HYP Fest showcases creators, filmmakers, and storytellers across a variety of mediums. This year's festival will focus on short form content including social media content, film shorts, tv episodes, web series, music videos, and gaming. The festival seeks to amplify historically underrepresented and international creatives as well as story lines and content that celebrates diverse and varied perspectives.

HYP Fest is proud to offer industry programming, such as panels, workshops, and networking events with creatives and distribution / acquisition partners as well as global reach which includes streaming via Roku and Amazon Fire.

We will be presenting special awards, including ones for HBCU students and alumni, as well as the Future award which will be awarded to a film/show that leverages A/R, V/R, AI, blockchain, NFTs, and/or an immersive experience