The official selections for the Music Documentary and Music Video competition for the 2015 Macon Film Festival (July 16-19) have been announced.

“As a city with its roots firmly planted in music history with ties to Little Richard, Otis Redding, The Allman Brothers, and more it is important to the festival to showcase the best in music documentary filmmaking today. We are excited to share these exceptional short and feature length music documentaries to the festival’s music loving audience,” said festival programmer, Tabitha Walker. “This year’s block of music video shorts features the sights and sounds of upcoming musicians, established artists, and Grammy award winners all combined for an hour of music samplings that cover a variety of music genres for your listening and viewing pleasure.”

The complete listing of official selections are both domestic and international, including selections from Afghanistan, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Cyrus, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, South Korea, Spain, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey United Kingdom, and the USA. All films will screen twice during the festival, except for the special screenings and the Central Georgia Showcase films, which will only screen once.

In addition to those announced today, the festival presents Narrative Feature, Narrative Shorts, Southern Documentary, Central Georgia Showcase, LGBT Shorts, and Student Shorts categories. Those announcements are forthcoming.

Macon Film Festival is July 16 – 19. Passes are now available. See the festival’s websitehttp://www.maconfilmfestival.com or this Ticket Derby link: http://www.ticketderby.com/event/?id=248709&mode