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  • New York, United States June 2011, TBA
  • Call for Entry Deadline: April 2011, TBA
    DOCUMENTARIES: March 31st, HBO® SHORT FILM COMPETITION:April 5, 2010
  • Festival Data:
    • Established: 1997
    • Genre: General
    • Attendance: 4500
    • Total Number of Films Submitted: 450
    • Total Number of Films Screened: 42
    • Total Screenings: 48
    • Total National and International Premieres: 29
    • # of Shorts Screened: 13
    • # of Features Screened: 37
    • Competitive
    • Has Panels
    • Workshops
  • Festival Website:
    www.abff.com
  • Festival Description:

    Film Life’s American Black Film Festival (ABFF) is a retreat and international film market held annually in the USA.  Founded in 1997, the festival’s mission is to strengthen the Black filmmaking community through resource sharing, education, artistic collaboration and career development. The ABFF was born out of the need to spearhead distribution opportunities for independent Black films and promote cultural diversity within the motion picture industry.

    The festival's film slate is primarily composed of world premieres (shorts, narrative features and documentaries), positioning it as the leading film festival in the world for African American and urban content. Since its inception, the ABFF has rewarded and redefined artistic excellence in independent filmmaking.

    In addition to its cinematic showcases, the ABFF nurtures artists in a variety of disciplines offering panels, workshops and symposiums along with its signature events. It attracts a multicultural audience of 5,000 industry professionals and film enthusiasts.

    The ABFF, founded by Jeff Friday, is a property of Film Life, Inc., a New York-based marketing, media and production company. Through the support of Film Life and a wide variety of corporate partners, the American Black Film Festival continues with its mission to strengthen the Black filmmaking community, and making accessible to an ever-growing audience films by and about people of color.

    AWARDS

    The festival’s Grand Jury nominates films for consideration for the following awards:

    Grand Jury Prize for Best Film

    Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary

    Grand Jury Prize for Best Performance by an Actor

    A short film jury nominates films for consideration for the HBO® Short Film Award.

    All the ABFF Official Selections are considered for the ABFF Audience Award.

     

  • Film Submissions:
  • Email:abff(at)thefilmlife.com
    Phone:646.375.2144, ext. 1
    Mailing Address: ABFF c/o Film Life
    PO BOX 1975
    New York, NY 10113
    USA
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  • NOV 13, 2007 01:07PM FFW Festival Editor writes:
    Award Winners Announced for the 2007 American Black Film Festival
    On October 28, 2007 Film Life’s 11th annual American Black Film Festival (ABFF) announced the winners of their independent film awards today to a standing room only crowd in the Beverly Ballroom of the Sofitel Hotel. The ABFF is the premier international marketplace for films that showcase the best new work by and about people of African descent. HBO® is the festival’s founding and title sponsor.

    ABFF’s competitions reward excellence in independent Black cinema. With the support of major U.S. corporations, the festival awards cash and other prizes valued in the six figures. The award winners are as follows:

    HBO Short Film Award, Presented by HBO: "The Second Coming"
    Directed by Ya’ke

    Audience Award for Best U.S. Feature presented by Blockbuster: "I’m through with White Girls"
    Directed by Jennifer Sharp

    Heineken Red Star Award for Creativity: "South of Pico"
    Directed by Ernst Gossner

    Allstate Beyond February “Be Reel Contest Winner" Presented by Allstate: "Give Along the Way"
    Written and Directed by Alrick Brown

    Best Documentary (tie):
    "Black to our Roots"
    Directed by Tre “Subira” Whitlow

    "Prince Among Slaves"
    Directed by Andrea Kalin & Bill Duke Director of Re-Creations

    Grand Jury Prize for Best Screenplay presented by Allstate:
    "Mansfield 12"
    Written by Alton Glass

    Grand Jury Prize for Best Actor: Henry Simmons

    Grand Jury Prize for Best Director: Craig Ross, Jr.

    Grand Jury Prize for Best Picture, Presented by Kodak: "South of Pico"
    Directed by Ernst Gossner

    “The independent films we screen each year at the festival are our anchor. We are so pleased to have had such a great line up and a good cross section of stories and themes,” said Jeff Friday, founder/CEO of Film Life, Inc.
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