The Hamilton Black Film Festival is an annual film festival that showcases cultural and traditional films of African/Caribbean, Native, Asian, Middle Eastern filmmakers and other films of ethnic inclusion. The Hamilton Black Film Festival will give people from different parts of the world and ethnic backgrounds an accessible platform to showcase films that are made by and with visible ethnic minorities, demonstrating that Hamilton welcomes all people.

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HBFF 2023

Hamilton Black Film Festival, the first BIPOC film festival in Hamilton Ontario outlined special dates for upcoming third anniversary 2023 festival. As a BIPOC film festival, we showcase culture and traditional films of African/Caribbean, Native, Asian, Middle Eastern filmmakers, and other films of ethnic inclusions.

Our third anniversary festival is scheduled to run from May 25^th to May 30^th, 2023 at the Westdale theatre. We will be going both virtual and in-person screenings. Join us in 2023 to welcome a hoard of creative and talented filmmakers coming to our city.

In May 2022 during our second anniversary, we were fortunate to screen films made by talented BIPOC filmmakers around the globe. With much respect and gratefulness for the contents submitted to our festival, we thank all HBFF 2022 film producers for their excellence and extraordinary body of works on the big screen. We appreciate your artistic integrity.

We extend our humble thanks to our community, the media, and sponsors for kind support to us through the years.

“Inclusiveness is our strength.”  – L’inclusion est notre force.” We are elated to strengthen our partnership with CENTRE FRANCOPHONE HAMILTON (CFH) for our upcoming festival. CFH is a multidisciplinary and inclusive community centre that promotes the French language and culture through social, cultural and artistic experiences. They will ensure that our festival material is available in French, encourages content from French-speaking filmmakers and engages the francophone community. We are open to partner with other organizations in our community and beyond.

Film submission is now open till March 25^th, 2023. Click on the above button “FilmFreeway”.

Early bird deadline for 2023 submission is November 20^th, 2022. Summit your film now and get the discount.

We trust the support we get from our communities, media, event partners, and people of goodwill. As a not-for-profit organization, we kindly ask you for support by sponsoring or donating to our course. To sponsor, please send email to info@hbff.ca or call at (905) 966-7750 and donate, click on Donate.

Thank you for your generosity and great supports.

HBFF TEAM