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ABFF: Emerging Directors

Director: Jay Snow
Screenwriter: Jay Snow
Producer: Vita Esperança Amore
Cast: Jay Snow, Shantelle Cuevas, Ariel Brown, Chinedu Unaka
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Logline: An LA Comic is forced to come clean about his terminal illness after his condition is severely triggered while hooking up with his girlfriend for the first time.

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Director: Letia Soloman
Screenwriter: Wes Akwuobi
Producers: Anne Brashier, C. Craig Patterson, Ben Cory Jones
Cast: Nigel Cox, Kerrice Brooks, Juan Gil, O’Shay Neal, Nelcie Souffrant, Alexander Robinson, Michael Devon
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Logline: A young Black rapper in Philadelphia must confront his sexuality when he finally gets the chance to perform on the big stage.

Director: Phillip Yaw Domfeh
Screenwriter: Phillip Yaw Domfeh
Producers: Priya Domfeh, Taylor Rae, Phillip Yaw Domfeh
Cast: Emily Anne Browning, Amanda Tarver, Candice Renee, Bret VandenBos, Sire Dhone
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Logline: Afraid that she’ll be negatively associated with unfavorable patrons of a Jamaican Restaurant, a white woman falsely claims to be the distant cousin of mid 2000s Dancehall Super Star Sean Paul

Director: Sebastian Sdaigui
Producers: Michelle Budnick, Nick Stuart, Carol-Anne Dolan, Melissa Potter
Cast: Repeter ‘Pete’ Monsanto Junior
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Logline: Pete’s personal story, the special bond he shared with his incarcerated dad and his experience with the 26-mile race are the subject of “Run for His Life”.

Director: Felicia Pride
Screenwriter: Felicia Pride
Producer: Regina Hoyles
Cast: Trishauna Clarke, Farelle Walker
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Logline: After an unexpected one-night stand, two women at very different stages of their lives share an even more intimate morning after.

Director: Moise Morancy
Screenwriter: Moise Morancy
Cast: Moise Morancy, Teren Carter, Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Kayden Jackson, Chinyere Stevens, Marc-Antoine Louis, Rodrikus Springfield, Keenan Scott II
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Logline: “When a Tree Falls,” tells the story of a 19-year-old African-American male who is caught in the cycle of poverty, drugs and violence. One day he finds out a devastating secret that will change his life forever.

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ABFF Narrative Features - U.S.

Director: Khaled Ridgeway
Screenwriter: Khaled Ridgeway
Producers: Datari Turner, Meagan Good, James Yi.
Cast: Lamorne Morris, Jacky Earle Haley, Alisha Wainwright, Haley Joel Osment, Sujata Day, David So, Matt McGorry, Woody McClain, Starletta DuPois, Gil Ozeri, Ian Verdun, Leli Hernandez, Fernando Martinez.
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Logline: A smooth-talking telemarketer (Lamorne Morris) finds himself at the mercy of a father and his son (Oscar Nominees Jacky Earle Haley, Haley Joel Osment) he tried to swindle.

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ABFF: HBO Short Film Competition

Director: Martina Lee
Screenwriter: Michelle Sam
Producers: Nasir Kenneth Ferebee, Jhanvi Motla, Elizabeth Franco
Cast: Will Catlett, Evan Alex, Montae Russell
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Logline: Black Boy Joy is an introspective slice of life story about two generations of Black men, living within the same household, juggling the demands of raising a young son with autism.

Director: Ethosheia Hylton
Screenwriters: Joan Iyiola, Chibundu Onuzo
Producers: Joan Iyiola, Chibundu Onuzo, Millie Marsh
Cast: Doyin Ajiboye, Katie Friedli Walton, Joan Iyiola, Gina Mckee, Pamela Nomvete, Joseph Mydell, Luke Gasper, Thamilvani Umaipalan
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Logline: Soon to leave her very British boarding school, Dọláp?` is pressured to conceal her natural hair, and to change her name.

Director: Letia Soloman
Screenwriter: Wes Akwuobi
Producers: Anne Brashier, C. Craig Patterson, Ben Cory Jones
Cast: Nigel Cox, Kerrice Brooks, Juan Gil, O’Shay Neal, Nelcie Souffrant, Alexander Robinson, Michael Devon
Logline: A young Black rapper in Philadelphia must confront his sexuality when he finally gets the chance to perform on the big stage.

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