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SPECIAL SCREENING @ Grand Lake Theater
We’re thrilled to invite you to a special screening of FOR OUR CHILDREN (formerly Black Mothers Love & Resist), followed by a Q&A with the filmmaking team and our protagonist Wanda Johnson, the mother of Oscar Grant. The film follows a group of mothers behind the Black Lives Matter, rooted in Oakland, and highlights the legacy of community organizing here in the Bay area. It’s going to be a special night with the mothers, the filmmaking team, and the broader community.
Toronto Black Film Festival
The Toronto Black Film Festival (TBFF) is dedicated to giving unique voices in cinema the opportunity to present audiences with new ways of looking at the world. A dynamic, refreshing and audacious Festival whose ambition is to encourage the development of the independent film industry and to promote more films on the reality of Black people from around the Globe.
CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY MONTH
“Greater knowledge leads to greater understanding”. TBFF is glad to celebrate Diversity within the black communities through films that matter. Films illuminate, entertain and invite audiences to see the world from another person’s experience. In connecting black films with viewers of all colours and ethnic origins we recognize the differences that make us unique and celebrate the shared values that bring us together. Coming together through art allows members of all cultural communities to better understand one another.
Check the full TBFF lineup here.
47th Atlanta Film Festival
Celebrating its 47th year, the Atlanta Film Festival is the region’s preeminent celebration of cinema. The organization offers entertainment, networking, education & professional development year-round. The festival itself is one of the largest and longest-running in the region. It is also the most distinguished event in its class, recognized as the 'Best Spring Festival' by Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 'Best Film Festival' by Creative Loafing, Sunday Paper, 10Best and Atlanta Magazine, as well as one of the '25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World' and one of '50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee' by MovieMaker Magazine.
Freep Film Festival
Freep Film Festival is a documentary-focused festival produced by the Detroit Free Press — Michigan’s largest news organization — in cooperation with its business and events arm, Michigan.com. The four-day festival features films with a strong connection to the issues, people and places in and around Detroit and Michigan.
In addition to screening films, Freep Film Festival embraces the journalistic and community-minded mission of the Free Press, hosting in-depth discussions after many films, to encourage conversations that spin off the issues raised on-screen. The festival also hosts parties, music shows, dining events and more.
Athena Film Festival
Over the past thirteen years, the Athena Film Festival has established itself as the premier festival dedicated to celebrating and elevating women’s leadership. Our festival highlights films showcasing women’s leadership from underexplored perspectives; women leading in all places and spaces who are resisting and refuting preconceived notions of all they can be and do. Through our Creative Development Program we are bolstering the pipeline of women creatives who are telling these stories and fostering a network of women in film.
The Athena Film Festival is a joint project of Barnard College’s Athena Center for Leadership and Women and Hollywood. The festival’s founding sponsor is the Artemis Rising Foundation and its CEO Regina K. Scully.
Screening Venue: Held Auditorium – located on the 3rd floor of Barnard Hall, which is the building located directly through Barnard’s main gates on 117th street and Broadway.
Big Sky Documentary Film Festival
The Big Sky Documentary Film Festival (BSDFF) has become the largest cinema event in Montana and the premiere venue for non-fiction film in the American West. The festival draws an audience of 20,000 and receives over 2,000 film entries from every corner of the globe. BSDFF takes place annually in Missoula, Montana each February and offers a unique setting for filmmakers to premiere new work and for audiences to see innovative new films. BSDFF hosts over 200 visiting artists, and screens an average of 150 nonfiction films thoughout the ten-day event.
Pan African Film & Arts Festival
In 1992, The Pan African Film & Arts Festival was established to become the international beacon for the Diaspora arts community to showcase “our stories” and preserve the cinematic creativity of Pan-African Culture.
Thirty-one years have passed since that soulful spark of invention. Today, the fire of ingenuity is rekindled to serve an emerging generation.
We are PAFF REIMAGINED.
There are two screenings scheduled:
February 13, Monday, 1:30pm
February 19, Sunday, 1:00pm
Winter Film Awards International Film Festival
Celebrate Diversity in Film with New York City’s WINTER FILM AWARDS! The 11th Annual Winter Film Awards International Film Festival runs February 16-25 2023, and includes 73 outstanding films, a diverse mixture of 9 animated films, 12 documentaries, 8 feature narratives, 11 horror films, 6 music videos, 22 narrative shorts and 4 web series. These include 9 student films and 26 first-time filmmakers. Filmmakers come from 21 countries and 40% of our films were made in the New York City area. Winter Film Awards is dedicated to showcasing the amazing diversity of voices in indie film and our 2023 lineup is half made by women and half by or about people of color.
Pan African Film & Arts Festival
In 1992, The Pan African Film & Arts Festival was established to become the international beacon for the Diaspora arts community to showcase “our stories” and preserve the cinematic creativity of Pan-African Culture.
Thirty-one years have passed since that soulful spark of invention. Today, the fire of ingenuity is rekindled to serve an emerging generation.
We are PAFF REIMAGINED.
There are two screenings scheduled:
February 13, Monday, 1:30pm
February 19, Sunday, 1:00pm
Denton Black Film Festival
The Denton Black Film Festival has grown into a five-day event that allows you, our guest, to immerse yourself in some of the best artistic showcases of Black cinema, music, spoken word, art, and more.
