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🎓 Georgia Is Building the Workforce Entertainment Needs Next 🎓

The global entertainment industry is shifting fast, and Georgia is training the next generation so they are ready for what comes next.

Studios are consolidating, streamers are spending aggressively and content has expanded well beyond traditional film and television into gaming, live entertainment and immersive digital experiences. The states that come out ahead will be the ones that invested in people, not just infrastructure.

Georgia Film Academy is where that investment shows up in practice. GFA is currently enrolling students for fall, offering hands-on training in real production environments with professional-grade equipment and instruction from working industry professionals. Programs are built to produce graduates ready to contribute from day one.

And the reach is growing. A new regional hub at Middle Georgia State University in Macon is now open, extending access to students across central Georgia. The professionals who will shape the next decade of content are the ones who understand how film, gaming, live production and immersive entertainment converge. Georgia is training those people right now.

🎬 Savannah is stepping into the spotlight 🎬

Georgia’s creative economy is heading to the coast.
Savannah Spotlight: Entertainment Amplified, presented by the Savannah Film Commission, brings together executives, filmmakers and industry leaders from across Georgia and the Southeast for an evening of networking and connection. This is an evening built for conversation, a chance to meet the people shaping Savannah’s emergence as a leading production destination on Georgia’s coast and to trade ideas on the workforce, resources, infrastructure and opportunities fueling that momentum.
Join us July 14 from 8 to 10 p.m. at the Old Savannah Distillery for light appetizers and drinks, business casual. Savannah is writing its next chapter, and this is your invitation to be in the room.

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🎨 The Atlanta artist designing the world’s biggest stage 🎨

This week’s journal feature spotlights Jose Hadathy, the SCAD alum and senior graphic designer for Atlanta United chosen to design Atlanta’s official 2026 FIFA World Cup poster. He spent six months building a visual that stretches from the Pride crosswalks in Midtown to the arches of Clark Atlanta University, a deliberate refusal to let Atlanta be reduced to its skyline.

Born in Quito, Ecuador, where soccer isn’t a sport so much as a shared language, Hadathy brought that same cultural weight to a brief he treated like composing a pop song: universal enough to land everywhere, specific enough to feel like nowhere else. The poster is already bound for museums.

For Hadathy, the bigger picture is what comes after. He believes Atlanta is stepping into the center of the global soccer conversation, and the World Cup is the moment that makes it undeniable.

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🎶 Juneteenth at Trilith 🎶 Today is a living declaration that freedom, culture and community are worth celebrating out loud. Town at Trilith is bringing that celebration to life with an evening of music, joy and togetherness honoring the significance of June 19 and the generations whose resilience made this moment possible.

The night kicks off at 6 p.m. with the powerhouse energy of ATL Drum Academy, followed by Sound Cannon at 6:30 p.m. Luvher takes the stage at 7:45 p.m. before headliner Chantae Cann closes out the night at 9 p.m. in a performance you won’t want to miss.

Grab your tickets at the link in Town at Trilith bio. This is the kind of night worth showing up for.

🎬 Georgia Film Academy Expands Its Reach to Middle Georgia State University 🎬 Starting this August, students in Macon will have direct access to professional film and television training without leaving campus.

The Georgia Film Academy is opening a new regional hub at Middle Georgia State University, bringing industry equipment, GFA instructors and hands-on production experience into MGA’s own facilities.

Michael North, chair of MGA’s Media, Culture and the Arts Department, says the response has been immediate. When the hub was announced, students came straight to his office asking, “Is it really coming here?” One was so eager they considered delaying graduation just to take advantage of it.

Beyond film majors, North sees the hub as valuable for students across disciplines. “Every organization has a story to tell,” he said. “If you can put some courses together and get credentials from the GFA, you’re able to help organizations tell their stories.”

The hub will also serve students from surrounding institutions, creating a regional network of emerging creatives who can collaborate and build professional relationships from the start of their careers. The partnership expands in Spring 2027 with the addition of GFA 1501, Introduction to Live Production, Streaming and Esports, opening new pathways into broadcast, live events and digital entertainment.



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🎙️ Finding Your Lane in Georgia’s Creative Economy 🎙️ Georgia entertainment Founder and CEO Randy Davidson sat down with More Than Legal podcast to share what it took to build Georgia Entertainment into a leading source of news, analysis and commentary for the film, broadcast, digital production, arts, music and gaming industries.

In his episode, Davidson speaks candidly about the journey to finding his purpose, why building real community is central to his work and how Georgia’s next generation of creatives deserves the chance to build lasting careers right here at home. Creative work is part of the innovation economy, and it’s a case Randy has spent years making sure gets heard.

Watch the full episode on YouTube or listen on Spotify.

🎬 Atlanta’s New Horror Film Shooting at Assembly Studios 🎬 Cameras are rolling on “On A Bell”, a meta-horror thriller filming right now at Assembly Studios in Atlanta.

Olivia Scott Welch (Netflix’s “Fear Street” trilogy) leads the cast alongside the legendary Doug Jones (“Nosferatu”, “The Shape of Water”) in a film about a horror production that stops being fiction. When a method actor refuses to break character and bodies start piling up on set, the cast and crew realize there’s no way to call cut.

Written and directed by Michael Benedetti, the production kicked off in early June and brings a stacked ensemble to Georgia, including Charlene Amoia, Natasha Halevi, Jenna Kanell, Trey Santiago-Hudson and more.

Georgia’s film scene keeps pulling in projects with serious talent behind them, and Georgia’s studios are once again at the center of it. Follow ON A BELL 🔔 for updates as production unfolds.