Thursday, October 8, 2026
SPECIAL EVENT: Cine & Dine - (Dinner)
5:00 PM - Nancy By SNAC / MICA Lazarus Center
SPECIAL EVENT: Cine & Dine - (Film) Portrait Of Jason
6:45 PM - Nancy By SNAC / MICA Lazarus Center
Karaoke Kick-Off
9:30 PM - Leon's Backroom Bar
Friday, October 9, 2026
FEATURE: Son of The Soil
3:15 PM - Pikes Studio Cinema (Theatre 1)
YOUTH SHORTS: A Pretty Pass, Black History Mini Docs, Seaweed Snacks, The Audition
YOUTH FILM FESTIVAL
4:30 PM - Pikes Studio Cinema (Theatre 2)
SHORT: Trapped
5:15 PM - Pikes Studio Cinema (Theatre 1)
FEATURE: Time Of Our Lives
5:15 PM - Pikes Studio Cinema (Theatre 1)
SLIP
Opening Night Short Film
7:30 PM - Pikes Studio Cinema (Theatre 1 & 2)
When A Witness Recants
Opening Night Feature Film
7:30 PM - Pikes Studio Cinema (Theatre 1 & 2)
Saturday, October 10, 2026
FILMMAKER'S BRUNCH
10:00 AM - Nancy By SNAC
FEATURE: Nekai Walks
11:15 AM - Pikes Studio Cinema (Theatre 1)
BMUBM SHORTS: Black History Mini Docs, The Bridge, Thoughts & Prayers, Uncle Preston
11:30 AM - Pikes Studio Cinema (Theatre 2)
BMORE SHORTS I: Chasing Memories, Dear Baltimore, Jumbled Thoughts
1:15 PM - Pikes Studio Cinema (Theatre 1)
COMEDY SHORTS: Escape From Flat Earth, Seaweed Snacks, There Goes Trouble, Zeke
1:15 PM - Pikes Studio Cinema (Theatre 1)
FEATURE: Annie Turnbo Malone: The Untold Story
1:30 PM - Pikes Studio Cinema (Theatre 2)
SISTAH SHORTS: A Pretty Pass, Black Beyond Borders, Lady Chief, She Dared To Dream: Ayanna Pressley
1:30 PM - Pikes Studio Cinema (Theatre 2)
SAME GENDER LOVING SHORTS: Black Tea, Fine Black Frame, Gone Fishin', The Audition
4:15 PM - Pikes Studio Cinema (Theatre 1)
FEATURE: Touched: The Story of Nicholas Freeman
4:15 PM - Pikes Studio Cinema (Theatre 1)
SHORT: A New Day Begun: The Black National Anthem
4:45 PM - Pikes Studio Cinema (Theatre 2)
FEATURE: Bride Price
4:45 PM - Pikes Studio Cinema (Theatre 2)
FEATURE: I Was The Weirdo
7:00 PM - Pikes Studio Cinema (Theatre 1)
HORROR / SUSPENSE SHORTS: Attached, Callbacks, Eat Duh Bread: 1983, Quility, The Shower, Vampire Therapy
7:30 PM - Pikes Studio Cinema (Theatre 2)
Sunday, October 11, 2026
FEATURE: PowerNomics: Based on the Life and Work of Dr. Claud Anderson
11:00 AM - Pikes Studio Cinema (Theatre 1)
DMV SHORTS: Do I Do, In Defense Of Ourselves, Love Song, There Goes Trouble
11:30 AM - Pikes Studio Cinema (Theatre 2)
BMORE SHORTS II: Against The Tide, Black Tea, The Motor House, Thoughts & Prayers, Void No. 9
1:30 PM - Pikes Studio Cinema (Theatre 1)
FEATURE: Finding Your Laughter
2:00 PM - Pikes Studio Cinema (Theatre 2)
FEATURE: MARLO
4:00 PM - Pikes Studio Cinema (Theatre 1)
HOSANNA SHORTS: A House Left Behind, Love. [nonfiction], Love Zuri, Skipping A Beat, Uncle Preston
4:15 PM - Pikes Studio Cinema (Theatre 2)
CLOSING NIGHT FEATURE: Three Black Men
6:45 PM - Pikes Studio Cinema (Theatre 1& 2)
AWARDS CEREMONY
9:00 PM - Pikes Studio Cinema Theatre
Monday, October 12, 2026
MONDAY NIGHT MOVIES
7:00 PM - Leon's Backroom Bar
