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)
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)
BMORE SHORTS: Don't Miss Your Exit, EmptySpace.mov, My Mother The Clown, Got Lead, Haunt Me, How Was Your Day, More Than Squeegeeing
2:00 PM - Pikes Studio Cinema (Theatre 1)
Feature: Baltimore Still Rising
2:00 PM - Pikes Studio Cinema (Theatre 1)
HOSANNA SHORTS: A Woman's Body, Of The Night That Covers Me, Belief, The Cut, Father Time, Laundry
2:30 PM - Pikes Studio Cinema (Theatre 2)
Short: 15 Lines
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