Black Film Festivals

Renowned Black Film Festivals:

• BlackStar Film Festival – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Oscar Qualifying)

• American Black Film Festival – Miami, Florida (Oscar Qualifying)

• Pan African Film Festival – Los Angeles, California (Oscar Qualifying)

• Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival – Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts (Oscar Qualifying)

• Hollywood Black Film Festival – Hollywood, California

• Urbanworld Film Festival – New York, New York (Oscar Qualifying)

• BronzeLens Film Festival – Atlanta, Georgia (Oscar Qualifying)

 

Regional Black Film Festivals:

 

Mid-Atlantic to Northeast

• Roxbury International Film Festival – Boston, Massachusetts

• Newark Black Film Festival – Newark, New Jersey

• Queen City Film Festival – New Jersey
• Newark International Film Festival – Newark, New Jersey

• Rhode Island Black Film Festival – Providence, Kingston, and Newport, Rhode Island

• United We Heal – Thorndale, Pennsylvania

• Harlem International Film Festival – Harlem, New York

• The People’s Film Festival – Harlem, New York

• Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival – Brooklyn, New York

DMV

• DC Black Film Festival – Washington, D.C.

• DC Black History Film Festival – Washington, D.C.

• HBCU First LOOK Film Festival – Howard University, Washington, D.C.

• Virginia Black Film Festival – Williamsburg, Virginia

• Baltimore International Black Film Festival – Baltimore, Maryland

• Prince George’s Film Festival – Prince George’s County, Maryland

South

• Capital City Black Film Festival – Austin, Texas

• Peachtree Village International Film Festival – Atlanta, Georgia
• Black Women In Film – Atlanta, Georgia 

• Houston Black Film Festival – Houston, Texas

• Denton Black Film Festival – Denton, Texas
• The International Black Film Festival Nashville – Nashville, Tennessee

• New Orleans Black Film Festival – New Orleans, Louisiana

• Charlotte Black Film Festival – Charlotte, North Carolina

• Essence Festival – New Orleans, Louisiana

• Urban Fest 360 – Orlando, Florida

• Detours International Film Festival – Orlando, Florida

• BTS Film Festival – Miami, Florida

Midwest

• Black Harvest Film Festival – Chicago, Illinois

• XL Fest – Chicago Illinois

• Detroit Black Film Festival – Detroit, Michigan

• Twin Cities Black Film Festival – Minneapolis, Minnesota

• Black Alphabet Film Festival – Chicago, Illinois

• Gary International Black Film Festival – Gary, Indiana

West Coast

• LA Black Film Festival – Los Angeles, California

• Micheaux Film Festival – Culver City, California

• San Diego Black Film Festival – San Diego, California

• Oakland International Film Festival – Oakland, California

• Oak Park Black Film Festival – Sacramento, California

• Seattle Black Film Festival – Seattle, Washington