Halifax Black Film Festival

Halifax Black Film Festival

Also known as: HBFF, Halifax International Black Film Festival
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Halifax Black Film Festival marks African Heritage Month each February with films about Black realities from Canada and around the world, shown in person in Halifax and online. It is created by the Fabienne Colas Foundation, which also founded the Montreal International Black Film Festival in 2005 and the Toronto Black Film Festival in 2013 and brought the format to Halifax, home to Canada's oldest Black population.

The selection is open to filmmakers of any background whose films deal with a Black reality or community or feature Black actors in major roles. The programme includes narrative, documentary and animated features, mid-length films and shorts, retrospectives and tributes, with panel discussions and community events alongside the screenings. The 2027 edition runs 19–23 February 2027.

Country

Canada

Categories

Animation, Documentary, Feature, Short

Dates

19 February 2027 — 23 February 2027

Festival rules

Films must have been made within the 24 months before the festival and must not have been broadcast on television or online or released on VOD, DVD or Blu-ray; previously unreleased works get priority. Filmmakers of any background and country may submit if the film deals with a Black reality or a Black community, has one or more Black actors in major roles, or addresses a theme of the festival. Industrial, advertising and educational films are not eligible, nor are racist, pornographic or propaganda films or films based on gratuitous violence. Length categories: short film up to 40 minutes, medium-length film 41 to 74 minutes, feature film 75 minutes or more. Films not in English must have English subtitles. The selection committee chooses the films and assigns them to sections; selected films cannot be withdrawn. Submissions are accepted through FilmFreeway.

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