{"id":10020,"date":"2017-10-04T13:41:50","date_gmt":"2017-10-04T17:41:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.abff.com\/?page_id=10020"},"modified":"2018-04-17T16:09:57","modified_gmt":"2018-04-17T20:09:57","slug":"submissions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/abff.com\/archive\/2018\/submissions\/","title":{"rendered":"Submissions"},"content":{"rendered":"

ABFF®<\/sup> SUBMISSIONS<\/h1>\r\n\r\n

The American Black Film Festival annually showcases dynamic content by and about people of African descent from around the world. The festival has four (4) competitive screening sections: Narrative Features, Documentaries, Short Films, and Web Series.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Category<\/h3><\/th>\r\n\t\t\t\t

KEY DATES<\/h3><\/th>\r\n\t\t\t\t

Award<\/h3><\/th>\r\n\t\t\t<\/tr>\r\n\t\t<\/thead>\r\n\t\t

Narrative Features<\/a><\/p><\/td>\r\n\t\t\t\t

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Submissions Closed<\/a><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\r\n\t\t\t\t

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Best Narrative Feature ($5,000 cash prize)<\/a><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t

Best Director, Narrative Feature ($5,000 cash prize)<\/a><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t

NBC Spotlight Actor Award ($5,000 cash prize)<\/a><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t

Audience Award, Narrative Feature ($10,000 cash prize)<\/a><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t

Best Screenplay Narrative Feature ($5,000 cash prize)<\/a><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\r\n\t\t\t<\/tr>\r\n\t\t\t

Documentaries<\/a><\/p><\/td>\r\n\t\t\t\t

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Submissions Closed<\/a><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\r\n\t\t\t

Best Documentary ($5,000 cash prize)<\/a><\/p><\/td>\r\n\t\t\t<\/tr>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t

HBO Short Film Competition<\/a><\/p><\/td>\r\n\t\t\t\t

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Submissions Closed<\/a><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\r\n\t\t\t

HBO Short Film Award ($30,000 total cash award)<\/a><\/p><\/td>\r\n\t\t\t<\/tr>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t

Web Series<\/a><\/p><\/td>\r\n\t\t\t\t

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Submissions Closed<\/a><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\r\n\t\t\t

Best Web Series ($5,000 cash prize)<\/a><\/p><\/td>\r\n\t\t\t<\/tr>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t

World Showcase<\/a><\/p><\/td>\r\n\t\t\t\t

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Submissions Closed<\/a><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\r\n\t\t\t\t

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***NEW OPPORTUNITY<\/h3>\r\n

In addition to ABFF\u2019s awards to recognize and reward talented filmmakers, the writer and director from each film accepted into the 2018 festival (ABFF Official Selection Filmmakers), will have the opportunity to participate in the 2018 \u201cABFF Creators Summit,\u201d on Wednesday, June 13, hosted by Creative Artists Agency (CAA). It is a one-day intensive program on the first day of the festival designed to provide diverse storytellers with valuable insights into the process of pitching and developing film, television and web-based projects. Participants will also be connected with studio and network executives, and other industry experts, who will help foster their career and will provide them with advice and knowledge about the entertainment industry.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ABFF® SUBMISSIONS The American Black Film Festival annually showcases dynamic content by and about people of African descent from around the world. The festival has four (4) competitive screening sections: Narrative Features, Documentaries, Short Films, and Web Series. Category KEY DATES Award Narrative Features Submissions Closed Best Narrative Feature ($5,000 cash prize) Best Director, Narrative […]","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-pagebuilder.php","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-10020","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abff.com\/archive\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abff.com\/archive\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abff.com\/archive\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abff.com\/archive\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/42"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abff.com\/archive\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10020"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/abff.com\/archive\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10020\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11069,"href":"https:\/\/abff.com\/archive\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10020\/revisions\/11069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abff.com\/archive\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}