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Our mission at LBLFAF is to provide a platform that educates, shares and celebrates the experiences and resilience of the African Diaspora in Louisiana and abroad, through film, music and the creative arts.

Awards & Prizes

Best Feature

Best Short

Best Director

Best Writer

Best Short Screenplay

Best Music Video

Best Documentary

*Nomzamo Heritage and Culture Award

Outstanding work that focus on safeguarding the history of people
of African descent.

*Queen Diambi Kabatusuila Vanguard Award

awarded to an emerging trailblazer leading the way in new developments or ideas that continue to uplift and empower people of African descent.

*Louisiana Legacy Award
Outstanding efforts in humanitarian and philanthropic work for African Americans, African Diaspora in Louisiana and abroad.

Rules & Terms

LBLFAF accepts applications for films made by and/or about people of African descent in Louisiana and abroad. (Please note: the filmmaker need not be of African descent.) Preferably, films should depict positive and realistic images and can be drama, fiction, Topics about mental illness history culture welcomed.
historical/epic. LBLFAF accepts features and shorts both narrative and documentary. Youth
ages 14-17 encouraged to submit.