Sandra J. Evers-Manly, president of the Black Hollywood Education and Resource Center (BHERC), announced that the 30th Annual S. E. Manly African American Short Film Festival (SEMAASFF) will kick-off Friday, Nov. 15 at the Regal at LA Live, located at 1000 West Olympic Blvd. in downtown Los Angeles.
The opening event will be “Great Night in Black Hollywood” at 7 p.m. The ceremony will honor ground-breaking talent, industry contributors, community leaders, and organizations making a difference both in Hollywood and the community. Also, several special screenings will be featured.
“This will be BHERC’s final event of an action-packed year,” said Executive Director John Forbes.
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“The 30th year of this festival for us is validation. We have sorted through tens of thousands of films throughout these 30 years, we have screened thousands of them in our festival. And after 30 years we are still here, still going. The formula works, great talent, great stories, and an organization that wants them to be seen.”
According to Evers-Manly, “BHERC experienced great success with our three prior film festivals in 2024, which were the ‘Youth Diversity Film Festival,’ ‘Sista’s Are Doin’ For Themselves,’ and ‘Reel Black Men’ short film showcase.
“It has been yet another landmark year for the organization. BHERC hopes to continue their upward momentum by using the 30th annual SEMAFF, to usher in a new and even more successful year going into 2025!”
The 2024 festival films will offer perspectives from around the world as well as feature standout films from previous festivals. The genres and subject matter of the films range from social justice, historically based events, mental health, romance, drama, faith, sci-fi, horror, fantasy, documentaries, animation, action and comedy.
Festival passes are available online at www.bherc.org. A full weekend festival pass is $300, a day pass is $75, a two-hour pass ofr a block of films ins $25. Senior and student discounts are available.
For tickets, visits www.bherc.org.
