The American Black Film Festival is an annual event dedicated to empowering Black talent and showcasing film and television content by and about people of African descent. Dedicated to the belief that diverse artists deserve the same opportunities as their mainstream counterparts, ABFF Founder Jeff Friday conceived the festival in 1997 as a vehicle to strengthen the Black entertainment community by fostering resource sharing, education and artistic collaboration.

The 27th annual ABFF will be held in Miami Beach. The American Black Film Festival is a property of ABFF Ventures LLC (ABFFV) is an American entertainment company specializing in the production of events that celebrate Black culture and achievement.

Schedule

June 14, 2023

10:00 am - 8:00 pm
Festival welcome center for pass pickup
Miami beach convention center
11:15 pm - 7:00 pm
Official selection screenings
Miami beach convention center - screening room 2

7:30 pm
27th annual abff festival welcome
New world center – performance hall

8:00 pm
Opening night film: they cloned tyrone
Courtesy of netflix
New world center - performance hall

10:00 pm - 1:00 am
Legendary white party
M2 miami

June 15, 2023

10:00 am - 7:00 pm
Festival welcome center for pass pickup
Miami beach convention center

10:00 am - 9:00 pm
Official selection screenings

Narrative features and voices of culture (miami beach convention center – screening room 2)

Documentary features (o cinema south beach)

10:00 am
How social media transformed filmmaking
Presented by motion picture association
New world center - truist pavillion

10:00 am
Wbd access music supervisor panel
Presented by warner bros. Discovery
Miami beach convention center - screening room 1

11:00 am
Let’s get candid with the cast of act your age
Presented by bounce tv
New world center - performance hall

12:30 pm
Spotlight screening: the youtube black voices festival showcase
Courtesy of youtube black voices
Miami beach convention center - screening room 1

1:00 pm
We’re not just sports
Presented by espn films
New world center - truist pavillion

2:00 pm
The lena waithe effect
Presented by american airlines
New world center - performance hall

3:30 pm
Spotlight screening: the blackening
Courtesy of lionsgate
Miami beach convention center - screening room 1

3:55 pm
Spotlight screening: donyale luna: supermodel
Courtesy of hbo documentary films
Miami beach convention center - screening room 2

4:00 pm
Writers (un) blocked: black women writers tackle film & tv
Presented by meta
New world center - truist pavillion

5:00 pm
Hip house
Presented by comcast nbcuniversal | xfinity
New world center - performance hall

6:45 pm
Spotlight screening: three ways
Courtesy of andscape
Miami beach convention center - screening room 1

7:00 pm
Shoot your shot
Presented by allblk
New world center - truist pavilion

8:30 pm
26th annual hbo short film award showcase
Presented by hbo
New world center - performance hall

June 16, 2023

10:00 am - 7:00 pm
Festival welcome center for pass pickup
Miami beach convention center

10:00 am - 9:00 pm
Official selection screenings
Narrative features and voices of culture (miami beach convention center – screening room 2)
Documentary features and series (o cinema south beach)

10:00 am
Production in the heart of the peach
Presented by fulton films (ga) office
Miami beach convention center - screening room 1

11:00 am
All american: getting authentic black stories to the end zone
New world center – performance hall

12:30 pm
Spotlight screening: exposing parchman
Miami beach convention center - screening room 1

2:00 pm
Thursdays are for lovers at tv one: the one and asking for a friend
New world center - performance hall

4:00 pm
Spotlight screening: average joe
Courtesy of bet+
Miami beach convention center - screening room 1

4:00 pm
Creator economy: from bootstrapping to business
Presented by ally
New world center - truist pavillion

5:00 pm
Black and unlimited: a conversation on black fatherhood
Presented by walmart
New world center - performance hall

6:45 pm
The creator cameo: how we the culture is powering the next generation of black hollywood
Presented by we the culture (meta)
Miami beach convention center - screening room 1

8:00 pm
Centerpiece film: the perfect find
Courtesy of netflix
New world center - performance hall

June 17, 2023

10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Festival welcome center for pass pickup
Miami beach convention center

10:00 am - 9:00 pm
Official selection screenings
Narrative features (miami beach convention center – screening room 2)
Documentary features and series (o cinema south beach)

10:00 am
How to secure (and grow) the bag: making your money work harder than you do
Presented by prudential financial
New world center - truist pavillion

10:00 am
Widening the view of the black experience
Presented by p&g
Miami beach convention center - screening room 1

10:30 am
“best of abff awards” ceremony
Hosted by dondré whitfield
New world center - performance hall

12:45 pm
Spotlight screening: time of essence
Courtesy of own
Miami beach convention center - screening room 1

1:00 pm
Where blackness is infinite. Welcome home
Presented by andscape
New world center - truist pavillion

2:00 pm
“that’s our business” a conversation with tabitha & chance brown
Delivered by ups
New world center - performance hall

3:30 pm
Spotlight screening: a mother’s intuition
Courtesy of tv one networks
Miami beach convention center - screening room 1

4:00 pm
Creating cultural capital
Presented by cadillac
New world center - truist pavillion

5:00 pm
Spotlight screening: i’m a virgo
Courtesy of prime video
New world center - performance hall

6:45 pm
Spotlight screening: found
Courtesy of comcast nbcuniversal and nbc
Miami beach convention center - screening room 1

6:45 pm
Chris spencer comedy special: don’t call it a comeback
Miami beach convention center - screening room 2

8:45 pm
Abff first look: the color purple – a bold new take on a beloved classic
Presented by warner bros. Pictures
New world center - performance hall

10:00 pm
Closing night party
Courtesy of confluential films
The bass museum

June 18, 2023

1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Abff community day
Sponsored by the greater miami convention & visitors bureau (gmcvb)
The black archives historic lyric theater

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Screening of two episodes of rap sh!t (tv-ma)
2:00 pm - 2:45 pm
Talkback with issa rae and syreeta singleton

3:15 pm - 4:00 pm
Screening of young love
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Talkback with matthew a. Cherry

Date: June 14- 18, 2023

Location:
Various Venue Miami Beach, FL

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