Columbus Film, Author & Photography Festival

Schedule

Fri, 17 Oct, 2025 at 09:00 am to Sun, 19 Oct, 2025 at 05:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Lincoln Theatre | Columbus, OH

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The objective of the Festival is to showcase artists locally, nationally and internationally while highlighting the work of our youth.
About this Event

The Columbus Film, Author & Photography Festival: Celebrating Black Creativity in Film, Literature, Photography, Music, and Dance.

The Columbus F.A.P. Festival encourages and supports the growing number of people in the arts. This festival aims to reward the accomplishments of like-minded artists who aim to create interesting content. This festival is for new and veteran artists, youth starting in middle school through adults.

Call for Entries is open with a completed production date after January 1, 2011 (for authors and photographers - work must be submitted for copywrite by date of submission). Films must be completed in production by August 15, 2025. A trailer must be submitted before the September 10, 2025 deadline date.

Our main goal is to shed light onto creators that deserve it and to form connections between genres of art. We want independent artists to get recognition that they deserve.

This is a three-day event!

Day One will consist of watching the Official Selections (schedule will be listed September 2025)

Day One evening - 6pm-10pm Costume party- dress as your favorite movie/tv/music video character

Day Two Morning will consist of Workshops (the following topics):

1) Earning Money as a Content Creator

2) Epic Soundtrack Creation

Day Two Afternoon will consist of watching the Official Selections (schedule will be listed September 2025)

Day Two Evening will consist of Awards Ceremony

Day Three Networking Luncheon 2pm-5pm - Are you looking to meet other like-minded professionals? Are you looking to network? Are you looking for answers on how to start a business? Are you looking for answers to get your business to the next level? This is the event for you!

All of our finalists are automatically in the running for our Awards and Prizes! Finalists also are placed in the official website catalog, where they will remain forever.

The CFAP Festival selections will be judged and decided on by award-winning artists working in the industry.

CFAP Festival will follow guidance and protocols in relation to the coronavirus. All Festival details (including dates, format and venues) are subject to change. Information about an online component of the Festival will be announced at a later date.

Submission fees are non-refundable


For all questions related to submissions, please see our Terms and Conditions or email our Director Danielle D. Smith at [email protected]


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Lincoln Theatre, 769 East Long Street, Columbus, United States

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USD 12.51 to USD 156.57

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