The AFCC Film Festival is a showcase of innovative filmmaking from talented filmmakers, content creators, and screenwriters. AFCC International Film Festival is a division of AfroComicCon and our 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, that features contemporary and interactive works of visual art showcasing films in the following categories:
Best Picture
Best Animated Film
Best Student Film (must be enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program between 2019 – 2022)
Best Documentary
Audience Award
AFCCIFF will have a jury composed of media and filmmakers, scholars, curators, and archivists who will determine all awards, with the exception of the audience award winner.
These topic-related films and their filmmakers are focused on bringing about diversity and inclusion, with a special focus on women and POC. We are looking for short films that are a minimum of 3 minutes to 20 minutes in length, and animations that reflect and honor Afrofuturistic representation. Please note only films that fall into the broad category of Afrofuturism and in the genre categories of science-fiction, speculative Black fiction, Horror, Fantasy, Anime, superheroes, and comic books will be considered for inclusion in the festival. We are most interested in films made by filmmakers from historically underrepresented communities of color, but all are welcome to apply.
The AFCC International Film Festival highlights Action/Adventure, Animation, Comic Book Oriented, Documentary (Pop Culture Related), Horror/Suspense, Humor, New Villains, and Sci-Fi/Fantasy. These genre-related films and their filmmakers are focused on bringing about diversity and inclusion of all colors, with a special focus on women and POC, and animations that reflect and honor Afrofuturistic representation. We are most interested in fanfare, heroes/she-heroes, villains, and creative diversity, inclusion films made by and supportive of, underrepresented communities of color.
Cash prize, awards, and possible apprenticeships with a screenwriter or major studio.