BlackStar Pitch

• Pitch
• July 31st 10:00 AM EDT
• The Wilma Theater

Eight filmmakers will pitch their short nonfiction projects in front of a panel of judges, including funders, executives, distributors and producers, to receive feedback and have an opportunity to win a grand prize of $75,000 in production funds.

Listen to the Voices (Kouté vwa)

• Feature Documentary
• July 31st 10:30 AM EDT
• Suzanne Roberts Theatre

dir. by Maxime Jean-Baptiste

During his summer holidays in French Guiana, Melrick, a young boy, becomes aware of the reasons why his family has been destroyed by a tragic death.

Don’t Cry, Butterfly (Mưa trên cánh bướm)

• Feature Narrative
• July 31st 11:00 AM EDT
• Perelman Theater @ Kimmel

dir. by Dương Diệu Linh

Tam, a hardworking staff member at a wedding venue, finds out about her husband’s affair on live TV. Instead of confronting him, she seeks to win back his love with the help of a powerful spell master.

Sugar Island

• Feature Narrative
• July 31st 1:00 PM EDT
• Suzanne Roberts Theatre

dir. by Johanne Gomez Terrero

Makenya, a Dominican-Haitian teenager, navigates an unwanted pregnancy and the harsh labor that defines her world.

Hanami

• Feature Narrative
• July 31st 1:30 PM EDT
• The Wilma Theater

dir. by Denise Fernandes

On a remote volcanic island that everybody wants to leave, little Nana learns how to stay.

In Memoriam Shorts

• July 31st 2:00 PM EDT
• Perelman Theater @ Kimmel

Posthumous meditations on the departed.

StoryCorps Presents: Brightness in Black

• Conversation
• July 31st 2:00 PM EDT
• The Daily Jawn Stage

Jamaa Shorts

• July 31st 4:00 PM EDT
• Suzanne Roberts Theatre

Dilemmas within the community of blood relations.

Next Life

• Feature Narrative
• July 31st 4:30 PM EDT
• The Wilma Theater

dir. by Tenzin Phuntsog

A Tibetan family seeks moments of “temporary happiness” while living in exile in suburban America.

Antecessor Shorts

• July 31st 5:00 PM EDT
• Perelman Theater @ Kimmel

Cause old folks is the nation. — Toni Cade Bambara

Reclaiming the Reel Panel

• Panels
• July 31st 5:30 PM EDT
• The Daily Jawn Stage

With Ambreen Qureshi, Charlie Raboteau, Ginou Choueiri and JT Takagi; moderated by Sahar Driver and Sonya Childress

Cais

• Feature Documentary
• July 31st 7:00 PM EDT
• Suzanne Roberts Theatre

dir. by Safira Moreira

After her mother’s death, Safira travels through a river route to dive into new perspectives on memory, time, birth, life and death.

Framed Shorts

• July 31st 7:30 PM EDT
• The Wilma Theater

Films about films, filmmakers, and filmmaking.

TCB – The Toni Cade Bambara School of Organizing

• Feature Documentary
• July 31st 8:00 PM EDT
• Perelman Theater @ Kimmel

dir. by Louis Massiah & Monica Henriquez

TCB – The Toni Cade Bambara School of Organizing is a biography of the influential writer Toni Cade Bambara, whose literary works and film collaborations were a catalyzing force in 20th century cultural and political movements.

Opening Night Party

• Party
• July 31st 9:30 PM EDT
• Cherry Street Pier