The B.L.A.C.K Ball

Overview

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 Impact

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.

Sarunas Jackson at The B.L.A.C.K Ball
Ms. Nix DJing at The B.L.A.C.K Ball with Shamier Anderson
Laz Alonso at The B.L.A.C.K Ball
Coleman Domingo at The B.L.A.C.K Ball
Lil Rel Howery at The B.L.A.C.K Ball
Jesse Williams at The B.L.A.C.K Ball
Tiffany Haddish at The B.L.A.C.K Ball
Tessa Thompson and Amandla Stenberg at The B.L.A.C.K Ball
Janelle Monet at The B.L.A.C.K Ball
Director X at The B.L.A.C.K Ball
Charles D. King and Stacey Walker King at The B.L.A.C.K Ball
Amanda Brugel at The B.L.A.C.K Ball
Anthony Russo and Joe Russo at The B.L.A.C.K Ball
Kardinal Offishall and Cameron Bailey at The B.L.A.C.K Ball
Ben Johnson at The B.L.A.C.K Ball
Fefe Dobson at The B.L.A.C.K Ball
Rotimi at The B.L.A.C.K Ball

Past Sponsors and Supporters of The B.L.A.C.K Ball

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.