The Pan African Film Festival is the largest film festival in the United States dedicated to the exhibition of Black films. Each year PAFF exhibits more than 180 films made by and/or about people of African descent made in the U.S., Africa, Europe, the Caribbean, the South Pacific, Latin America, Canada and Asia. In 2020, 40,000+ people from both the industry and the public attended PAFF.

The 29th Annual PAFF, America’s largest and most prestigious Black film festival, will be held in February, 2021 either with a physical festival in Los Angeles, a world-wide virtual festival or a combination of both. USA Today selected PAFF as #3 in their list of 10 Best Film Festivals in the U.S.

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