May 26-29, 2023

The Calgary Black Film Festival

The Globe Cinema, 617 8 Ave. S.W., Memorial Park Library, 1221 2 St. S.W., The Plaza Theatre, 1133 Kensington Rd. N.W., and online

Festival Schedule:

Friday, May 26

7:00 p.m. 1960 (Opening Film)

The Globe Cinema

Saturday, May 27

11:00 a.m. Finding Your Inner Child - How To Create Content For Young Audiences

Memorial Park Library

12:30 p.m. How To Keep Your Creative Focus As A Freelance Artist

Memorial Park Library

1:00 p.m. Black As U R

The Plaza Theatre

2:00 p.m. Funding Your Projects Series: Alberta Edition

Memorial Park Library

3:00 p.m. Kalkidane

The Plaza Theatre

5:00 p.m. Being Black In Canada - Montreal & Ottawa

The Plaza Theatre

7:30 p.m. Being Black In Canada - Toronto, Halifax And Vancouver

The Plaza Theatre

Sunday, May 28

The Bright Path

Online

Sheeps Clothing

Online

Colorblind

Online

1:00 p.m. The Task Of Finding Our Audience

On Facebook

Tickets:

VIP Opening: $100

- Priority Seating

- After Party With Two Cocktails

- A Pair Of Tickets For One Of BBIC Screenings

- Online All Access Pass

Opening Night Film: $25

Online All Access Pass: $49

In Person All Access Pass: $59

Individual Tickets: $12

After two successful editions, the 3rd Calgary Black Film Festival #CBFF23, is back once again, to amplify the voices of Afro-descendants. Founded by the Fabienne Colas Foundation, CBFF is thrilled to announce the official program and events lineup, running May 26–29. The in-person screenings and events will take place at The Globe Cinema, The Plaza Theatre, and the Calgary Memorial Park Library.

CBFF’s exciting and diverse programming is in-Person, with continued online programming for accessibility across Canada and around the world. Through 40 films and various panels, this hybrid third edition is aimed at the public from all communities as it highlights the talent of creators from diverse backgrounds and makes room for them to reflect on the issues they face. Created by the Fabienne Colas Foundation, #CBFF23 is Co-Presented by Global News and supported by Calgary Arts Development, Canada Media Fund,Telefilm Canada, Calgary Public Library and Festwave Institute.

The festival kicks off with a red carpet event happening at the Globe Cinema on Friday, May 26 and opens with King Shaft and Michael Mutombo’s 1960. This mystery thriller begins when the remains of an apartheid-era policeman are discovered 60 years after he went missing, and a retired singer revisits her past to help with the investigation. The Film will also be available online during the festival.

Thirty emerging Black filmmakers from Montreal, Toronto, Halifax, Ottawa, Calgary and Vancouver of the Fabienne Colas Foundation’s Being Black in Canada program will present their short films In-Person at CBFF on Saturday, May 27. These films will also be available online during the duration of the Festival.

The FCF’s Being Black in Canada supported 35 Black Canadian Filmmakers, 18 to 30 years old, in Montreal, Toronto, Halifax, Ottawa, Calgary, and Vancouver in the creation of their first documentary short films (8 to 10 minutes). The filmmakers received professional coaching for each stage of the audiovisual production process and then made a short documentary film under the tutelage of industry professionals. A unique project that ensures inspiring emerging artists from culturally diverse backgrounds.

The Calgary Black Film Festival (CBFF) is about discovery and Inclusion. CBFF wants to showcase the most relevant Black films from here and abroad while creating a space to debate major cultural, social and socio-economic issues.

The Calgary Black Film Festival is dedicated to giving unique voices in cinema the opportunity to present audiences with new ways of looking at the world. CBFF’s ambition is to encourage the development of the independent film industry and to promote more films on the reality of Black people from around the Globe. The Calgary Black Film Festival (CBFF) was created by the Fabienne Colas Foundation, a not-for-profit, professional, artistic organization dedicated to promoting Cinema, Art and Culture in Canada and abroad. The Fabienne Colas Foundation is also the creator of the very successful Montreal Black Film Festival, the Toronto Black Film Festival, the Halifax Black Film Festival, the new Ottawa Black Film Festival, as well as the several other successful Festivals in Canada, the USA, Haiti and Brazil. The Foundation is also the creator of the FCF’s Being Black in Canada program, Canada’s largest incubator dedicated to Black Filmmakers.