Pan African Film & Arts Festival

Pan African Film & Arts Festival America's Largest and Most Prestigious International Black Film Festival Every February we bring you Films and Art from within the U.S.
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and all over the world throughout the African Diaspora!

09/10/2026

๐Ÿ“š The Literary Circle Last Night Malik Books! โœจ

It was a packed house last night at Malik Books in Baldwin Hills for an inspiring evening of conversation, community, and literature!

A special thank you to John Hope Bryant and moderator Arlene Hamilton for a wonderful conversation abiut John Hope Bryantโ€™s, Capitalism for All & Arlene Hamilton, Your First Million/Arlanโ€™s Authority Playbook.

HUGE s/o to everyone who came out.โค๏ธ

Weโ€™re grateful to Malik Books and the entire Malik Books family! Jโ€™Tasha St. Cyr, our PAFF Now host, and all of the PAFF staff who joined us in making this event special.

PAFF partners with The 9:16 Playbook โ€” a two-day virtual conference for filmmakers ready to break into vertical content ...
09/04/2026

PAFF partners with The 9:16 Playbook โ€” a two-day virtual conference for filmmakers ready to break into vertical content & microdrama.

With platforms like ReelShort and DramaBox driving demand for new stories and talent, microdrama is one of entertainmentโ€™s fastest-growing formats.

๐Ÿ“… September 9โ€“10, 2026
๐Ÿ’ป Two-Day Virtual Conference
๐ŸŽฅ 10 masterclasses covering writing, production, post, distribution + AI in filmmaking, led by working industry professionals.

โœจ SPECIAL PAFF COMMUNITY OFFER

The first 25 PAFF community members to register attend COMPLIMENTARY with code:

๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ PAFF916COMP

Once those spots are claimed, PAFF community members can still receive 50% OFF registration with code:

๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ 916PAFF50

Donโ€™t miss your opportunity to learn the format opening new doors for independent creators.

๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿพ Reserve your seat: the916playbook.com

Set in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, If I Go Will They Miss Me follows 12-year-old Lil Ant, who sees the worldโ€”...
09/04/2026

Set in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, If I Go Will They Miss Me follows 12-year-old Lil Ant, who sees the worldโ€”and his fatherโ€”through a lens of myth, wonder, and unwavering belief.

Written and directed by Walter Thompson-Hernรกndez and starring J. Alphonse Nicholson and Danielle Brooks, this breathtaking father-son story explores family, love, and the grace we extend to the people who mean the most to us.

๐ŸŽฌ Special Los Angeles Engagement โ€” September 11โ€จ๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ In theaters nationwide in 30+ markets โ€” September 18

Watch the trailer and find showtimes + tickets at the link in our bio, or visit Fandango and search If I Go Will They Miss Me.

09/01/2026

Come ๐‰๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐๐€๐…๐…, ๐‰.๐€๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ his passion for cussing ๐’๐š๐ญ. ๐Ÿ—/๐Ÿ๐Ÿ @๐ฆ๐ข๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ฅ๐ž๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฐ๐จ๐จ๐

Ft. ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ค
๐Ÿ“… ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ
๐Ÿ•— ๐™Ž๐™๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ข๐™š: 8:00 ๐™‹๐™ˆ (๐˜ฟ๐™ค๐™ค๐™ง๐™จ ๐™Š๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™ฉ 7:00 ๐™‹๐™ˆ)
๐Ÿ“ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ
๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐—ฆ. ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐˜., ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ด๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ, ๐—–๐—” ๐Ÿต๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿญ

๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ ๐™ป๐š’๐š—๐š” ๐š๐š˜๐š› ๐š๐š’๐šก ๐š’๐š— ๐š‹๐š’๐š˜! ๐š๐šŽ๐š ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ๐š– ๐š ๐š‘๐š’๐š•๐šŽ ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ๐šขโ€™๐š›๐šŽ ๐™ท๐™พ๐šƒ! ๐™พ๐š› ๐š๐š’๐šŒ๐š”๐šŽ๐š๐š–๐šŠ๐šœ๐š๐šŽ๐š›.๐šŒ๐š˜๐š–/๐šŠ๐š—-๐šŽ๐šŸ๐šŽ๐š—๐š’๐š—๐š-๐š ๐š’๐š๐š‘-๐š“-๐šŠ๐š—๐š๐š‘๐š˜๐š—๐šข-๐š‹๐š›๐š˜๐š ๐š—-๐š’๐š—๐š๐š•๐šŽ๐š ๐š˜๐š˜๐š-๐šŒ๐šŠ๐š•๐š’๐š๐š˜๐š›๐š—๐š’๐šŠ-๐Ÿถ๐Ÿฟ-๐Ÿท๐Ÿธ-๐Ÿธ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿผ/๐šŽ๐šŸ๐šŽ๐š—๐š/๐Ÿถ๐™ฑ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿผ๐Ÿบ๐™ด๐™ฑ๐™ฑ๐Ÿบ๐Ÿท๐Ÿธ๐Ÿบ๐™ฑ๐Ÿน๐Ÿบ

