Press Releases

The Roe Effect Wins the HBO® Short Film Award, Len Bias Wins Best Documentary and Mississippi Damned Wins Best Feature Miami, FL - June 30, 2009 - Film Film Life's 13th annual American Black Film Festival (ABFF) announced the winners...

The Roe Effect Wins the HBO® Short Film Award and Mississippi Damned Wins Best Narrative Feature Miami, FL - June 29, 2009 - Film Film Life's 13th annual American Black Film Festival (ABFF) announced the winners of their Independent Film...

New York, NY (March 20, 2009) - Film Life's 13th annual American Black Film Festival (ABFF) today announced its film sections, competitions and festival awards. The ABFF is the premier international marketplace for films made by and about people of...

Acting Competition is sponsored by VIBE magazine New York, NY (March 5, 2009) - Film Life, Inc. announced today the launch of the American Black Film Festival (ABFF) Star Project, an international acting competition for multicultural artists. "We wanted to...

HBO® is the Festival's Founding and Premier Sponsor New York, NY (March 2, 2009) - Film Life's the American Black Film Festival (ABFF), the premier destination event celebrating and awarding independent films by and about people of color, will be...

The Abduction of Jesse Bookman Wins for Best Actor and ABFF Best Film Los Angeles, CA - August 11, 2008 - Film Life wrapped up its 12th American Black Film Festival (ABFF) at the ABFF Awards Presentation that was held...

Festival opens August in Los Angeles Film Life's 12th annual American Black Film Festival (ABFF) opens Thursday, August 7, in Los Angeles. Festival passes and tickets can be purchased now at Ticket Web (www.ticketweb.com) or www.abff.com. "We are excited to...

Festival to open in Los Angeles August 7-10, 2008 New York, NY, May 25, 2008 - Actor Anthony Mackie, who will star as Tupac Shakur in the biopic, Notorious, scheduled for release by Fox Searchlight Pictures in 2009, has been...

NEW YORK, NY April 16, 2008 - Film Life, Inc., announces the domestic home entertainment release of the riveting family movie GETTIN' GROWN. The film, an official selection of the 2007 American Black Film Festival, is slated for release on...

Allstate® signs on as festival Presenting Sponsor New York, NY, April 1, 2008 - Film Life's 12th annual American Black Film Festival (ABFF) will take place August 7-10, 2008, in Los Angeles, CA, it was announced by the festival founder...