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The African Film & Arts Festival

The African Film & Arts Festival (TAFF) is an annual Dallas festival of films that promote African culture, address issues affecting Africa and people of African descent, or explore African history and landmarks. Founded by filmmaker Kelechi Eke, it was first held in July 2016 and now takes place each June, with recent venues listed as Dallas Hall on University Boulevard and the Royal Palace in Addison. Alongside screenings it runs panels, filmmaker workshops, vendor booths and an awards ceremony with juried prizes for features, shorts, documentaries, animation and craft categories. Submissions are open to filmmakers worldwide through FilmFreeway. The 2026 edition ran June 18–20; 2027 dates had not been posted when this was checked.

Festival · Dallas · Since 2016 · Active

Next
Usually June
Dallas Hall, 3225 University Boulevard, Dallas; Royal Palace, Addison
The African Film Festival, Inc. (founder Kelechi Eke)
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Categories
Narrative Feature
Narrative Short
Documentary Feature
Documentary Short
Animated Feature
Animated Short
Prizes
Juried awards including Best Narrative Feature, Best Documentary Feature, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Indigenous Film, Best Emerging Filmmaker and a ROOTFLIX Viewers Choice award.

Notable

First held in July 2016 as the first African film festival in Dallas, with a proclamation from Mayor Michael S. Rawlings ↗︎
2026 edition ran June 18–20 ↗︎
Runs a network of ambassadors in African countries and free film workshops ↗︎
Listed as running 11 years on FilmFreeway ↗︎
Sources
  1. The African Film & Arts Festival (TAFF) The African Film Festival
  2. About TAFF The African Film Festival
  3. The African Film Festival - TAFF FilmFreeway

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