The Cinematic Experience
The BAAADU Festival offers the opportunity for talent across many continents to bring their work to Los Angeles to be seen through a process called submissions. This website contains links to various packages to assist artists in uploading their original works, their marketing materials for print work and social media, and to provide specific details regarding their submission.

We accept all genres and lengths, fiction, documentary, action, adventure, comedy, sci-fi, thrillers, horror, nonfiction features, shorts, music videos, photography, composition, and experimental projects as long as a positive message is promoted.
Historically the cinema has been a major means to display talent to the world. Everyone wants to see themselves on the Big Screen. Whether you are a seasoned actor or a newcomer to the entertainment field, it is an opportunity to share your talent and story and the BAAADU Festival is the event to do just that.

We support and promote independent filmmakers from all around the world who have the perseverance and courage to create, collaborate and invest in their own dreams. We honor and highlight professional artists and entrepreneurs who truly appreciate the cinematic experience.

BAAADU Festival also offers the option for a screening of your film in a premier theater in Los Angeles, California. 

Click on submissions and choose the Cinema Submissions Option and make your selection. Space is limited so sign up today!

Screenings

Friday, November 10, 2023
Culture, Art, and Diversity
​AERO Theater - Visionfest Signature Event
1:00pm - 11:00pm

Saturday, November 11, 2023
LAEMMLE Monica Film Center
1:00pm - 11:00pm

Sunday, November 12, 2023
Panels, Call to Action, and Screenings
Santa Monica College - Public Policy Institute
10:00am - 10:00pm

Monday, November 13, 2023
Panels, Call to Action, and Screenings
Santa Monica College - Public Policy Institute
10:00am - 10:00pm

Tuesday, November 14, 2023
Panels, Call to Action, and Screenings
Santa Monica College - Public Policy Institute
10:00am - 10:00pm

Wednesday, November 15, 2023
Panels, Call to Action, and Screenings
Santa Monica College - Public Policy Institute
10:00am - 10:00pm

Thursday, November 16, 2023
Panels, Call to Action, and Screenings
Santa Monica College - Center for Media & Design
10:00am - 10:00pm

Friday, November 17, 2023
Screenings & Award Ceremony
Santa Monica College - Center for Media & Design
10:00am - 4:00pm

After-Show Party
Annenberg Community Center
6:00pm - 10:00pm
​(Ticketed Event)


Let's Rock Santa Monica
​Music has long been an integral part of the human existence.  It has allowed us to bond socially. It can soothe a child’s cry or energize a crowd. Music more than ever crosses racial, economic and social barriers. Musical genres continue to expand and change and is as vast as the imagination. 

The BAADU Festival invites you to submit your music selections and be part of this exciting event and introduce your talent to others. Santa Monica is ready to rock to the rhythmic sounds of Afro-beat music to the French rock le musique de francophone. 
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The BAAADU Festival will provide a platform for songwriters, singers, and composers to present their best work for juried selection through our submission process. 

This is an opportunity for the artist to increase communication and business contacts, and publicly showcase their talent if they choose to perform at the festival. Opportunities to perform on stage are limited, sign up today! 

Click on “Music Submissions” and choose your path! 
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Performers

LOUIS PRICE
BLACKCHEUGAH
ARSENE NGOUELE