Pan African Film Festival

Pan African Film Festival is an annual film and art exhibition that is aimed at encouraging cultural understanding among African people in Los Angeles, California and is organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.

This film and arts festival normally takes place yearly in the month of February, and the 31st edition of the black film festival is billed to happen from February 6 – 19, 2024  at Cinemark 15 BHC, Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza in Los Angeles, California.

The Pan African Film Festival (PAFF) is an official qualifying film festival that was founded in 1992. It was selected in 2015 among the Best Film Festivals in the United States, and till date, has been ranked as number 1 out of the 100 top viewed across the globe.

It is generally specialized in live-action and animation short films with its objective directed towards reinforcing positive images and destroying negative stereotypes.

PAFF provided the first performance of top black films and has hosted most of them since its foundation which includes the CEO (Nigeria), Vaya (South Africa/Nigeria), Black Panther (US), 93 Days (Nigeria), Think Like a Man (US), Love & Basketball (US), Free Angela and All Political Prisoners (US), etc.

The 2023 edition was a memory to remember and a large experience for the people who participated from all across the globe. Ticket information for PAFF 2024 will be posted in January 2024 via the PAFF website: https://www.paff.org/

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