Virtual screenings for passholders and individual ticket holders will be released and available on a timed schedule (coming soon). You can unlock the film screening within 48 hours of its release time, and you have 24 hours from the moment you unlock it to finish watching the film.

All films and virtual events can be viewed at watch.blackstarfest.org. If you have any trouble using the ticketing system or technical issues with your screenings, please visit watch.blackstarfest.org/help.

For technical support with virtual screenings, navigate to the bottom of this page to chat with an Eventive representative.

Official TV apps for streaming films will be available during the festival. Stay tuned for more info.

Audience award voting is limited to films which are available both online and in-person.

To cast your vote for a film via the watch platform, you must first “unlock” the screening and complete your viewing. After you are done watching you will be prompted to vote. You can also access the voting screen by navigating to the Tickets page within your account, after completing a screening.

Award winners will be announced on August 4.

Select films in the in-person program are unavailable to stream virtually, at the request of the filmmakers. This year those films are:

All That's Left of You

BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions

Bubbling Baby

Correct Me If I'm Wrong

Dear Sikhonkwane

L'Arbre de l'Authenticité

Move Ya Body: The Birth of House

Next Life

One Day This Kid

Possible Landscapes

Seeds

Sugar Island

The Devil Is Busy

The Great North

The River

The Shadow Scholars

Third Act

Viet and Nam

Select films which are streaming virtually are restricted to viewing in particular areas of the world, or to a particular audience size, according to the requests of the filmmakers. The films in this year’s program that are restricted are:

Brick by Brick - Only available in the US

Carissa - Only available in the US

Don't Cry, Butterfly - Only available in PA

Gazan Tales - Only available in the US

Hanami - Only available in the US

Killer of Sheep - Only available in the US

Listen to the Voices - Only available in the US

The Debutantes - Only available in North America

The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing - Only available in the US

We Were The Scenery - Only available in PA

White House - Only available in the US and US territories