Win a FREE Registration ($395 value) to NATPE Pitchcon
Are you ready to be a Hollywood power player? HBFF is pleased to present a NATPE PITCHCON GIVEAWAY where you can win a NATPE PitchCon Registration ($395 value) and pitch your show ideas in guaranteed 1-on-1 meetings with 50+ top level agents, broadcast, cable, digital and studio development executives. May 9-10, SLS Hotel, LA. www.pitchcon.org Enter [...]
Submit to the HBFF 2013 Film Diaspora Competition
The Hollywood Black Film Festival (HBFF) launches a new sidebar, Film Diaspora, that will highlight independent films and filmmakers from the African Diaspora, the Caribbean, Central or Latin America. Films submitted to compete in this category must have been produced by filmmakers residing outside the U.S. in Africa, the Caribbean, Central or Latin America. Narrative [...]
HBFF 2013 Project Stargazer Frequently Asked Questions
PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL PROJECT STARGAZER SUBMISSIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED THROUGH WITHOUTABOX (WWW.WITHOUTABOX). WHAT ARE THE DATES OF HBFF 2013? The13th Annual Hollywood Black Film Festival will be held October 2-6, 2013 at the Ricardo Montalban Theater and the W Hollywood Hotel in Hollywood, CA. WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO SUBMIT TO PROJECT STARGAZER? [...]
Submit to HBFF 2013 Project Stargazer
HBFF Presents PROJECT STARGAZER - Developing Diverse Sci-Fi Movies for the 21st Century Since the beginning of time, people have turned their eyes towards the heavens –- the sun, moon and stars — for inspiration and the hope of a brighter future with unlimited possibilities. Since the advent of motion pictures, audiences similarly have looked [...]
Submit to the HBFF 2013 Film Competition
The Hollywood Black Film Festival (HBFF) welcomes narrative features, shorts, student and documentary films for its competitive program. Animation films, music videos and web series will be considered for its non-competitive program. HBFF accepts film submissions from all filmmakers; however, to be eligible for the festival’s competitive program, one of the film’s creative principals, i.e. [...]
Submit to the HBFF 2013 Storyteller Competition
The Hollywood Black Film Festival (HBFF) continues its groundbreaking Storyteller Competition, to help further diversity in the film industry by encouraging and developing black screenwriters. Our goal is to discover and recognize the brightest new storytelling talent and original voices in film. We identify emerging talent and place top new screenwriters firmly on the industry’s [...]
Call For Entries 2013
CALL FOR ENTRIES! HOLLYWOOD BLACK FILM FESTIVAL NOW ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS FOR 2013 FESTIVAL Beverly Hills, CA (March 15, 2013) — The Hollywood Black Film Festival (HBFF) — recognized as one of the leading black film festivals — is currently accepting submissions for the 2013 festival, to be held October 2-6, 2013 at the Ricardo Mantalban Theater [...]
HBFF 2012 kicks off with opening night gala
The 12th Hollywood Black Film Festival (HBFF) kicks off with the world premiere of “Note To Self” Thursday, October 25, 2012, 7pm, at the Montalban Theater, 1615 Vine Street, Hollywood, CA. HBFF 2012 runs October 25-28 in Hollywood, CA. The Hollywood Black Film Festival 2012 Opening Night will present a fun-filled night of college flashbacks [...]
Storyteller Registration
October 13, 2012 Dear Storytellers, Congratulations again on having your script selected as a semi-finalist in the 2012 Hollywood Black Film Festival’s Storyteller Competition. The festival runs Oct 25-28, 2012 in Hollywood, California. Your registration for the festival will be handled by the Registration Department, which is headed up by Darice E. Goodwin. Your festival [...]
HBFF 2012 OFFICIAL SELECTIONS ANNOUNCED
The 2012 Hollywood Black Film Festival will feature 39 films – 8 features, 6 documentaries, 3 student films and 22 shorts. FEATURE FILMS 24 Hour Love (Closing Night Film) The greatest feeling in the world is when you learn to love! This feature showcases seven stories of everyday people experiencing love, laughter, life and relationships [...]
