HOLLYWOOD BLACK FILM FESTIVAL LOOKING FOR ENTRIES

Industry News :: HOLLYWOOD BLACK FILM FESTIVAL LOOKING FOR ENTRIES: Seventh annual contest to be held in June.

*The Hollywood Black Film Festival (HBFF) has announced its Call for Entries for its 7th annual competitive festival, to be held June 13-18, 2006 in Hollywood.

The festival will feature narrative and documentary features, short and student films, music videos and animation in its competitive program. HBFF 2006 also presents a separate Storyteller Competition for screenwriters.

“The goal of the festival is to provide a dynamic forum to showcase the work of Black filmmakers,” says Tanya Kersey, Founder & Festival Director. “HBFF 2006 will bring the work of accomplished and aspiring Black filmmakers to an environment encompassing the mainstream Hollywood community and Southern California film-going audiences.”

The festival will be accepting submissions through Feb. 15. Films must have been completed since Sept. 2003 and one of the film’s principles (director, writer or producer) must be black or of African heritage.

The HBFF Storyteller Competition has a proven track record of putting winning scripts and screenwriters before key industry decision makers. All ten (10) finalists will get hooked up for script consultations with screenwriting gurus and/or development executives.

The early-bird deadline for film and screenplay submissions is January 15, 2006, the final deadline is February 15, 2006. Submission forms and guidelines can be obtained by visiting the official festival website at http://www.hbff.org.

The Hollywood Black Film Festival is also seeking several hard-working and dedicated volunteers to join its growing team. These are volunteer positions only. We are looking for two Associate Programmers (with 2+ years industry development or programming experience), Storyteller Director (must have screenwriting background and experience reading scripts and giving notes), and a Graphic Designer. For more information on these positions, please email us at info@hbff.org. In the subject line type: VOLUNTEER 4 HBFF TEAM and indicate the position you are interested in.

For more information on HBFF 2006, phone (323) 556-5742, fax (310) 943-2326, e-mail: info@hbff.org, or visit the official festival website at http://www.hbff.org.

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