Amber Love

Amber Love is a festival programmer and filmmaker based in Chicago, IL whose work is deeply invested in community and the interpersonal relationships that support us. Her own films have explored Afrofuturism, alternative families, and Black heritage, and have been supported by PBS, IF/Then, Kartemquin Films, Short of the Week, and NeXt Doc, as well as screened at festivals including Doc 10 and the Camden International Film Festival. She was a 2022 Kartemquin DVID Fellow, a 2020 Sundance Art of Editing Fellow, and an inaugural recipient of the HBO and The Gotham Documentary Development fund in 2023. As a programmer, she has worked with the New Orleans Film Festival since 2016.