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6th Annual American Black Film Festival Moves to Miami

Event Formerly Held in Acapulco Relocates Domestically New York - The 6th annual American Black Film Festival (ABFF) will be held June 26 - 30 in South Beach, Miami, Florida, it was announced today by Byron Lewis Sr., Chairman and CEO of UniWorld Group Inc. and Jeff Friday, President and CEO of Film Life Inc. and ABFF Director. The highly acclaimed event supporting the independent Black filmmaking community has been held in Acapulco, Mexico for the past five years. At the same time, ABFF announced a call for submissions. The deadline for entries is April 5 for Short Films and April 19 for Feature Length Films. Founded in 1997 by Byron Lewis ...

David Sutherland (center), winner of the 2000 HBO® Short Film Award


ABFF 1999


ABFF 1998


Halle Berry accepting her Acapulco Black Film Festival Rising Star Award