Initiative (KCCI) (link address - . The KCCI Catalyst Team established four key initiatives to help draw and retain young professionals and sustain the area’s high quality of life, and the Festival was a top initiative of KCCI Tallahassee. It attracted more than 1,000 attendees and was recently awarded a grant in the amount of $60,000 to the Tallahassee Film Festival (TFF) for start-up funding during the first two years by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
- The Film School at Florida State University - http://film.fsu.edu
- Award winning filmmakers walk among us here in Tallahassee. The world-class Florida State University College of Motion Picture, Television and Recording Arts (The Film School) is one of the top film schools in the nation. Among its honors, The Film School has been recognized by the Directors Guild of America for its ‘distinguished contribution to American culture through the world of film and television.
- The FSU Student Life Cinema - http://movies.fsu.edu
- A campus film series that is presented in a state-of-the-art movie theatre with Dolby Digital surround sound, 35mm and digital projection, and stadium style seating. It’s one of the nation’s leading campus movie programs, featuring five to six nights a week of everything from the most recent blockbuster movies to documentaries, indies, and foreign films, to restored cinema classics.
