2026-08-10T15:45:27-04:00 2025-09-30 581484212 HOWARD MOORE & MCDUFFIE PC PO BOX 4547 MACON GA 31208 990EZ 2024-10-01 270615076 MACON FILM FESTIVAL INC MACO 4787425317 PO BOX 929 MACON GA 312020929 APRIL HORNSBY TREASURER 4787425317 2026-08-07 true true APRIL HORNSBY P00536708 4787425317 2026-08-10 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X WWW.MACONFILMFESTIVAL.COM X X 89600 X 72754 16696 150 89600 6200 38150 7161 467 34619 86597 3003 17945 -500 20448 X 48481 92955 23714 19571 72195 112526 54250 92078 17945 20448 X SURROUNDED BY A RICH MUSICAL AND SOUTHERN CULTURE, THE MACON FILM FESTIVAL CELEBRATES INDEPENDENT FILM WHILE PROMOTING FILMMAKING FOR ENTERTAINMENT, INSPIRATION, EDUCATION, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THROUGH THE WORK OF THE MACON FILM FESTIVAL, IT IS OUR VISION FOR CENTRAL GEORGIA TO BECOME A DESTINATION FOR FILM. IN AUGUST OF 2025 THE MACON FILM FESTIVAL CELEBRATED 20 YEARS OF SHOWCASING INDEPENDENT FILMS AND FILMMAKERS IN MACON, GEORGIA. THE FESTIVAL PARTNERED WITH THE FIRE STARTERS FILM FESTIVAL TO KICK OFF THE FESTIVAL FOR THE INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE SCREENING OF THE FESTIVAL AWARD WINNING DOCUMENTARIES TIGER DIRECTED BY LOREN WATERS AND REMAINING NATIVE DIRECTED BY PAIGE BETHMANN WITH SPECIAL GUESTS DANA TIGER (TIGER) AND DELMAR STEVEN (REMAINING NATIVE) IN ATTENDANCE. ALSO BASED IN MACON, THE FIRE STARTERS FILM FESTIVAL FOCUSES ON SHOWCASING FILM AND VISUAL ART MADE BY INDIGENOUS FILMMAKERS, WITH A PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON THE MUSCOGEE (CREEK) NATION EXPERIENCE. THE FESTIVAL'S OFFICIAL SELECTION SCREENINGS BEGAN FRIDAY MORNING AT THE MUSEUM OF ARTS AND SCIENCES WITH A DAYLONG EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOP FOR CENTRAL GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL JUNIORS AND SENIORS. STUDENTS WERE INTRODUCED TO THE FESTIVAL'S STUDENT SHORTS BLOCK (COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY) AND AS WELL AS A COLLECTION OF SELECTIONS FROM THE 2025 FULLDOME CATEGORY OF IMMERSIVE FILMS. THEY WERE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH VISITING FILMMAKERS AND INTERACT WITH THE MUSEUM'S INTERACTIVE WONDERSPACE IMMERSIVE EXHIBIT. FULLDOME AND DOCUMENTARY SCREENINGS CONTINUED AT THE MUSEUM INTO THE EVENINGS NIGHT OF IMMERSIVE SHOWCASE WHILE A SERIES OF NARRATIVE SHORT AND MUSIC DOCUMENTARY BLOCKS SCREENED DOWNTOWN AT THEATRE MACON. SATURDAY AND SUNDAY SAW ADDITIONAL OFFICIAL SELECTION SCREENINGS CONTINUING AT THE MUSEUM AND THEATRE MACON WITH THE ADDITION OF THE DOUGLASS THEATRE. A FESTIVAL WORKSHOP DISCUSSING 'FILMMAKING AND THE LAW' WAS HELD BY THE ATLANTA FIRM BARNES & THORNBERG AT CAPRICORN SOUND STUDIOS. SATURDAY EVENING FEATURED A SPECIAL SCREENING OF 40 ACRES DIRECTED BY R.T. THORNE AT THE DOUGLASS THEATRE AND THE FESTIVAL CLOSED WITH A SPECIAL SCREENING OF THE MUSIC DOCUMENTARY BOY GEORGE & THE CULTURE CLUB ALSO AT THE DOUGLASS. PRECEDING THE FESTIVAL DATES IN AUGUST, MACON FILM FESTIVAL PARTNERED WITH NEWTOWN MACON TO HOST SEVERAL OUTDOOR SCREENINGS IN AN ONGOING SERIES, CLASSICS