Alexander Parkinson’s ‘Third’ Premieres At Atlanta Film Festival

Third, the debut feature film from writer-director-actor Alexander Parkinson (The Wonder Years, Found, Black Adam), will have its World Premiere at the 2026 Atlanta Film Festival at the Tara Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia. The film will screen on Friday April 24 at 7:30pm. Tickets are available on the Atlanta Film Festival website.

Parkinson, who won the 2025 Atlanta Film Festival Feature Screenplay Competition for Ride or Die, returns with a newly completed project that he stars in alongside Atlanta actors Coley Campany (Candy, Found, The Eyes of Tammy Faye) and Norio Nishimura (Candy, Dynasty, Reminiscence). The movie’s premiere will take place at one of Atlanta’s most beloved cinematic landmarks, celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the festival.

Third was produced by Sarah Stephens, Brandon Peterson, Allison Victoria-Wolfe, and Nishimura alongside Parkinson as Executive Producer, with production companies Parky Films and BP40 Creative. The film features a fully Atlanta-based cast and crew. Parkinson said: “The Atlanta Film Festival is the backbone of the Atlanta filmmaking community. I’m delighted to join the ranks of local filmmakers who have premiered at our home festival. Winning the 2025 Atlanta Film Festival Feature Screenplay Competition gave me the confidence to continue working towards my feature film debut. I’m extremely grateful to the festival for supporting local talent.”

ABOUT THE FILM Third is an intimate, emotion-led dark comedy that uses the lens of a polyamorous relationship to explore the forces that manipulate our lives. While the story incorporates subtle sciencefiction elements, it remains rooted in emotional realism, performance, and dialogue, using genre to heighten contemporary anxieties about power, intimacy, and personal autonomy. Thomas and Sandra have reached an uneasy point in their marriage—love remains, but intrigue has faded. So, when Ernesto mysteriously falls into their lives, charming and reigniting Sandra’s desire for excitement, she is quick to embrace him, leaving Thomas quietly displaced. Their decision to pull Ernesto into the fabric of their marriage escalates into an unbalanced three-way relationship that transforms their lives.

But as similar unexplainable figures begin appearing in their neighbors’ lives, and as Sandra’s connection to Ernesto deepens and her grip on reality loosens, Thomas starts looking for answers. By the time he uncovers Ernesto’s real motives, his marriage cannot be salvaged. Third runs 84 minutes and is a dark comedy.

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ABOUT ALEXANDER PARKINSON Alexander Parkinson is an Australian-American-British actor, writer, director, and producer. Alexander grew up in Perth, Western Australia, spent a decade in the UK, and is now based in the U.S. His writing and filmmaking are informed by his global experience and perspective. Third, an intimate emotion-led thriller-comedy about the corporate forces manipulating our lives told through the lens of a marriage on the brink, is Alexander’s debut feature film.

A comedian at heart, Alexander’s comedy feature script, Ride or Die, won the 2025 Atlanta Film Festival Feature Screenplay Competition and his play, Last Call at the Fallen Angel, was a second rounder at the 2025 Austin Film Festival Playwriting Competition. He has written and directed dozens of comedy shorts that have won awards at festivals across the country. Alexander’s film and television acting credits include Law and Order: SVU, Found, For All Mankind, I’m A Virgo, The Wonder Years, and Black Adam.

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