MEDIA ADVISORY

16TH ANNUAL PAN AFRICAN FILM AND ARTS FESTIVAL FILM COMPETITION WINNERS TO BE ANNOUNCED

WHAT:
The PAN AFRICAN FILM & ARTS FESTIVAL (PAFF) 2008 Film Competition Winners Announcement

For the 2008 Pan African Film and Arts Festival, 162 films were selected including 25 world premieres and 10 U.S. premieres representing 31 countries with 9 first-time filmmakers, 49 feature-length films, 59 documentaries, and 54 international films. These films were selected from over 2,500 submissions.

At the 2008 Festival, Jury Prizes will be awarded in the following categories: Best Documentary, Best Short Documentary, Best Narrative Short, Best Feature, and Best Director-First Feature. New for the 2008 PAFF is the addition of The Oscar Micheaux Award, named after the first African-American filmmaker. In addition to the Jury Prizes, Audience Favorite Awards will be voted on in the following categories: Best Feature, Best Documentary, and Best Short Narrative. The PAFF Vision Award will be given to the film that the Festival has chosen that best exemplifies its mission of reinforcing positive images and helping to destroy negative stereotypes.

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WHO:
Ayuko Babu, PAFF Co-Founder and Executive Director, Ja'Net Dubois, PAFF Co-Founder, PAFF 2008 Filmmakers and Celebrity Guests

WHERE:
PAFF Bistro (formerly Mattye's Bistro)
3791 Santa Rosalia Drive Los Angeles , CA 90008
(Southwest corner of Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza parking lot)

WHEN:
Monday, February 18th
10 a.m. PST

About The Pan African Film and Arts Festival

The Pan African Film and Arts Festival (PAFF) was founded in 1992 as a non-profit corporation dedicated to the promotion of cultural and racial tolerance and understanding through the exhibition of film, art and creative expression. It is the PAFFs goal to present and showcase a broad spectrum of Black creative works, particularly those that reinforce positive images and help to destroy negative stereotypes. The PAFF believes film and art can lead to better understanding and foster communication between peoples of diverse cultures, races, and lifestyles, while at the same time, serve as a vehicle to initiate dialogue on the important issues of our times.

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Jasmyne Cannick | On Behalf of the Pan African Film and Arts Festival
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