Filmland is going national as ACS teams up with Variety as the Media Partner for this year’s event. Variety’s Chief Film Critic Peter Debruge will be on-site, covering the event for the publication. Debruge will host the inaugural Southern Storytellers Panel, presented by Variety, with Academy Award nominee Colman Domingo (Sing Sing), Jeff Nichols (The Bikeriders), Kyle Hausmann-Stokes (My Dead Friend Zoe), Craig Brewer (Hustle & Flow, Fight Night: The Million Dollar HeistI), Michael Schwartz (The Peanut Butter Falcon, Los Frikis), Christy Hall (Daddio, It Ends With Us), Clint Bentley (Sing Sing, Jockey, Train Dreams) and Monique Walton (Sing Sing, Bull, Hollow Tree).