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Animation, Art-house, Asian, Black, Children, Comedy, Documentary, Drama, Experimental, Historical, Horror, Independent, National, Religious, Romance, Science Fiction, Short, Student, Thriller, Women,

bfm International Film Festival provides a unique platform that showcases the best of black world cinema, also enabling local and international filmmakers to interact with the audience.

11th bfm International Film Festival, 6th - 10th November 2009

Black Filmmaker (bfm) International Film Festival is the leading and longest running platform for Black World Cinema in the UK.

The 11th bfm International Film Festival takes place between 6th-10th November 2009 at the BFI Southbank, Institute of Contemporary Arts, Rich Mix and Shortwave Cinema.

The bfm Film Festival 2009 will feature narratives, documentaries and short films from the UK, Africa, the Caribbean, the US, Canada and Europe.

We will open with the European Premier of Chris Rock's much anticipated Good Hair and close with the much anticipated Shorts Awards. Filmmakers featured as part of the festival programme include Menelik Shabazz, Frances Anne Solomon, Tunde Kulani, Djibril Diop Mambety. For the first time, bfm, in association with the Legacy Media Institute will offer a US based scholarship to a UK filmmaker.

In addition to screenings there will be seminars hosted by the UK Film Council, Skillset and Channel Four.

In the run up to the festival, a special FREE Black History Month showcase will also take place every Tuesday throughout October. This will feature the Great Africans series with Wole Soyinka, Nelson Mandela and Wanguri Mathai.

The festival is proud to be sponsored by the African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Film Fund, Film London and the UK Film Council, Price Associates, Trinidad & Tobago High Commission, Jamaica Trade and Invest, ilab, Kodak, Women in Film and Television, The Script Factory, Film Four, Legacy Media Institute, Goldrush Entertainment and the Jamaican Tourist Board.

Festival partners include Visit London, Skillset, Channel 4, 100 Black Men, Voice of Africa, Colourful Radio, Lime, Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival, Trinidad & Tobago Film Company, and the Canadian Black Film Festival.

To find out more information about the festival and view trailer clips of some of the films featured, please visit the official website at www.bfmmedia.com/festival

Mon 5th Oct 2009 11th bfm International Film Festival