Celebrating African American Cinema since 1998
SFBFF 2024
JUNE 13TH -16TH
TICKETS ON SALE APRIL 5th!
San Francisco Black Film Festival XXV, A Yearlong Celebration of "25 Years of Resilience & Empowerment
San Francisco Black Film Festival XXV, A Yearlong Celebration of "25 Years of Resilience & Empowerment
“I think it is very important that films make people look at what they’ve forgotten.” - Spike Lee
Our mission is to celebrate African American cinema and the African cultural diaspora and to showcase a diverse collection of films – from emerging and established filmmakers
San Francisco Black Film Festival Co-Presents with The Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema....
The San Francisco Black Film Festival XXV, in its year-long anniversary celebration of “25 years of Resilience and Empowerment” is honored to be a Co-Presenter of The Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema Film Crawl. September 8, SFBFF XXV will present the following short films at screenings 7-9 p.m. at Progressive Grounds Café, 400 Cortland Ave, San Francisco, CA 94110:
Black is Everything – TRT:4:36 Blackness is Everything is an experimental/performative short film that celebrates the diversity of the Black diaspora in The Bay Area. Directed by: Alba Roland Mejia/Written & Performed by: Donte Clark.
The Block (Dir. Mimi Chakarova) - TRT:24:58-Inventively funny, absurd and surprising, this mixed media film redefines what it means to coexist with others in a perpetually changing neighborhood.
Reggie and June - (Dir. Brandon Thomas) - TRT: 12:51- Amid raising a 3-year-old toddler, a young Black father “Reggie” is completely oblivious to how he botched a traditional Chinese event important to his Asian-American wife. June will one-up Reggie’s mistake with her lack of understanding of her husband’s Black experience.
For more information about the year-long SFBFF XXV, 25th Anniversary Celebration visit www.sfbff.org .
Click Image of Stars of "Survival" Elise Neal and Dylan McNamara for film Trailer
The San Francisco Black Film Festival Congratulates SFBFF Alum, Damon Jamal...
Kudos for his new award-winning film "Survival" Co-produced with Executive producer and veteran casting director Leah Daniels Butler (Empire, All American, and Coming 2 America) and her husband Henry Butler, Co-founder of 1oneninety5 production company.
"Survival" is a gut-wrenching roller coaster ride of a thriller as an African American husband struggles with police to locate his kidnapped wife. To be Released on September 25, 2023 on Prime Video; Google TV; Apple TV+ streaming platforms.
Jamal screened his film "Sankofa..."Connecting the Dots" about trade between the U.S. and Durban, South Africa in 2017 and he was among the first filmmakers to tell Colin Kaepernick's story.
#Survivalthefilm
Durban International Film Festival & San Francisco Black Film Festival Join Forces for eSports Call to Action for Women and Filmmakers to the $321 Billion Gaming Industry
Ladies Soul Revolution II The Bay
MON JUNE 12, 2023
Hylife-Ocity Productions Salutes the San Francisco Black Film Festival XXV, 25 Years of Resilience & Empowerment!
ONE SHOW ONLY - 7:30PM YOSHI’S
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