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

The bfm International Film festival, - the leading and longest running platform for Black World Cinema in the UK - takes place 6th – 10th November 2009 at the BFI Southbank, Institute of Contemporary Arts, Rich Mix and Shortwave Cinema.  The festival will feature narratives, documentaries and short films from the UK, Africa, the Caribbean, the US, Canada and Europe, and open open with the European premiere of Chris Rock’s film Good Hair and close with the much anticipated Shorts Awards.

Filmmakers featured as part of the festival programme include Nelson George, Menelik Shabazz, Frances Anne Solomon, Tunde Kulani, Djibril Diop Mambety.

For the first time, the bfm International Film Festival, in association with the Legacy Media Institute will offer a US based scholarship to a UK filmmaker.

In addition to film 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.

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