Cinematters: NY Social Justice Film Festival
Cinematters presents impactful films that engage the community toward a more democratic, inclusive, and just society. The program explores themes of inequality, injustice, and social responsibility. Through films, special events, and conversations, we aim to inspire participants to reflect and take action in order to create a community of civic-minded individuals eager to make a collective change. Cinematters will take place on January 16 and 18, 2023.
Screening followed by Q+A with film subject Wanda Johnson and co-producer Loi Ameera Almeron.
Check out the Cinematters NY Social Justice Film Festival lineup here.
33rd New Orleans Film Festival
The 33rd annual, Oscar-qualifying New Orleans Film Festival takes place November 3-8, 2022 in venues across the city with in-person events, parties, panels, filmmaker pitches, and much more!
The majority of the lineup will also be accessible via NOFF Virtual Cinema globally between November 3-13, 2022. Geo-restrictions apply to some screenings.
NOFF brings together 170+ films and hosts filmmakers in New Orleans each year celebrating works of emerging and established filmmakers from New Orleans, Louisiana, the South, and beyond. Audiences get a chance to meet filmmakers in person at talkback sessions after screenings while filmmakers get to network with each other and industry professionals flying in from Los Angeles and New York to discover emerging talent. It’s the best time of the year for film lovers who like to discover the works of storytellers first hand, meet fellow film buffs mingling at festival venues and parties to talk film all festival long.
Virtual Screening Schedule: November 3, 7:00 PM - November 13, 11:59 PM
Check out the 33rd annual New Orleans Film Festival lineup here.
Twin Cities Film Fest
Twin Cities Film Fest will take place in a hybrid format – both online and in-person. Over 70 online showings will be accessible on TCFF’s streaming platform, and 70+ in-person screenings will be available at ShowPlace ICON Theatres in St. Louis Park, MN.
Black Mothers Love & Resist will be available via online streaming only.
St. John's International Women's Film Festival
St. John's International Women's Film Festival is Canada's longest-running women's film festival. It was launched in 1989 in response to this reality with a bold vision of supporting and promoting women's creative work in screen-based industries locally and internationally.
A registered charity and not-for-profit organization, SJIWFF has become a vital voice in the Canadian film circuit and a respected leader in the movement for gender equity in the industry. SJIWFF brings critical artist development and creative vitality to Newfoundland and Labrador.
Every year the Festival receives over 950 film submissions, all directed and/or written by women. From those, we present the best local and international films for filmmakers and film lovers alike for our signature five-day festival every October, complimented by a robust Film Industry Forum. With a focus on access, inclusion and diversity, our annual programming includes independent film screenings, artist-led masterclasses, career-accelerating mentorship programs and youth filmmaking camps. Our community outreach and advocacy work focus is achieving balanced representation both in front of and behind the camera.
SJIWFF offers the only opportunity that the Newfoundland and Labrador screen industries have to do national and international business here from home, playing an integral role in developing our artists and cultural sector with women at the forefront.
Elevating women and girls fosters total community engagement, wellness and transformation, which is why St. John's International Women's Film Festival has been successful and essential for over 30 years.
Streaming online from October 19-23 (11:59pm NDT) for all audiences in Atlantic Canada, Quebec and Ontario only.
24th Annual Sidewalk Film Festival
Half of our film lives in Alabama—in the story of Angela Williams and her son, Ulysses Wilkerson. As such, we are more than thrilled to be sharing this film with residents, community organizations, public servants, and filmgoers from all walks of life. We hope to see you there!
About Sidewalk Film Festival:
The 24th Annual Sidewalk Film Festival presented by Regions Bank is back with a festival footprint that includes the Sidewalk Film Center and Cinema, the Alabama Theatre, the Lyric Theatre, the Carver Theatre, First Church Birmingham, the Alabama School of Fine Arts Dorothy Jemison Day Theatre, Recital Hall and Lecture Hall as well as the Steiner Auditorium at the Birmingham Museum of Art.
Check out the 24th Sidewalk Film Festival lineup here.
20th Annual Run&Shoot Filmworks Martha’s Vineyard African-American Film Festival
The Run&Shoot Filmworks Martha's Vineyard African American Film Festival also known as "The Summer's Finest Film Festival" is now entering its 20th year on Martha's Vineyard. We have screened and promoted some of the most outstanding and emerging Feature, Documentary and Short films produced by and starring African Americans from across the world.
Screening Venue: Martha's Vineyard Performing Arts Center, 100 Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road, Oak Bluffs, MA 02557 (map)
Check out the 20th MVAAFF’s lineup here.
65th San Francisco International Film Festival
Founded in 1957, the San Francisco International Film Festival (SFFILM Festival) is the longest-running film festival in the Americas. The annual event features a range of marquee premieres, international competitions, compelling documentaries, short and mid-length films, live music performances, and dazzling red carpet events. The SFFILM Festival is deeply rooted in the culture and process of film appreciation—film as an art form and as a meaningful agent for social change—and is an important showcase for the most searching and innovative films from around the globe.
Check out 65th SFFILM’s festival lineup here.