Black Arts and Film Festival is now in it's 6th year is excited to bring 4 days of festivities surrounding the independent arts and culture community.
The City of St. Petersburg is the oasis and home of this unique festival. Beautiful, year-round warm weather, pristine waterfronts that canvas its downtown scenery, real beaches that look just like the postcards, Restaurants, and shops that make it the perfect to host this festival experience. Attendees will be enthralled with what this festival has to offer from our Virtual and Socially Distant Networking Mixers at some of the premier downtown hotspots, To our (DIY) Do it Yourself Workshops and Panel Discussions that are designed to help enhance the creative works of Black and African-American filmmakers both near and far, conducted by top professionals in the Bay Area just to name of few things happening over the course of this magical week/weekend.
Films submitted are screened by our panel of expert judges and carefully selected to be presented on the big screen at Highly respected historic screening venues in the city.
Visit our website to see more specific event information on what this exciting festival has to offer that celebrates the dreamers, visionaries, and creative storytellers from around the Tampa Bay Area and Beyond.
BAFF Categories for Prizes:
Best Documentary
Best Indie Short
Best Student
Best Feature
Best Web Series
Best Horror
Best Music Video
Best Female Actor
Best Male Actor
Best Director
Audience Choice:
The BAFF Committee looks forward to seeing the wide array of Black indie films submitted to this years festival.