5th Annual San Antonio Black International Film Festival Affirmatively and Actively Celebrates
HBCU Film Luv
SABIFF News – The San Antonio Black International Film Festival (SABIFF) celebrates its fifth- year anniversary. SABIFF 2023 runs October 5th – October 8th on sabiff.tv, and at local venues in San Antonio, Texas. This year’s festival theme, HBCU Film Luv, will celebrate remarkable creatives in film, video, and television who have made great strides to advance Black images, voices, equity, and opportunities for people of African descent.
SABIFF’s Opening Night Gala is presenting this year’s Ankh Achievement Award to Howard University Bison, Texans and sisters: Emmy and Tony Award Winner Phylicia Rashad and Emmy, Tony, Golden Globe and NAACP Image Award Winner Debbie Allen for Outstanding Work in the Entertainment, Television and Film arenas.
A Different World co-star Kim Charnele Brown, the founder of Charnele Brown Acting Academy, will offer her specialized ACTING WORKSHOPS for registered festival attendees on Oct. 6th and 7th.
Eighty submissions were submitted for this year’s Open Call. Forty selected films for the Films-In-Competition showcase will be screened at St. Philip’s College’s Watson Auditorium and the Carver Community Cultural Center. Two-days of rare Black independent films consisting of narratives, documentaries, animation, music video and student film stories give a diverse assemblage of Black subjects, stories, perspectives, and images representing the diaspora: US, Trinidad, Jamaica, Canada, Ghana, France, South Africa, Iran, Egypt and the Neverlands.
“Festival sponsorship, by the San Antonio Film Commission (@FilmSanAntonio), H-E-B and the San Antonio Area Foundation’s Cultural Vibrancy three-year grant has added tremendous support to SABIFF’s ongoing commitment to support the local economy, ” said founder Ada M. Babineaux. Returning partners include: the Carver Community Cultural Center, the San Antonio Public Library’s Carver Library Branch (along with Friends of the Carver Library), and St. Philip’s College| our local HBCU, celebrating their 125th year-anniversary. Post mixer networking events will take place at: Elsewhere-SA and Dakota Ice House.
General audience entrance fees range from $10 daily block movie passes, to $25 workshops, to $100 for local all-access- badges for local live V.I.P. attendees. All-access-passes with virtual Video-On-Demand (VOD) are available for virtual audiences across the world. Events are open to St. Philip’s | Alamo College students, and area youth 18 and under with a valid student ID. Discount rates are open to senior citizens, groups and students at area institutions. Visit sabiff.tv for more details, volunteer, and donation opportunities. This hybrid festival will include Films-In-Competition showcases, workshops, panels. Schedules, tickets, and gratis event information can be found at sabiff.tv. Visit the website for further information.
