Welcome to the 33rd anniversary edition of PAFF. This year's line-up features 100 and feature length and short films that will excite, enlighten and inspire from around the African Diaspora.

Schedule of Events:

Tuesday, February 4, 2025

7:45 pm: Opening Night II: Magazine Dreams

Magazine Dreams, is about a man gripped by ambition, toxic masculinity and violence. He tries to make it in professional bodybuilding while looking after his ailing grandfather.

Friday, February 7, 2025

6:30 pm: PAFF Spoken Word Fest

We are excited to bring you an amazing show complete with local and renowned spoken word artists!  

Seasoned and emerging poets will be sharing their best poems!

Location: Cinemark Baldwin Hills Crenshaw XD and 15, 4020 Marlton Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90008

Saturday, February 8, 2025

2:00 pm: Black Immigrants: Telling Our Stories and Visioning the Future - Sponsored by BAJI - Cinemark Baldwin Hills XD - Screen # 10

Monday, February 10, 2025

11:00 am: Shorts Block #11 (98m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 1
11:15 am: Bam Bam: The Sister Nancy Story (98m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 3
11:25 am: Shorts Block #6 (89m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 6
01:30 pm: Young King (93m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 1
01:50 pm: Shorts Block #1 (78m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 3
02:00 pm: A King Like Me (90m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 6
04:00 pm: The Madman (90m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 1
04:10 pm: Garvey's Ghost (81m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 3
04:30 pm: Finding Musana (95m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 6
06:30 pm: Shorts Block #13 (89m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 1
07:05 pm: The Bucket Wish (90m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 6
09:00 pm: He Looked Like a Postcard (96m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 1
09:15 pm: Different With Me (94m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 3
09:35 pm: Drip Like Coffee (91m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 6

Tuesday, February 11, 2025

11:00 am: Grassland (90m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 1
11:20 am: Shorts Block #22 Short Docs (96m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 3
12:30 pm: Across the Tracks: A Las Vegas Westside Story (115m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 6
01:30 pm: Shorts Block #5 (88m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 1
02:00 pm: The (M) Factor: Shedding the Silence of Menopause and Ishak and The Pad Hustle (78m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 3
03:30 pm: Black Table (91m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 6
04:00 pm: Shorts Block #8 (92m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 1
04:20 pm: Who is Regina Jones (102m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 3
06:00 pm: South Haven (90m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 6
06:30 pm: Sarah (82m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 1
07:05 pm: Phels High (86m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 3
08:30 pm: Fanon (133m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 6
08:55 pm: Mount Mutombo (103m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 1
09:30 pm: Shorts Block #2 (82m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 3

Wednesday, February 12, 2025

11:00 am: Unheard (120m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 3
11:10 am: Shorts Block #7 - NY Stories (91m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 1
11:15 am: Teofilo: Boxing's Most Revolutionary Champion (86m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 6
01:40 pm: Everybody's Work: Healing What Hurts All and Traveling Mercies (80m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 6
01:50 pm: Ugly Sweater and Ways to Fly (95m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 1
02:00 pm: Shorts Block #16 (92m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 3
04:00 pm: Shorts Block #22 (96m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 6
04:25 pm: What's Black About It? Burrell: Advertising Revolution and As the Day Goes By (81m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 1
04:35 pm: Black Cats (90m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 3
06:35 pm: Shorts Block #17 (90m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 6
07:00 pm: Centerpiece Screening: To Be Announced - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 1
07:15 pm: The Dog (107m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 3
09:20 pm: The Man Died (105m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 6
09:55 pm: Snake (109m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 3
10:05 pm: Shorts Block #23 (83m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 1

Thursday, February 13, 2025

11:05 am: Legacy: The De-Colonized History of South Africa (109m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 3
11:25 am: Shorts Block #19 (89m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 1
11:35 am: Mario (120m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 6
01:55 pm: Shorts Block #12 (88m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 1
01:55 pm: Color Book (105m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 3
02:45 pm: Everybody's Work: Healing what hurts us all (66m) | Sponsored by BeiGene - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 6
04:25 pm: Shorts Block #17 (90m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 1
04:40 pm: Shorts Block #21 Women's Health (81m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 3
04:50 pm: Searching For Amani (80m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 6
06:55 pm: Shorts Block #11 (98m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 1
07:00 pm: Birth of the Black Underworld (120m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 3
07:10 pm: The Weekend (117m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 6
09:55 pm: The Anchorage of Time (O Ancoradouro do Tempo) (105m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 6
10:00 pm: Shorts Block #20 (83m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 3