AT THE BIBB, MADE POSSIBLE BY THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF THE DOWNTOWN CHALLENGE FUND OF THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL GEORGIA, PEYTON ANDERSON FOUNDATION, AND KNIGHT FOUNDATION. THE FESTIVAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS WERE EXCITED TO ONCE AGAIN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE FESTIVAL SCREENINGS, WORKSHOPS, NETWORKING SESSIONS AND PARTIES IN MULTIPLE VENUES THROUGHOUT MACON. JUST UNDER 100 INDEPENDENT FILMS WERE FEATURED THROUGHOUT THE FESTIVAL WEEKEND AND CLOSE TO THIRTY FILMS WERE REPRESENTED BY VISITING FILMMAKERS DURING THE FESTIVAL. MANY FILMS FEATURED HAD BETWEEN 1 - 4 REPRESENTATIVES WHO MADE THE TRIP TO MACON. FESTIVAL ATTENDANCE NUMBERS ARE ESTIMATED AT 1,205 AUDIENCE MEMBERS. 6200 86597 86597 HANNAH HARTMAN PRESIDENT 3.00 0 SCOTT MITCHELL VICE PRESIDE 2.00 0 LISA MCLENDON SECRETARY 2.00 0 APRIL HORNSBY TREASURER 2.00 0 TONY LONG SR DIRECTOR 1.00 0 STEVE MURRAY DIRECTOR 1.00 0 CHRISTI JOHNSON DIRECTOR 1.00 0 JIM BURT DIRECTOR 1.00 0 BOB MAVITY DIRECTOR 1.00 0 MICHAEL STEWART DIRECTOR 1.00 0 CANDACE HOLLINGSHED DIRECTOR 1.00 0 ADAM CARR DIRECTOR 1.00 0 ONICA SCHMIDT DIRECTOR 1.00 0 MACKENZIE MANLEY DIRECTOR 1.00 0 false false false false false false false false false GA HOWARD MOORE & MCDUFFIE PC 577 MULBERRY ST STE 1610 MACON GA 31201 4787425317 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE NONE true X 63023 93430 65276 52357 72754 346840 13644 17941 17834 16393 16696 82508 76667 111371 83110 68750 89450 429348 1025 850 4960 5200 2530 14565 1025 850 4960 5200 2530 14565 414783 150 147 231 257 150 935 150 147 231 257 150 935 76817 111518 83341 69007 89600 430283 0.96400 0.96640 0.00000 0.00000 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 10 CASH CONTRIBUTION: 6,200 FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 16 EXPENSES ADVERTISING AND PROMOTION 14,936 OFFICE EXPENSE 1,166 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 2,128 INTEREST EXPENSE 640 INSURANCE EXPENSE 1,367 FESTIVAL EXPENSES 14,382 TOTAL 34,619 FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 20 PRIOR PERIOD ADJUSTMENT -500 NET ASSETS AS OF 10/1/2024 WAS ADJUSTED FOR AN ACCRUED EXPENSE FOR A PRIOR PERIOD THAT WAS DETERMINED IN THE CURRENT YEAR TO BE A DUPLICATE. FORM 990-EZ, PART II, LINE 24 ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE 9,623 151 OTHER RECEIVABLES 12,843 18,406 PREPAID EXPENSES AND DEFERRED CHARGES 1,248 1,014 EQUIPMENT 3,849 3,849 LESS ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION 3,849 3,849 TOTAL 23,714 19,571 FORM 990-EZ, PART II, LINE 26 ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED EXPENSES 30,684 69,156 MORTGAGE AND OTHER NOTES PAYABLE 23,566 22,922 FORM 990-EZ, PART III SURROUNDED BY A RICH MUSICAL AND SOUTHERN CULTURE, THE MACON FILM FESTIVAL CELEBRATES INDEPENDENT FILM WHILE PROMOTING FILMMAKING FOR ENTERTAINMENT, INSPIRATION, EDUCATION, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THROUGH THE WORK OF THE MACON FILM FESTIVAL, IT IS OUR VISION FOR CENTRAL GEORGIA TO BECOME A DESTINATION