End #BSFF24 with us at our closing night soiree! We’re dancing and celebrating starting at 9:30 PM tonight with tunes by DJ dj lil'dave and Oluwafemi, and our lovely host Catzie Vilayphonh. The FREE event is hosted at Star|Bolt, make sure to RSVP here: blackstarfest.org/festival/event…

Final day at BlackStar Film Festival ✨ Got to see some incredibly poignant short films with the best audience ever! ♥️🙌🏾🎥

This weekend at BlackStar Projects, we attended the premiere of The People Could Fly — a short film by Imani Dennison from the Chicken & Egg Pictures and #POVShorts coproduction fund & the first original produced by American Documentary/POV Shorts! Learn more: loom.ly/hhDSrSk

ahead of the debut of ‘dreams in nightmares’ at BlackStar Projects one of our contributors killian wright-jackson interviewed the director shatara michelle ford, the film’s costume designer mikhaela zabalerio and denée benton. a stunning read. 💕✨essence.com/fashion/dreams…

this was such a wholesome, honest, funny film. glad I got to be part of the first audience in the world to see it! Black queer fem roadtrip film >>>>>>> healthy poly relationship onscreen >>>>>>>>>>> all dark skin lead actors >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> #DreamsInNightmares

Shatara Michelle Ford’s sophomore feature 'Dreams in Nightmares' is a cathartic work of healing and beauty. Read jourdain searles' review from BlackStar Projects: thefilmstage.com/dreams-in-nigh…

Thank you to everyone who attended this year's festival! We're thrilled to share the #BSFF24 Juried, Audience and Special Award winners. 📽️ mailchi.mp/blackstarfest/…

I wrote about the anticolonial Philly film festival extravaganza BlackStar Projects #BSFF24 with particular shout-outs to Mary Jirmanus Saba Kristal Sotomayor (She/They/Ellx) valentin noujaim and many more. e-flux.com/notes/622071/b…

Have you completed our Festival Audience Survey yet? Your responses help us secure more funding to continue to move more money to artists, and provide a guide for next year’s events. Responses close this Sunday, September 15: blackstar.formstack.com/forms/audience #BSFF24