Friday, February 14, 2025

11:00 am: Sarah (82m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 6
11:10 am: Shorts Block #9 Adult (90m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 1
11:30 am: Shorts Block # 10 (90m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 3
01:20 pm: Teofilo: Boxing's Most Revolutionary Champion (86m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 6
01:40 pm: Shorts Block #14 (89m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 1
02:00 pm: Shorts Block #3 (90m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 3
03:45 pm: Shorts Block #7 - NY Stories (91m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 6
04:10 pm: Sebata: The Beast (81m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 1
04:30 pm: San Juan Hill: Manhattan's Lost Neighborhood and Dying to Vote (92m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 3
06:20 pm: Til Death...Do You (98m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 6
06:35 pm: Memories of Love Returned (77m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 1
07:10 pm: Freight: The Five Incarnations of Abel Green and Run Like We (98m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 3
08:50 pm: Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat (150m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 1
09:00 pm: The Man Died (134m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 6
09:55 pm: Young King (93m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 3

Saturday, February 15, 2025

11:15 am: A King Like Me (90m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 1
11:20 am: Garvey's Ghost (81m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 3
01:00 pm: The Anchorage of Time (O Ancoradouro de Tempo) (105m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 6
01:40 pm: Ugly Sweater and Ways to Fly (95m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 3
01:45 pm: Shorts Block # 6 (89m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 1
03:40 pm: Shorts Block #21 Women's Health (81m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 6
04:15 pm: The Fisherman (105m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 3
04:25 pm: Shorts Block # 4 (91m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 1
06:00 pm: Bam Bam: The Sister Nancy Story (98m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 6
07:00 pm: Welcome (102m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 3
07:05 pm: Fighting to Be Me and A Westside Love Story (134m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 1
08:40 pm: On Becoming a Guinea Fowl (99m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 6
09:45 pm: We Want The Funk! (120m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 1
09:50 pm: Shorts Block # 9 (90m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 3

Sunday, February 16, 2025

11:00 am: Everybody's Work: Healing what hurts us all and Traveling Mercies (80m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 6
11:05 am: The Fisherman (105m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 1
11:15 am: Finding Musana (95m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 3
01:20 pm: Shorts Block #5 (88m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 6
01:50 pm: Shorts Block # 20 (83m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 1
01:50 pm: Color Book (105m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 3
03:50 pm: Shorts Block #15 (89m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 6
04:15 pm: The (M) Factor: Shedding the Silence of Menopause and Ishak and The Pad Hustle (78m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 1
04:35 pm: Different With Me (94m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 3
06:20 pm: What’s Black About It? Burrell: Advertising Revolution and As the Day Goes By (81m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 6
06:45 pm: Closing Night: My Dead Friend Zoe (98m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 1
07:10 pm: Memories of Love Returned (77m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 3
08:40 pm: Fanon (133m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 3
09:25 pm: Unheard (120m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 3
09:45 pm: Snake (109m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 1

Monday, February 17, 2025

11:00 am: Shorts Block #1 (78m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 1
11:10 am: Legacy: The De-Colonized History of South Africa (109m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 3
11:15 am: Sebata: The Beast (81m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 6
01:05 pm: Mount Motumbo (103m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 6
01:20 pm: Grassland (90m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 1
01:40 pm: Shorts Block #10 International (90m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 3
03:50 pm: He Looked Like A Postcard (96m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 1
04:00 pm: Freight: The Five Incarnations of Abel Green and Run Like We (98m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 6
04:10 pm: Shorts Block #12 (88m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 3
06:25 pm: Shorts Block # 8 (92m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 1
06:35 pm: Nawi: Dear Future Me (103m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 3
06:40 pm: South Haven (90m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 6
09:10 pm: Shorts Block #3 (90m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 3
09:10 pm: The Weekend (117m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 6
09:15 pm: We Want The Funk! (120m) - The Culver Theater - Aud. # 1

Date: February 4 - 17, 2025

Location: Various Venues in Los Angeles, CA

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