It's amazing that The Black Harvest Film Festival in Chicago has been in existance for 19 years already. Where does the time go?

But it's another year and so that means it's another festval, and since we're well deep into January, it is time once again that the festival start soliciting submissions for this year's event which will be held, as always, at the Gene Siskel Film Center in downtown Chicago.

And as always, it takes place during the entire month of August this year, from August 2 until the 29th.

Any and all films completed in 2012 or 2013 dealing with any aspect of the black experience worldwide, are requested, whether it's a short or a feature length film, documentary to narrative to experimental, from a five minute short to a 3 hour epic, and everything in between.

All are welcome to submit! The deadline for this year is June 3rd and, of course, there is no fee to submit a film for consideration.

To download the official 2013 Black Harvest submission form,  go right HERE.