Atlanta is home to the Black History Film Festival — where the program began in 2008 and returns every year to spotlight Black cinema, storytellers, and student filmmakers.
Atlanta is where the Black History Film Festival was founded and where it has returned every year since 2008. Atlanta programming spans narrative and documentary features, shorts, student-competition premieres, filmmaker conversations, and community screenings — grounded in the city’s deep tradition of Black storytelling and civic art.
For sponsorship, community-partner, or press inquiries related to BHFF Atlanta, contact the festival office at events@blackhistoryfilmfestival.com.
Downtown Atlanta venue used for past festival cycles including 2024.
Additional Atlanta venues are announced ahead of each festival — watch this page or follow us on Eventbrite for updates.
Browse photos and highlights from past Atlanta festivals — red carpet, screenings, filmmaker Q&As.
In collaboration with Fulton County Commissioner Marvin Arrington, Jr., BHFF hosts film and essay competitions open to all high-school students who live in Fulton County, GA.
Winners of the Write 2 Rise Scholarship Competition and the 2024 Black History Film Festival Student Film and Essay Competitions will also be announced during the Opening Reception.
