Entry dates announced for African AMerican Museum of Art and Culture Film Fest

A call for submissions

National Museum of African American History Culture Is Accepting Submissions for Inaugural Film Festival Oct. 24–27

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The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture is accepting submissions for its film festival Oct. 24–27. The Smithsonian African American Film Festival is a multi-day cinematic experience taking place every other year and focused on celebrating African American visual culture and film. Established and emerging filmmakers have until Friday, June 22, to register works via www.nmaahc.si.edu/filmfest. The film festival is organized by Rhea L. Combs, director of the museum’s Earl W. and Amanda Stafford Center for African American Media Arts (CAAMA).

The Smithsonian African American Film Festival aims to showcase historical and contemporary time-based media works that engage with the African American and African diasporic experience by providing experiences that fosters engagement between filmmakers, scholars and the public. The festival is designed to discover and showcase works of cultural significance and provide a platform for well-known and lesser-known African American image makers. Works that may not otherwise receive substantial theatrical attention will be featured along with films by established filmmakers. It will attract diverse filmmakers, visitors from around the world and significant African American image makers spanning more than 60 years of production.

Films will compete in categories: Narrative Feature, Documentary Feature, Narrative Short, Documentary Short and Experimental & Animation.