This intimate, but impactful, film festival was a much-needed gathering for New York’s Black film community…Best Actor- Winner: Kyvon Edwin- Winston

The 2019 Hip Hop Festival Award Winners and Nominees are listed below and if you missed this years event keep your eyes open for the 2019 HHFF nominees and awards winners on a screen soon

Program B opens with Stepping Through Blood, MJ Perrin's look at how we define boundaries between self and community through a young African American lesbian's journey. 

Kyvon Edwin's co-produced short film Crush has been selected for the Festival de Cannes Short Film Corner, slated to take place between May 20 to May 25. The film, which was also co-written, and co-stars Edwin alongside Shai Frumkin, portrays the story of a young woman living in New York City, who unknowingly….

Our passion project Crush was inspired by the shocking disconnection society currently faces within the hands of technology. As artists, we wanted to create a story that centered on this narrative to spark conversations and inspire change

As the only characters in the film, Edwin and Frumkin (also joint-writers) are quietly charismatic and wonderfully natural performers. We have no trouble accepting the progress of their relationship and there is a graceful believability to how we see their lives together unfold on screen

If you haven’t heard the name Kyvon Edwin, remember his name. He had the ladies in the house mesmerized with his sensual rendition of Oh Ghal, a riveting poetic interpretation of Teddyson John’s song of the same name

Five young novices in drama were recruited by Derek Walcott for tutorials at his home late 2015, with lessons in theatre and literature. Shakeem Goddard, Kyvon Edwin, Anarcisse Alexander, Jonathan Bruce and Melissa Harte.