BlackStar Projects, the premier organization celebrating visionary Black, Brown and Indigenous film and media artists, is thrilled to announce the selections for the 2024 BlackStar Film Festival.

This year’s festival will take place from August 1-4, 2024 at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, with additional screenings, parties and events at various venues across Philadelphia and corresponding virtual programming, marking the 13th annual celebration of the visual and storytelling traditions of Black, Brown and Indigenous people from around the world.

All access passes for the festival are available for purchase here; individual tickets for in-person and virtual screenings will go on sale in early July.

The 2024 BlackStar Film Festival is set to feature a total of 94 films representing 40 countries, including 16 world, 16 North American, 10 United States, 14 East Coast and 37 Philadelphia premieres. This year’s films engage with self-discovery, climate justice, immigrant rights, decolonization, and queer liberation.

The full lineup of films is below, with additional programming to be announced in the coming weeks:

After the Long Rains (Baada Ya Masika), directed by Damien Hauser

Áhkuin, directed by Radio-JusSunná / Sunná Nousuniemi and Guhtur Niillas Rita Duomis / Tuomas Kumpulainen

Albina Dream Survey, directed by Spencer Garland

Amma’s Pride, directed by Shiva Krish

And still, it remains, directed by Arwa Aburawa and Turab Shah

Angular Phoenix (Latitude Fénix), directed by Welket Bungué

The Archive: Queer Nigerians, directed by Simisolaoluwa Akande

Ardida, directed by Mir Morales Rosales

Auspicious Return, directed by Mahsati Fidel Moorhead

The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire, directed by Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich

barrunto, directed by Emilia Beatriz

The Battle of Empty Stomachs (معركة الأمعاء الخاوية), directed by Diana Al-Halabi

Beyond the Door (Embrasure), directed by Victoria Neto

Bisagras, directed by Luis Arnías

Black Ag, directed by Andy Sarjahani

Black Girls, directed by B. Monét

Bloomed in the Water, directed by Joanne Mony Park

Boat People, directed by Al’Ikens Plancher

Bring Them Home, directed by Ivan MacDonald, Ivy MacDonald and Daniel Glick

Bring Your Name – the Sean Bell All-Stars, directed by Raafi Rivero

Broken Flight, directed by Erika Valenciana, Mitchell Wenkus

Burnt Milk, directed by Joseph Douglas Elmhirst

Bye Bye Tiberias (Bye Bye Tibériade), directed by Lina Soualem

City of Dreamz, directed by Imani Celeste

Criminal, directed by Robe Imbriano

Dallas, 2019, directed by Darius Clark Monroe

Dancing Palestine, directed by Lamees Almakkawy

The Dawn (Beutset), directed by Alicia Mendy

Dis-Ease, directed by Mariam Ghani

Do You See Me, directed by Walé Oyéjidé

Domino Days, directed by Ché Williams

Empty Your Pockets (جیب‌هایتان را خالی کنید), directed by Tara Aghdashloo

Enchunkunoto (The Return), directed by Laissa Malih

Enmity Djinn (المستتر), directed by Mohamed Echkouna

Expanding Sanctuary, directed by Kristal Sotomayor

Family Tree, directed by Jennifer MacArthur

Farmers of the Sea (Agricultores del mar), directed by Juan C. Dávila Santiago

The Flacalta Effect, directed by Rochée Jeffrey

Footwork, directed by Drake LeBlanc

Forbidden City, directed by Devin Jie Allen

Fractal, directed by Anslem Richardson

God is Grey, directed by Jennifer Drake

Grace, directed by Natalie Jasmine Harris

Happy Thanksgiving, directed by ishkwaazhe Shane McSauby

How to Sue the Klan, directed by John Beder

I Do Not Come to You by Chance, directed by Ishaya Bako

Indai Apai Darah (Mother, Father, Blood), directed by Kynan Tegar

Inky Pinky Ponky – the Odd One Out, directed by Damon Fepule’ai and Ramon Te Wake

It Was All a Dream, directed by dream hampton

Kano 4 (كانوا 4), directed by Ashtar Alahmad

Katele (Mudskipper), directed by John Harvey

Life is Beautiful (Al Haya Helwa), directed by Mohamed Jabaly

A Litany for Survival: the Life and Work of Audre Lorde, directed by Ada Gay Griffin and Michelle Parkerson

Mahdi Amel in Gaza (Mahdi Amel Fi Gaza), directed by Mary Jirmanus Saba and Tareq Rantisi

Mambar Pierrette, directed by Rosine Mbakam

Mend (Remendo), directed by GG Fákọ̀làdé

A Mother Apart, directed by Laurie Townshend

New Man, The (Omi Nobu), directed by Carlos Yuri Ceuninck

Nowhere Near, directed by Miko Revereza

The Great Othelo (Othelo, O Grande), directed by Lucas H. Rossi dos Santos

Our Land, Our Freedom, directed by Meena Nanji and Zippy Kimundu

The People Could Fly, directed by Imani Dennison

Pimpi, directed by Andrés Mosquera

Post Trauma, directed by Nidal Badarny

A Race in the Sun, directed by K. Nicole Mills

A Radical Duet, directed by Onyeka Igwe

Rising Up at Night (Tongo Saa), directed by Nelson Makengo

Run Like We, directed by Rhys Aaron Lewis

Saturn Risin9, directed by Tiare Ribeaux and Jody Stillwater

Scapegoat (Kabri i manz salad), directed by Nicolas Séry

Seeking Mavis Beacon, directed by Jazmin Renée Jones

Ship of Fools (سفينة الحمقى), directed by Alia Haju

So That Tonight We Might See, directed by Bea Hesselbart

Son of Samoa, directed by Laman Time

Songs From the Hole, directed by Contessa Gayles

Standing Above the Clouds, directed by Jalena Keane-Lee

A Stone’s Throw (على مرمى حجر), directed by Razan AlSalah

Strike, The, directed by JoeBill Muñoz and Lucas Guilkey

A Symphony of Tiny Lights, directed by Dominic Gill and Nadia Gill

Syppyt Suruktar Lost Letters, directed by Kyhynngy Oyuur

Tentsítewahkwe, directed by Katsitsionni Fox

Through the Storm, directed by Fritz Bitsoie and Charles Frank

To Exist Under Permanent Suspicion, directed by Valentin Noujaïm

Twice Into Oblivion (L’oubli tue deux fois), directed by Pierre Michel Jean

Two Refusals (Would We Recognize Ourselves Unbroken?), directed by Suneil Sanzgiri

Two Sun, directed by Blair Barnes

What Channel is Love?, directed by Michael Donte

The Whites of Our Eyes, directed by Yaba Blay and Maame Adjei

The Wind Telephone, directed by Jody Stillwater

Winding Path, directed by Alexandra Lazarowich, Ross Kauffman

The Witness Tree (साक्षी-रूख, Sakshi Rukh), directed by Niranjan Raj Bhetwal

Wouldn’t Make It Any Other Way, directed by Hao Zhou

You Don’t Have to Go Home, but…, directed by Aidan Un

Information on juries, additional programming and events will be announced soon. For more information on the festival and its programs, visit https://www.blackstarfest.org/festival.