The live experience
What reaches the room
The Mid-Atlantic Black Film Festival (MAFF) began as a vibrant program at the Crispus Attucks Cultural Center, hosted at the Attucks Theatre in Norfolk, Virginia. Since its inception in 2007, MAFF established itself as an annual juried competition and showcase for independent Black cinema, bringing regional and national voices to the screen. Over the years, MAFF evolved to embrace digital-age storytelling and a broader, more diverse slate of films, eventually rebranding as the Mid-Atlantic Film Festival (MAFF) in 2014 while maintaining its roots in the Norfolk arts community.