The B.L.A.C.K Ball connects specifically diverse talent to the industry in an effort to cultivate mutually beneficial relationships between future talent and the current titans.
This is an invite-only star-studded evening celebrating the next generation of filmmakers and artists; complete with a Red Carpet and live entertainment, this exclusive ball is one of the most anticipated events during the festival for directors, producers, writers, actors and influential public figures.
The B.L.A.C.K Ball is held every year in Toronto during the Toronto International Film Festival in September at a private location. TIFF is one of the most prestigious publicly attended film festivals in the world attracting over 480,000 people annually.
The B.L.A.C.K Ball has become one of TIFF’s most anticipated social occasions drawing in movie stars, musicians, athletes and well-known people in the film industry.
In 2019 The B.LA.C.K Ball introduced its “Los Angeles Edition” during the week of the Oscars.
We acknowledge the land we are meeting on is the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. We also acknowledge that Toronto is covered by Treaty 13 with the Mississaugas of the Credit.