We appreciate your interest in covering the 34th Pan African Film & Arts Festival, taking place February 9-16, 2026, in Los Angeles. Media credential applications are currently not open for 2026.  Please sign up for our mailing list to be notified. 

Festival Media Credentials vs. Red Carpet Access

PAFF Festival Media Credentials are strictly for media professionals covering the festival throughout its duration. However, all red carpet events require a separate credentialing process, independent of festival media credentials.  Make sure you’re on our media list for the latest and you can always check our red carpet calendar.

If you’re interested in festival coverage, you can apply for festival media credentials, but access to specific red carpet events is not included. Due to limited space, media must sign up separately to cover each red carpet.

Additionally, press covering PAFF red carpet events are invited to capture red carpet arrivals but will not have access to the event itself. Be sure to plan accordingly!

PAFF supports working media in their coverage of the Festival. To obtain credentials for the Festival you must be an accredited, active member of the media.

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PAFF Announces 2026 Call for Submissions
May 5, 2025

“Severance” Actor Tramell Tillman Honored with Pan African Film & Arts Festival’s “Rising Star Award” At The 2025 Filmmaker Awards Brunch Presented By Apple TV+ (Photo)
February 18, 2025

Pan African Film & Arts Festival Announces Winners of 2025 Film Festival at Awards Brunch Presented by Apple TV+  (Photo)
February 17, 2025

PAFF’s Filmmaker Awards Brunch, Presented by Apple TV+, to Honor “Severance” Actor Tramell Tillman with “Star on the Rise” Award
February 13, 2025

PAFF Spotlight Screening: Mount Mutombo at The Culver Theater Tue, Feb. 11
February 10, 2025

PAFF Announces Centerpiece Screening of
To My Rescue It Was the S1Ws: A Public Enemy Story
February 10, 2025

Women Take Center Stage at 2025 Pan African Film Festival: Spotlight on The Bucket Wish and More
February 7, 2025

‘Mexico Is Hell For Black Migrants’ and Other Films Use Storytelling to Highlight the Triumphs and Struggles of Black Immigrant Communities During Pan African Film & Arts Festival
February 6, 2025

Jonathan Majors’ ‘Magazine Dreams’ Opens 33rd Pan African Film & Arts Festival
February 5, 2025

“Magazine Dreams” to Open 33rd Pan African Film & Arts Festival
January 30, 2025
Press Release | Red Carpet Press Credentials | Film Assets

PAFF Announces Cancellation of 2025 ArtFest Amidst Challenges Caused by Recent Fires
January 28, 2025

PAFF Announces 2025 Film Guide
January 23, 2025

PAFF Issues Call for Volunteers for 2025
December 20, 2024

PAFF Announces Expansion into Culver City for 2025
December 17, 2024

Deadline to Submit for 2025 Pan African Film & Arts Festival Draws Near
July 29, 2024

The Pan African Film & Arts Festival Announces 2025 Dates and Call For Submissions
April 15, 2024

Statement from Ayuko Babu, Co-Founder of the Pan African Film & Arts Festival on the Passing of Louis Gossett Jr.
March 31, 2024

Pan African Film & Arts Festival Wraps Up 32nd Annual In-Person Event, Announces Virtual Encore Festival
February 22, 2024

Black Stories, Black Experiences, and Black Filmmakers Are Centered at the 2024 Pan African Film & Arts Festival Filmmaker Awards
February 19, 2024

The Pan African Film & Arts Festival Continues to Shine Spotlight on LGBTQ Representation with Screening of ‘Being BeBe: The BeBe Zahara Benet Documentary’
February 19, 2024

‘Outlaw Posse’ Rides Onto the Red Carpet: Mario Van Peebles’ Latest Film Premieres at Pan African Film & Arts Festival
February 19, 2024

Bill Duke to Receive Ja’Net DuBois Lifetime Achievement Award from PAFF
February 14, 2024

PAFF Announces Theodros Teshome Kebede’s Ethiopian War Film “For the Love of the Motherland” as Centerpiece
February 13, 2024

Stars Come Out for World Premiere of Music Comedy ‘A Hip Hop Story’
February 8, 2024

BET+ Spotlight Screening of ‘Soul Of A Sister’ at the Pan African Film & Arts Festival Thu., Feb. 13

PAFF Centerpiece Presentation and Ode to Hip Hop:To My Rescue It Was the S1Ws: A Public Enemy Story, Wed., Feb. 12

Black Immigrants: Telling Our Stories & Visioning the Future at the Pan African Film & Arts Festival Sat., Feb. 8, 2025

Jonathan Majors to Attend Special Screening of ‘Magazine Dreams’ at Opening Night Gala Of Pan African Film & Arts Festival on Tue, Feb. 4, 2025

For photos from events at PAFF, please click here.

Weekly Events (LAist)

Best Dressed Celebrities of the Week (Socialite Life)

Kyla Pratt Serves Natural Glam At The 33rd Pan African Film Festival (Hello Beautiful)

Stars turnout for film festival opening (Wave)

Pan African Film Festival returns (Our Weekly)

Pan African Film and Arts Festival Returns for 2025 with Global Black Storytelling (Westside Today)

Here’s a sneak peek into this year’s Pan-African Film & Arts Festival (NBC4)

Pan African Film and Arts Festival runs Feb. 4-17 (CBS2/KCAL9)

Black History Month Pan African Film Festival 2025 (KTLA5)

Jonathan Majors Hosts ‘Magazine Dreams’ Screening At 2025 Pan African Arts And Film Festival (VIBE)

Meagan Good Embraces Bold Brows With a Bold Cutout Dress With Fiance Jonathan Majors for ‘Magazine Dreams’ Movie Screening (WWD)

Meagan Good Wraps Up in Jessica Rich Stiletto Sandals for Fiancé Jonathan Majors’ ‘Magazine Dreams’ Screening (yahoo! entertainment)

Tue., Feb. 4
Opening Night Gala
Red Carpet Check-In 5:30PM
The Culver Theater, 9500 Culver Blvd.

