BBFF '26 (Black & Brown Femme Film Festival)

A two-day gathering of film, live dialogue, and community—centering Black & Brown femme voices across 43 films, panels, and special events.
About this Event

BBFF '26

Agenda

🕑: 05:15 PM - 05:55 PM
BLOCK 1 — Release / Identity / Transformation 5:15PM (~63 min) 7/24
Host: BBFF

Info: Spark -2:36
Corporate Catfish (Doc) – 15:25
Aurora Sol Entries – 3:06 Tabula Rasa – 16

🕑: 06:00 PM - 07:20 PM
BLOCK 2 — Intimacy / Love / Emotional Fracture| 6:05 (~50 min) 7/24
Host: BBFF Entertainment

Info: Five films explore Intimacy/Love/Emotions. Sweet Nothings – 4:24, MAHAL – 9:11
Connecting Flights – 9:06 Cry Laugh Love Lie – 14:59 About Before – 17:18

🕑: 07:50 PM - 09:00 PM
BLOCK 3 — Motherhood / Survival / Becoming 7:50(~80 min) 7/24
Host: BBFF Entertainment

Info:
BLOCK 3 — Motherhood / Survival / Becoming 7:50 – 9:00 PM (~80 min)

🕑: 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Pocket Cinema Workshop. Learn how to make movies on your phone 7/25
Host: Coquie Hughes

Info: REGISTRATION REQUIRED. Learn everything from mastering cinematic techniques on mobile devices to impactful storytelling, editing brilliance, and sound design - walking away with their very own short films! FESTIVAL PASSES SOLD SEPARATELY

🕑: 01:00 PM - 02:10 PM
BLOCK 4 — Identity / Courage / Self-Definition 1:00 (~72 min) 7/25
Host: BBFF

Info: Nkanyezi – 10:00
Neutral Buoyancy – 14:39
Fist at Grace – 16:53
To Move in My Mother’s Prayers – 11:32 Boldly Bald (Doc) – 8:32
Sonia Honey – 11:26
Rangi – 2:28

🕑: 02:20 PM - 03:20 PM
ALLIES TAKEOVER — Building Chicago’s Independent Film Ecosystem | 7/25
Host: BBFF

Info: Featuring Muffy Film Productions and Liberation Arts Movement
A conversation exploring how organizations, festivals, collectives, and creative spaces serving Black, Brown, Asian, queer, gender-expansive, and women filmmakers can collaborate more intentionally across Chicago.
The session will begin with grounding, meditation, and affirmations led by Liberation Arts Movement, centering mental wellness for artists and creatives.
Together, the discussion will focus on building stronger audiences, sustainable support systems, and creative ecosystems outside traditional industry structures.

🕑: 03:50 PM - 04:50 PM
BLOCK 5 —Experimental / Spiritual / Inner Worlds 3:50 (~55 min) 7/25
Host: BBFF

Info: Behind These Pretty Things – 4:02 GILLS – 3:22
COMPOST – 5:00
Elena Tito – 6:27
Moksha – 6:44
Primitive – 3:00
The Stolen Mind – 3:33
The Scent of Felicity – 7:28 Deneege... – 5:00
Tattoo Medicine (Doc) – 12:05

🕑: 04:49 PM - 06:00 PM
BLOCK 6 — Desire / Chaos / Disruption 4:49 (~80 min) 7/25
Host: BBFF

Info:
Films Aimee Comes First
24 Hours a Man | Jeanne Dieldoman
I Knew You Were Trouble Heat Wave

🕑: 06:29 PM - 07:24 PM
BLOCK 7 — Resistance / Memory / Truth 6:29(~85 min) 7/25
Host: BBFF

Info: Gloria
Mexica[n]
Al Maram – 5:14
Maten a las Ratas – 9:45 Fermenting Our Place – 10:50