Black Harvest Film Festival
NOVEMBER 3 - 16, 2023
The Black Harvest Film Festival is Chicago’s annual showcase for films that celebrate, explore, and share the Black, African American and African Diaspora experience. Festival
Please contact Gene Siskel Film Center Director of Programming Rebecca Fons at rfons@saic.edu with questions.
Since 1994, the Black Harvest Film Festival has been Chicago’s annual showcase for films that celebrate, explore, and share the Black, African American and African Diaspora experience. With the passing of celebrated film critic and Black Harvest Film Festival co-founder and consultant Sergio Mims last fall, the Gene Siskel Film Center has announced the establishment of the Sergio Mims Fund for Black Excellence in Filmmaking, to honor his legacy of giving a voice and platform to the next generation of Black filmmakers.
The Gene Siskel Film Center is in discussion with its Black Harvest Community Council to re-envision production and curation with community input to ensure the festival will continue to be programmed by Black leaders and is authentic to the experiences of its audience.
This process of re-envisioning how the Black Harvest Film Festival moves forward will be inclusive and transparent, engaging supporters of the Black Harvest Film Festival as well as the general public.
The 29th Annual Black Harvest Film Festival will be held in person at the Gene Siskel Film Center November 3-16, 2023. The call for entries for the 29th festival is now open; learn more and submit your work here.
Please contact Gene Siskel Film Center Director of Programming Rebecca Fons at rfons@saic.edu with questions.
The Gene Siskel Film Center is in discussion with its Black Harvest Community Council to re-envision production and curation with community input to ensure the festival will continue to be programmed by Black leaders and is authentic to the experiences of its audience.
This process of re-envisioning how the Black Harvest Film Festival moves forward will be inclusive and transparent, engaging supporters of the Black Harvest Film Festival as well as the general public.