Fri., Feb. 7
PAFF Spokenword Fest
6:30PM – Cinemark Baldwin Hills & XD, 4020 Marlton Ave.

Sat., Feb. 8
2PM – Black Immigrants: Telling Our Stories & Visioning Futures, Cinemark Baldwin Hills & XD, 4020 Marlton Ave.

3PM – PAFF Institute – Young Hollywood: How Social Media Inspires Gen Z to Dream Beyond, The Culver Theater, 9500 Culver Blvd.

4PM – PAFF Book Signing for Afrocentric Style: A Celebration of Blackness & Identity in Pop Culture by Shirley Neal, Malik Books, Westfield Culver City, 6000 Sepulveda Blvd.

Mon., Feb. 10

10AM – PAFF Studentfest Special Guest Idris Elba, Cinemark Baldwin Hills & XD, 4020 Marlton Ave.

7PM – The Bucket Wish Screening, The Culver Theater, 9500 Culver Blvd.

7PM – PAFF Book Signing for Derrick Barnes author of Like Lava in My Veins, Malik Books, Westfield Culver City, 6000 Sepulveda Blvd.

Tue., Feb. 11

8PM – PAFF Filmmaker Party, St. Felix Hollywood, 1602 N Cahuenga Blvd, 

Spotlight Screening: Mount Mutumbo
Red Carpet at 7:45PM
The Culver Theater, 9500 Culver Blvd.

Wed., Feb 12

Centerpiece: And To My Rescue, It Was the S1Ws (A Public Enemy Story) 
Red Carpet Check-In 5:00PM, Red Carpet Start 5:30PM
The Culver Theater, 9500 Culver Blvd.
Click here to RSVP for red carpet coverage. Please note: Media access does not include the screening

Thu., Feb. 13

Spotlight Screening: Soul of A Sista (BET+)
Red Carpet at 8:30PM
The Culver Theater, 9500 Culver Blvd.

Sat., Feb. 15

4PM – PAFF Book Signing for Kim Watson’s Trespass: Portraits of Unhoused Life, Love, and Understanding, Malik Books, Westfield Culver City, 6000 Sepulveda Blvd.

Spotlight Screening: Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story (BET+)
Red Carpet at 5:30PM
The Culver Theater, 9500 Culver Blvd.

Sun., Feb. 16

Closing Night: My Dead Friend Zoe
Red Carpet Check-In 4:45PM, Red Carpet Start 5:15PM
The Culver Theater, 9500 Culver Blvd.

Mon. Feb. 17

11AM – Filmmaker Awards Brunch, Palm Sophia, 5965 Washington Blvd.

5PM – PAFF Institute No Filter, No Apology: Black & Queer in Hollywood, The Culver Theater, 9500 Culver Blvd.

Download PAFF’s 2025 Quick Facts and talking points.

Dates: February 4-17, 2025
Year: 33rd Annual
Opening Night Gala: February 4, 2025 (The Culver Theater)

Centerpiece: February 12, 2025 (The Culver Theater)

Closing Night Gala: February 16, 2025 (The Culver Theater)

Filmmaker’s Awards Brunch: February 17, 2025

ArtFest: Cancelled
StudentFest: February 10-14, 2025 at the Baldwin Hills Cinemark & XD
Senior Connections: February 10-14, 2025 at the Baldwin Hills Cinemark & XD

Download 2025 Film Guide
2025 Film Schedule 

Film Stats

2025 Submissions: Over 688
2025 Accepted Films: 150
Countries of Submission: 34
Languages: 19
World Premieres: 30
US Premieres: 16
West Coast Premieres: 36
Los Angeles Premieres: 16
Documentaries: 46
Narratives: 100
Features: 46
Shorts: 100
Self-Identifying Female Filmmakers: 51
Self-Identifying Queer Filmmakers: 10

Presenters and other talent participants are chosen through a rigorous internal process that incorporates numerous criteria.

If you represent an appropriate client, you may submit them for them consideration by completing the form below. Submission of the application does not guarantee acceptance. You will be notified via email if your client is accepted to attend one of PAFF’s prestigious red-carpet events.

Please do not submit your client more than once.

Submit your talent here.

Please send all talent submissions and talent related inquiries from publicists and managers to talent [at] paff [dot] org.

PAFF’s 2025 Credentialed Media list is available here.

Please note that this list is constantly updated throughout the festival with late additions.

Click here for film assets including film stills, trailers, and director’s headshots.

TV producers, click here for b-roll.

Click here for audio clips from select films for use on radio and podcasts.

Click here for the 2025 animated logo and theme for use on television.

Please send all media related inquiries to press [at] paff [dot] org.

Please do not send talent submissions to our press office. Please send all talent submissions and talent related inquiries from publicists and managers to talent [at] paff [dot] org.  

To be added to our media list, click here.