The FilmAid Film Festival will showcase young filmmakers who offer a vision for our future where all people can live dignified lives free from violence, bigotry, inequality and oppression.
September 21, 2020. New York City. The 2020 FilmAid Film Festival will kick-off November 12 and host a 12-day celebration of the creative self-expression and ambitious determination of young filmmakers demanding to speak for themselves, tell their own stories, and represent their own communities.
During a year when much of the world has been forced into seclusion by a global pandemic, and then compelled to take action by the global demand for equality, the FilmAid Film Festival (#FAFF2020) will present Visions of the Future We Desire, a program of shorts, features, and panel discussions providing a vision for the future where all people can live dignified lives free from violence, bigotry, inequality and oppression.
In its 13th year, the FilmAid Festival will go online for the first time, providing a global platform for emerging film talent to engage global audiences in finding solutions to the problems that prevent vulnerable communities from determining their own destinies. With support from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the global film industry and individual sponsors, activists, celebrities and special guests, the festival will unite fans, filmmakers, allies, activists, and industry decision-makers in building power in order to change the narrative for communities confronting injustice and inequality.
“The FilmAid Film Festival provides emerging filmmakers from vulnerable communities with a platform to not only tell their own stories, but to dismantle the very narratives that hold them back in the first place.” – Keefe Murren, Executive Director, FilmAid
The Festival will culminate in a virtual gala on November 18th. Celebrities from the film and entertainment industries will present awards honoring festival winners. Categories will include best dramatic short, best documentary short, best actor, and best director, and best emerging filmmaker.