A standing ovation for the hip-hop film "Beyond Beats and Rhymes" was just one highlight of the recent Black Man Film Festival in Atlanta.

Other highlights included attendance by famed Hollywood producer Reuben Cannon ("Diary of a Mad Black Woman", "Get on the Bus").

The Oscar-nominated film "Hardwood" was also screened, and additional screenings especially for teens were held.

The film "Beyond Beats and Rhymes" gripped the audience, with Mos Def, Chuck D and other artists analyzing the sex and violence in music videos. 50 Cent and Busta Rhymes were interviewed.

In all, 14 films were shown at the two-day Festival Nov. 4-5, held at the Auburn Avenue Research Library in Atlanta.

Attendance was the largest ever for the Festival in its four years.

The fifth anniversary Festival in 2006 will be the biggest ever, with five days of films, panels and networking events. Festival email is blackmanfilmfestival@hotmail.com . Phone is 404-432-2194. Festival web site is http://www.toure-interactive.com/hype .

The mission of the Festival is to explore such issues as male-female relations, father-son ties, civil and human rights, spiritual questions and the Black male image in the media."We explore the trials, triumphs and transformation of the Black man", says Festival Director Yemi Toure.

The festival's advisory board includes hip-hop activist/writer Kevin Powell; film maker St. Clair Bourne; economist and national commentator Dr. Julianne Malveaux; Dr. Ray Winbush, director of the Urban Institute at Morgan State University; and historian and educator Dr. Asa Hilliard.

The festival is sponsored by the Center on Blacks and the Media, a non-profit media-monitoring group.