Hamilton Black Film Festival

Hamilton Black Film Festival is an annual event that showcases Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour films from Hamilton and across the globe. It allows Canadian audiences to experience the works of this explosion of talent. Hamilton is the ideal city to host HBFF because it is known to nurture, embrace, and celebrate different cultures.

Paize B. Usiosefe is the Founder and Managing Director of the Hamilton Black Film Festival. He is also an author, filmmaker, screenwriter and film producer. Paize Usiosefe, in 2020, won the Jackie Washington Award for the Arts recipient from the John Holland Awards. He won the Editor's Choice Award for poetry works in 1995 and became a member of the International Society of Poets. In 2023, he was named to the Order of Hamilton. His book "ECHO FROM A VALLEY" was nominated for the City of Hamilton Arts Awards and Hamilton Literature Awards. He has appeared in thirteen feature movies, such as Incredible Hulk, Breakout, Love Guru, The Underground, and Flashpoint, to name a few.

FRENCH BIPOC PRODUCERS Le Hamilton Black Film Festival encourage les soumissions de films en langue française. Nous collaborons avec le Centre francophone Hamilton pour assurer le bilinguisme du festival et du processus d'évaluation. »