๐‰๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐๐€๐…๐…, ๐‰.๐€๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ค ๐’๐š๐ญ. ๐Ÿ—/๐Ÿ๐Ÿ @๐ฆ๐ข๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ฅ๐ž๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฐ๐จ๐จ๐๐Ÿ“… ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿ•— ๐™Ž๐™๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ข๐™š: 8:00 ๐™‹๐™ˆ (๐˜ฟ๐™ค...
08/31/2026

๐‰๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐๐€๐…๐…, ๐‰.๐€๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ค ๐’๐š๐ญ. ๐Ÿ—/๐Ÿ๐Ÿ @๐ฆ๐ข๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ฅ๐ž๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฐ๐จ๐จ๐

๐Ÿ“… ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ
๐Ÿ•— ๐™Ž๐™๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ข๐™š: 8:00 ๐™‹๐™ˆ (๐˜ฟ๐™ค๐™ค๐™ง๐™จ ๐™Š๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™ฉ 7:00 ๐™‹๐™ˆ)
๐Ÿ“ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ
๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐—ฆ. ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐˜., ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ด๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ, ๐—–๐—” ๐Ÿต๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿญ

๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ ๐™ป๐š’๐š—๐š” ๐š๐š˜๐š› ๐š๐š’๐šก ๐š’๐š— ๐š‹๐š’๐š˜! ๐š๐šŽ๐š ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ๐š– ๐š ๐š‘๐š’๐š•๐šŽ ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ๐šขโ€™๐š›๐šŽ ๐™ท๐™พ๐šƒ! ๐™พ๐š› ๐š๐š’๐šŒ๐š”๐šŽ๐š๐š–๐šŠ๐šœ๐š๐šŽ๐š›.๐šŒ๐š˜๐š–/๐šŠ๐š—-๐šŽ๐šŸ๐šŽ๐š—๐š’๐š—๐š-๐š ๐š’๐š๐š‘-๐š“-๐šŠ๐š—๐š๐š‘๐š˜๐š—๐šข-๐š‹๐š›๐š˜๐š ๐š—-๐š’๐š—๐š๐š•๐šŽ๐š ๐š˜๐š˜๐š-๐šŒ๐šŠ๐š•๐š’๐š๐š˜๐š›๐š—๐š’๐šŠ-๐Ÿถ๐Ÿฟ-๐Ÿท๐Ÿธ-๐Ÿธ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿผ/๐šŽ๐šŸ๐šŽ๐š—๐š/๐Ÿถ๐™ฑ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿผ๐Ÿบ๐™ด๐™ฑ๐™ฑ๐Ÿบ๐Ÿท๐Ÿธ๐Ÿบ๐™ฑ๐Ÿน๐Ÿบ

08/28/2026

๐‰๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐๐€๐…๐…, ๐‰.๐€๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ค ๐’๐š๐ญ. ๐Ÿ—/๐Ÿ๐Ÿ @๐ฆ๐ข๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ฅ๐ž๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฐ๐จ๐จ๐

๐Ÿ“… ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ
๐Ÿ•— ๐™Ž๐™๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ข๐™š: 8:00 ๐™‹๐™ˆ (๐˜ฟ๐™ค๐™ค๐™ง๐™จ ๐™Š๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™ฉ 7:00 ๐™‹๐™ˆ)
๐Ÿ“ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ
๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐—ฆ. ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐˜., ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ด๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ, ๐—–๐—” ๐Ÿต๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿญ

๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ ๐™ป๐š’๐š—๐š” ๐š๐š˜๐š› ๐š๐š’๐šก ๐š’๐š— ๐š‹๐š’๐š˜! ๐š๐šŽ๐š ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ๐š– ๐š ๐š‘๐š’๐š•๐šŽ ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ๐šขโ€™๐š›๐šŽ ๐™ท๐™พ๐šƒ! ๐™พ๐š› ๐š๐š’๐šŒ๐š”๐šŽ๐š๐š–๐šŠ๐šœ๐š๐šŽ๐š›.๐šŒ๐š˜๐š–/๐šŠ๐š—-๐šŽ๐šŸ๐šŽ๐š—๐š’๐š—๐š-๐š ๐š’๐š๐š‘-๐š“-๐šŠ๐š—๐š๐š‘๐š˜๐š—๐šข-๐š‹๐š›๐š˜๐š ๐š—-๐š’๐š—๐š๐š•๐šŽ๐š ๐š˜๐š˜๐š-๐šŒ๐šŠ๐š•๐š’๐š๐š˜๐š›๐š—๐š’๐šŠ-๐Ÿถ๐Ÿฟ-๐Ÿท๐Ÿธ-๐Ÿธ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿผ/๐šŽ๐šŸ๐šŽ๐š—๐š/๐Ÿถ๐™ฑ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿผ๐Ÿบ๐™ด๐™ฑ๐™ฑ๐Ÿบ๐Ÿท๐Ÿธ๐Ÿบ๐™ฑ๐Ÿน๐Ÿบ

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๐ŸŽฌ ๐…๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐’๐ฎ๐›๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐ž๐š๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐š๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  Submit your FEATURE FILM to the 35th Anniversary Pan African Film Festi...
08/27/2026

๐ŸŽฌ ๐…๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐’๐ฎ๐›๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐ž๐š๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐š๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ 

Submit your FEATURE FILM to the 35th Anniversary Pan African Film Festival by WEDNESDAY, SEPT 16th.

Our programmers are looking forward to watching your film. Submit your project on FilmFreeway today!

Qualify for Jury, Programmer, Audience & Festival Awards incl.:
Best Narrative Feature,
Best Documentary Feature,
Best Director - First Feature (Narrative),
Best Director - First Feature (Documentary)
& more

๐Ÿ—ณ๏ธ๐’๐ฎ๐›๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐…๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ข๐ง ๐›๐ข๐จ ๐จ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ.๐œ๐จ๐ฆ/๐“๐ก๐ž๐๐š๐ง๐€๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ง๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐…๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ

๐Ÿ“ธ แด˜สœแดแด›แด แด„ส€แด‡แด…ษชแด›: แด‹แด€ส€ษชแด ๊œฑแด€แด€๊œฐษชส€ แด˜สœแดแด›แดษขส€แด€แด˜สœส

PAFFย attended the grand re-opening of theย historic Vision Theatre in Leimert Parkย last Thursday, August 20, 2026, follow...
08/24/2026

PAFFย attended the grand re-opening of theย historic Vision Theatre in Leimert Parkย last Thursday, August 20, 2026, following a 15-year renovation. The Vision Theatre partnered with theย City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs and WACO Theater Center, founded byย Tina Knowlesย andย Richard Lawson, to celebrate this exciting milestone.

MEMORY OF PRINCESS MUMBI LA Premiere is TOMORROW, Thursday, 8/20 - 7:30p Laemmle Theatres Glendale This is a charming fu...
08/19/2026

MEMORY OF PRINCESS MUMBI LA Premiere is TOMORROW, Thursday, 8/20 - 7:30p Laemmle Theatres Glendale

This is a charming futuristic African love story from award-winning Swiss-Kenyan filmmaker & PAFF Alum Damien Hauser

In 2093, filmmaker Kuve travels to Umata to document the aftermath of a war that revived ancient kingdoms. There, he meets Mumbi, who challenges him to make his film without the use of AI. As Kuve searches for his own voice, he begins to realize that even in a broken world, beauty can be found in the small human moments we often overlook.

๐Ÿ—“๏ธThur. 8/20
โฐ7:30 PM Showtime at Laemmle Glendale
๐ŸŽ™๏ธQ&A with the director to follow.
๐ŸŽž๏ธ WATCH TRAILER LINK IN DESCRIPTION
๐Ÿ”— Link in the bio for Tickets or visit - https:// www.laemmle.com/film/memory-princess-mumbi

08/14/2026

๐Ÿ“ข Yโ€™all HEARD THEM! Get over to PAFF.org NOW to secure your tickets to the classic One Night Only
with J. Anthony Brown
Saturday, August 12th at 8pm
Doors open at 7pm

๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ Grab tickets at the link in the bio or PAFF.org or MiracleInglewood.com

Address

6820 La Tijera Boulevard, Ste 200
Los Angeles, CA
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