Press Releases

Best Man Holiday film director, Malcolm D. Lee, to mentor finalists OAK BROOK, Ill. (Feb. 10, 2015) - McDonald's USA and the American Black Film Festival are joining forces to launch the McDonald's Lovin' Video Competition. To complement the new...

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Highlights Included the HBO® Short Film Competition Winner, "A Different Tree, " and Second-Time ABFF Winner Stephen Lloyd Jackson's Latest Film "Sable Fable" which took High Honors for Best Director and Best Narrative Feature presented by Cadillac Nia Long, Nick...

"The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete," Co-Executive Produced by GRAMMY® Award-Winner Alicia Keys, to Open the Festival and Ryan Coogler's Award-Winning "Fruitvale Station" to Serve as the Festival's Alumni Spotlight Screening NEW YORK, NY, June 4, 2013 - Today...

NEW YORK, NY, May 1, 2013 - Film Life, Inc. today announced actress Regina King as the featured guest for "A Conversation With" at the 17th Annual American Black Film Festival (ABFF). This event, presented by American Airlines, is an...

FOUR EMERGING COMEDIANS WILL COMPETE FOR TOP SPOT AT ABFF IN JUNE NEW YORK, NY, April 22, 2013 - Film Life, Inc., producers of the American Black Film Festival (ABFF), announced today the selection of the four finalists who competed...

THREE FINALISTS WILL BE CHOSEN TO COMPETE FOR $5,000 GRAND PRIZE ATLANTA, March 25, 2013 - GMC TV, America's favorite channel for uplifting family entertainment, announced today that it is partnering with the American Black Film Festival (ABFF) on the...

NEW YORK, NY, March 8 2013 - Quickly establishing himself as the pulse of comedic entertainment, funny man Kevin Hart, will bring his threshold of jokes and laughter to the 17th Annual American Black Film Festival (ABFF). Film Life, Inc....

NEW YORK, NY, March 4, 2013 - Film Life, Inc., the unyielding force behind the American Black Film Festival (ABFF), the premiere film festival for celebrating diversity in cinema, is excited to partner with AMC Theatres® to raise the stakes...