African American Film Marketplace & S.E. Manly Short Film Showcase

The Black Hollywood Education and Resource Center (BHERC) is proud to present the African American Film Marketplace and S.E. Manly Short Film Showcase. This year’s showcase features 140 films from across the globe.

Since its inception in 1994, African American Film Marketplace and S.E. Manly Short Film Showcase have been a platform for rising and established filmmakers from emerging voices, while exploring innovations in storytelling across film, television, online, and more.

The Festival presents a combination of documentaries and short films, features multiple filmmakers. The community-at-large is invited annually to celebrate the artistry of filmmakers whose projects cover diverse topics, stories, techniques and broad themes multi-layered with humor, drama, and reality.

All films are shorts in length of 60min or less and presents a combination of documentaries and short films, from emerging filmmakers and representing diverse voices and storytelling.