Hamilton Black film festival is an annual event that will showcase Black, Indigenous and People of Colour films from Hamilton and across the globe giving the opportunity to Canadian audiences to experience the works of this explosion of talent. The city of 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 Managing Director of Hamilton Black Film Festival. He is also a is an author, filmmaker, screenwriter and film producer. Paize Usiosefe is the 2020 recipient of the Jackie Washington award for the arts 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. 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, flashpoint just 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. »
CATEGORIES
All film lengths and genres accepted. We do not accept Porn movies.
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AWARDS
Best Canadian short film
Best American Short Film
Best feature film
Best Director Short Film
Best Cinematography
Best Short Foreign Film
Best Feature Foreign Film
Best Writer Feature Film
Best Picture Feature Film
Best Producer Short Film
Best Festival Short film
Best Actor feature film
Best Actress feature film
Best Actor short film
Best Actress short film
Best Short Documentary
Best feature length Documentary
Best Cinematography feature film
Best Cinematography short film
Best Editing feature film
Best Editing short film
Best Festival feature film
Best Festival short film
Best Festival Documentary
Best Editing Short Film
Best Editing Feature Film