FOR FILM. FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 28 IN AUGUST OF 2025 THE MACON FILM FESTIVAL CELEBRATED 20 YEARS OF SHOWCASING INDEPENDENT FILMS AND FILMMAKERS IN MACON, GEORGIA. THE FESTIVAL PARTNERED WITH THE FIRE STARTERS FILM FESTIVAL TO KICK OFF THE FESTIVAL FOR THE INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE SCREENING OF THE FESTIVAL AWARD WINNING DOCUMENTARIES TIGER DIRECTED BY LOREN WATERS AND REMAINING NATIVE DIRECTED BY PAIGE BETHMANN WITH SPECIAL GUESTS DANA TIGER (TIGER) AND DELMAR STEVEN (REMAINING NATIVE) IN ATTENDANCE. ALSO BASED IN MACON, THE FIRE STARTERS FILM FESTIVAL FOCUSES ON SHOWCASING FILM AND VISUAL ART MADE BY INDIGENOUS FILMMAKERS, WITH A PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON THE MUSCOGEE (CREEK) NATION EXPERIENCE. THE FESTIVAL'S OFFICIAL SELECTION SCREENINGS BEGAN FRIDAY MORNING AT THE MUSEUM OF ARTS AND SCIENCES WITH A DAYLONG EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOP FOR CENTRAL GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL JUNIORS AND SENIORS. STUDENTS WERE INTRODUCED TO THE FESTIVAL'S STUDENT SHORTS BLOCK (COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY) AND AS WELL AS A COLLECTION OF SELECTIONS FROM THE 2025 FULLDOME CATEGORY OF IMMERSIVE FILMS. THEY WERE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH VISITING FILMMAKERS AND INTERACT WITH THE MUSEUM'S INTERACTIVE WONDERSPACE IMMERSIVE EXHIBIT. FULLDOME AND DOCUMENTARY SCREENINGS CONTINUED AT THE MUSEUM INTO THE EVENINGS NIGHT OF IMMERSIVE SHOWCASE WHILE A SERIES OF NARRATIVE SHORT AND MUSIC DOCUMENTARY BLOCKS SCREENED DOWNTOWN AT THEATRE MACON. SATURDAY AND SUNDAY SAW ADDITIONAL OFFICIAL SELECTION SCREENINGS CONTINUING AT THE MUSEUM AND THEATRE MACON WITH THE ADDITION OF THE DOUGLASS THEATRE. A FESTIVAL WORKSHOP DISCUSSING 'FILMMAKING AND THE LAW' WAS HELD BY THE ATLANTA FIRM BARNES & THORNBERG AT CAPRICORN SOUND STUDIOS. SATURDAY EVENING FEATURED A SPECIAL SCREENING OF 40 ACRES DIRECTED BY R.T. THORNE AT THE DOUGLASS THEATRE AND THE FESTIVAL CLOSED WITH A SPECIAL SCREENING OF THE MUSIC DOCUMENTARY BOY GEORGE & THE CULTURE CLUB ALSO AT THE DOUGLASS. PRECEDING THE FESTIVAL DATES IN AUGUST, MACON FILM FESTIVAL PARTNERED WITH NEWTOWN MACON TO HOST SEVERAL OUTDOOR SCREENINGS IN AN ONGOING SERIES, CLASSICS AT THE BIBB, MADE POSSIBLE BY THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF THE DOWNTOWN CHALLENGE FUND OF THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL GEORGIA, PEYTON ANDERSON FOUNDATION, AND KNIGHT FOUNDATION. THE FESTIVAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS WERE EXCITED TO ONCE AGAIN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE FESTIVAL SCREENINGS, WORKSHOPS, NETWORKING SESSIONS AND PARTIES IN MULTIPLE VENUES THROUGHOUT MACON. JUST UNDER 100 INDEPENDENT FILMS WERE FEATURED THROUGHOUT THE FESTIVAL WEEKEND AND CLOSE TO THIRTY FILMS WERE REPRESENTED BY VISITING FILMMAKERS DURING THE FESTIVAL. MANY FILMS FEATURED HAD BETWEEN 1 - 4 REPRESENTATIVES WHO MADE THE TRIP TO MACON. FESTIVAL ATTENDANCE NUMBERS ARE ESTIMATED AT 1,205 AUDIENCE MEMBERS.