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Thursday, October 2, 2025

Shorts: Stand Up, The Dolla Party

Short: YOUTH FILM FESTIVAL
3:00 PM - Pikes Studio Cinema (Theatre 1)

Feature: Paw Paw & Dayja

Feature: YOUTH FILM FESTIVAL
3:00 PM - Pikes Studio Cinema (Theatre 1)

Short: Trigger

5:15PM - Pikes Studio Cinema (Theatre 1)

Feature: Ugly Black Woman

5:15 PM - Pikes Studio Cinema (Theatre 1)

Feature: Never Keep Silent

5:30 PM - Pikes Studio Cinema (Theatre 2)

Assembly

Opening Night Feature Film
7:30 PM - Pikes Studio Cinema (Theatre 1 & 2)

"Hope"

Opening Night Short Film
7:30 PM - Pikes Studio Cinema (Theatre 1 & 2)

Friday, October 3, 2025

INTERNATIONAL SHORTS: A New You, Beg Yuh A Call, Burns & Song, Contiguity

12:00 PM - Pikes Studio Cinema (Theatre 1)

Feature: Black Pittsburg

12:00 PM - Pikes Studio Cinema (Theatre 1)

Feature: My Mind To Me A Kingdom Is: The Legacy of Dr. Ellen McAllister

12:15 PM - Pikes Studio Cinema (Theatre 2)

Short: We Can And We Have

2:15 PM - Pikes Studio Cinema (Theatre 2)

Feature: NORMAN/NORMAN

2:15 PM - Pikes Studio Cinema (Theatre 2)

Feature: Etched in Pavement

3:00 PM - Pikes Studio Cinema (Theatre 1)

Short: Where The Children Go

4:30PM - Pikes Studio Cinema (Theatre 2)

Feature: Interstate

4:30 PM - Pikes Studio Cinema (Theatre 2)

COMING HOME SHORTS: A New Voice, Don't Judge Me

5:30 PM - Pikes Studio Cinema (Theatre 1)

Feature: Tonight and Maybe Tomorrow

5:30 PM - Pikes Studio Cinema (Theatre 1)

Feature: Harm in the Water

6:15 PM - Pikes Studio Cinema (Theatre 2)

Saturday, October 4, 2025

BMUBM SHORTS: Grieving Brothers, Tears of A Father, Real Men Don't Cry, Stoop Chat with Maani & Mr. Sweat, Baldy The Film, Thomasville, 15 Lines

10:30 AM - Pikes Studio Cinema (Theatre 1)

HIDDEN FIGURES SHORTS: James West and the Electret Microphone, Clayton Cameron Rhythm and Human Performance, The Mind Of An Artist

12:00 PM - Pikes Studio Cinema (Theatre 2)

LAUGHTER AND LOVE SHORTS: I Hate My Love Life, Love Is Blind, Mother Knows Best, Unprofessional Consequences

12:00 PM - Pikes Studio Cinema (Theatre 2)

Feature: Mawu-Sika (The Shadow Of A Legend)

12:45 PM - Pikes Studio Cinema (Theatre 1)

Short: The Ohio, Texas Remix

3:00 PM - Pikes Studio Cinema (Theatre 2)

Feature: Birthright Afrika

3:00 PM - Pikes Studio Cinema (Theatre 2)

SISTAH SHORTS: Act Like A Lady/Wohela, Don't Miss Your Exit, Haunt Me, Invisible String, Missing Rhythms, Never Can Say Goodbye

3:30 PM - Pikes Studio Cinema (Theatre 1)

Feature: Stronger Than Steel: The Senator Wyona Lipman Story

3:30 PM - Pikes Studio Cinema (Theatre 1)

SAME GENDER LOVING SHORTS: Come Dance With Me, Fries & Milkshakes, The Divine Femme, Plenum

5:00 PM - Pikes Studio Cinema (Theatre 2)

Feature: Wait Until Tomorrow

5:00 PM - Pikes Studio Cinema (Theatre 2)

LONG STORY SHORTS: Before 1619: She Took Justice, Ownwership

6:45 PM - Pikes Studio Cinema (Theatre 1)

DMV / WEB-SERIES SHORTS: 30 Something, Firecracker, Love Language, Nightmare Therapy

6:45 PM - Pikes Studio Cinema (Theatre 1)

Sunday, October 5, 2025

Feature: PowerNomics

12:00 PM - Pikes Studio Cinema (Theatre 1)

Short: The Dolla Party

12:15 PM - Pikes Studio Cinema (Theatre 2)

Feature: Colored Footprints

12:15 PM - Pikes Studio Cinema (Theatre 2)

Short: 15 Lines

6:30 PM - Pikes Studio Cinema (Theatre 1 & 2)

Closing Night Feature: Following Harry

6:30 PM - Pikes Studio Cinema (Theatre 1& 2)

AWARDS CEREMONY

9:00 PM - Pikes Studio Cinema Theatre

Monday, October 6, 2025

FILMMAKER'S BRUNCH

12:00 PM - Nancy's By SNAC