Listen to the Voices (Kouté vwa)

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

Hanami

In Memoriam Shorts

Jamaa Shorts

Antecessor Shorts

Cais

July 31

Framed Shorts

TCB - The Toni Cade Bambara School of Organizing

Revel Shorts

Dawning Shorts

Compensation

Binnigula’sa’ (Ancient Zapotec People)

Abolish! Shorts

Ebullience Shorts

August 1

We Want the Funk!

White House (Kasa Branca)

The Debutantes

Sun Ra: Do the Impossible

Gazan Tales (غزة التي تطل على البحر)

16 ½

Carissa

The Sixth Borough

The Volcano Manifesto

August 2

Sabbatical

Orison Shorts

Terrain Shorts

Killer of Sheep

Remaining Native

Brick by Brick (Tijolo por tijolo)

Love, Brooklyn

Listen to Me

Philadelphia Filmmaker Lab Films

Wellspring Shorts

Galvanize Shorts

August 3

Backstory: 16 ½

Backstory: A New Voice

Backstory: Boil That Cabbage Down

Backstory: Celestine (Florida Storm)

Backstory: Della Can Fly!

Backstory: Leaving Ikorodu In 1999

Backstory: Maqluba

Backstory: Piñata Prayers

Backstory: Ree's Destiny

Backstory: Remaining Native

Backstory: Talking Walls

Backstory: Why the Sun & Moon Live in the Sky

Backstory Videos

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BlackStar Film Festival is an annual celebration of the visual and storytelling traditions of Black, Brown, and Indigenous people from around the world. Produced by BlackStar Projects, the 14th edition of the festival takes place July 31- August 3, 2025, both in-person in Philadelphia and online around the world.

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