UPCOMING DATES

We have been accepted into 17 festivals thus far (with 7 of them being Oscar qualifiers and 9 resulting in AWARDS and NOMINATIONS); won the GRAND JURY Prize at Dances with Films:LA; won BEST NARRATIVE SHORT at the Morehouse College Human Rights Festival; won BEST SHORT at North Carolina Black Film Festival; won BEST SHORT - HARLEM SPOTLIGHT at the Harlem International Film Festival; won BEST STUDENT FILM at the Detroit Black Film Festival; won BEST ACTOR - RODERICK LAWRENCE at RiverRun International Film Festival; were nominated at BronzeLens and Key West Film Festival for BEST SHORT; were nominated at Micheaux Festival for OUTSTANDING WRITING - RODERICK LAWRENCE, JAMES J. JOHNSON and OBBIE WEST; and were a semi-finalist at an 8th Oscar qualifier. #Grateful #SpeakUpBrotha

Dates Festival Location Tickets
March 22 - April 1, 2023 (in-person)
April 2 - April 9, 2023 (online)
Cleveland International Film Festival*
Cleveland, OH
March 29 at 7:20pm (Local Heroes Shorts 2), Allen Theatre
June 14 - 18, 2023 (in-person)
June 19 - 25, 2023 (online)
American Black Film Festival*
Miami, FL
Fri, June 16, 7:10pm; Voices of Culture Block 3
June 22 - July 2, 2023 (in-person)
Dances with Films:LA
GRAND JURY PRIZE, BEST SHORT FILM
Hollywood, CA
Sat, June 24, 2:45pm; TCL Chinese Theatres
July 10 - 16, 2023 (in-person)
Micheaux Film Festival
NOMINEE - OUTSTANDING WRITING
Los Angeles, CA
Fri, July 14, 2:40pm, Regal Cinemas L.A. Live, Gate #2
August 4 - 12, 2023 (in-person)
Martha's Vineyard African-American Film Festival*
Oak Bluffs, MA
Sat, Aug. 12, 11am; BLK #41
August 23 - 27, 2023 (in-person)
Aug. 28 - Sept. 2 (online)
BronzeLens Film Festival*
NOMINEE - BEST SHORT FILM
Atlanta, GA
Thurs, Aug. 24, 7:10pm; Shorts Block #10 @Theater 4 - Landmark Midtown Art Cinema
September 19 - 23, 2023 (in-person)
Sep. 19 - 30 (online)
Morehouse College Human Rights Film Festival
WINNER - BEST NARRATIVE SHORT
Atlanta, GA
Thurs., Sep. 21, 7:05PM, Nominated Shorts Block; Morehouse College Bank of America Auditorium
September 28 - October 9, 2023 (online)
Catalina Film Festival
Virtual
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September 27 - October 1, 2023 (in-person)
Detroit Black Film Festival
WINNER - BEST STUDENT FILM
Detroit, MI
Saturday, Sep. 30, 2PM, Marlene Boll YMCA Theater
2023 (in-person)
Reel Sisters of the Diaspora*
Brooklyn
September 27 - October 1, 2023 (in-person)
Key West Film Festival
NOMINEE - BEST SHORT FILM
Key West, FL
Friday, Nov. 17, 6PM, The Studios of Key West
November 30 - December 3, 2023 (in-person)
Dances with Films:NY
New York City
Friday, Dec. 1, 3PM, Regal Union Square
2024 (in-person)
Pan African Film Festival*
Los Angeles
April 20, 2024 (in-person)
RiverRun International Film Festival*
WINNER - SPECIAL JURY AWARD
BEST ACTOR - RODERICK LAWRENCE
2024 (in-person)
Harlem International Film Festival
WINNER - BEST SHORT (HARLEM SPOTLIGHT)
Harlem, NY
Thursday, May 16, 2024
2024 (in-person)
NC Black Film Festival
WINNER - BEST SHORT
Wilmington, NC
Friday, May 17. 2024

*Oscar-qualifying festival in Short Film category

 
 

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