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The 33rd Annual Pan African Film & Arts Festival will take place in Los Angeles February 4-17, 2025 at The Culver Theater, Cinemark Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza 15 and XD and the Westfield Culver City Shopping Center.
The largest event of its kind, PAFF enjoys a wide range of diverse local, national, and international press coverage each year.
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Press Credentials
Thank you for your interest in covering the 33rd Pan African Film & Arts Festival, February 4-17, 2025 in Los Angeles. Media registration ends January 10, 2025. Applications submitted after January 10 and before January 24 will be considered late and at the Festival's discretion. Any application submitted AFTER January 24 will be considered on a rolling basis.
PAFF supports working media in their coverage of the Festival. To obtain credentials for the Festival you must be an accredited, active member of the media with a letter of assignment from your outlet.
Talent Submissions
Presenters and other talent participants are chosen through a rigorous internal process that incorporates numerous criteria. If you represent an appropriate client, you may submit them for them consideration by completing the form below. Submission of the application does not guarantee acceptance. You will be notified via email if your client is accepted to attend one of PAFF's prestigious red-carpet events.
Please do not submit your client more than once.
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Credentialed Media
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Media Contact
The email for PAFF's press team is press [at] paff [dot] org.
Press Releases
PAFF Issues Call for Volunteers for 2025
December 20, 2025
PAFF Announces Expansion into Culver City for 2025
December 17, 2025
Bill Duke to Receive Ja’Net DuBois Lifetime Achievement Award from PAFF
Stars Come Out for World Premiere of Music Comedy ‘A Hip Hop Story’
2022
May 31, 2022 – PAFF Call For Entries for 31st Festival
May 2, 2022 – PAFF Announces 2022 Jury and Programmers’ Awards
April 26, 2022 | The Dream Whisperer Set to Premiere at the Pan African Film & Arts Festival
April 26, 2022 | Media Advisory: Centerpiece – John Singleton Short Film Competition
April 25, 2022 | Cast of Critically-Acclaimed Film South Central to Reunite for Screening on 30th Anniversary of 1992 Los Angeles Civil Unrest
April 25, 2022 |Ledisi, Snowfall, Tabitha Brown, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Tina Knowles Lawson & More Kick Off First Week of PAFF
April 23, 2022 | Tabitha Brown, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Tina Knowles Lawson & More During 1st Weekend of Pan African Film & Arts Festival
April 22, 2022 | The New Showtime® Original Series, The Man Who Fell to Earth Will Preview the First Two Episodes at PAFF
April 21, 2022 | Snowfall Season 5 Finale Photos
April 20, 2022 | Opening Night Photos
April 18, 2022 | Media Advisory: Opening Night
April 12, 2022 | PAFF Announces Competition Selections
April 12, 2022 | PAFF & IKEA Present ‘All Artists Have A Seat at the Table’
April 6, 2022 | PAFF Announces 2022 Line-Up
March 29, 2022 | PAFF Announces the World Premiere of “Remember Me” The Mahalia Jackson Story As Opening Night Selection
March 9, 2022 | Voices of Black Women Get Lift From Virtual Film Series
January 7, 2022 | 30th Pan African Film Festival Postponed to April 19
2021
December 6, 2021 | Danny Glover Announced as Celebrity Ambassador for PAFF’s 30th Anniversary
March 9, 2021 | Angela Davis, Lee Daniels, Genius: Aretha, Queen Latifah, Nika King, and More Featured During Second Week of Pan African Film Festival
March 1, 2021 | The Pan African Film Festival Kicks Off 14-Day Virtual Festival with David Oyelowo’s “The Water Man”
February 26, 2021 | Pan African Film Festival Kicks Off Online and On-Demand Sunday Feb. 28
February 14, 2021 | Late Filmmaker’s Documentary on the LAPD and the Black Panther Party to Screen at the Pan African Film Festival
February 12, 2021 | David Oyelowo’s ‘The Water Man’ Selected to Open 29th Pan African Film Festival
February 5, 2021 | The 29th Pan African Film Festival Announces Competition Selections
February 3, 2021 | Pan African Film Festival Press Screenings
February 2, 2021 | Nation’s Largest Black History Month Event Kicks Off with Screening of Judas and the Black Messiah
January 28, 2021 | Pan African Film Festival Statement on the Death of Cicely Tyson
January 22, 2021 | Pan African Film Festival Announces Virtual Lineup for 2021
2020
March 5, 2020 | In Pursuit of Pan African Ideals: On Film, In Fact
Jackson (Mississippi) Advocate (an important African American newspaper)
March 5, 2020 Death of Ja’Net DuBois Leaves Void Among Hollywood’s Black Achievers Jackson (Mississippi) Advocate (an important African American newspaper)
February 27, 2020 | The Pan African Film Festival Announces the Winners of the John Singleton Short Film Competition
February 25, 2020 | The Pan African Film Festival Wraps, Screening a Record Breaking 225 Films, Representing 52 Counties in 26 Languages! Winners Announced!
February 19, 2020 | Co-founders of the Pan African Film Festival, Award-winning Actor Danny Glover and Ayuko Babu Release Statement on the Death of Ja’Net DuBois
February 18, 2020 | The Pan African Film Festival Set to Screen a Record Breaking 225 Films, Representing 52 Counties in 26 Languages!
February 3, 2020 | Denial of Nigeria’s Oscar Nominee Is “Just Awful!” – AMAA’S Head Juror, Asantewa Olatunji LEADERSHIP, Nigeria’s Most Influential Newspaper
January 27, 2020 | YouTube, the Pan African Film Festival and The Africa Narrative Announce Winners for I Am Africa Short Film Competition, Spotlighting Filmmakers in Sub-Saharan Africa