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BlackStar Film Festival 2026 (15th anniversary)

Name: BlackStar Film Festival 2026 (15th anniversary)
Start: 2026-08-06
End: 2026-08-09
Location: Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts + Wilma Theater + Suzanne Roberts Theatre, S. Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19102

Aug 6, 2026 – Aug 9, 2026 · Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts + Wilma Theater + Suzanne Roberts Theatre, S. Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19102 · Philadelphia, PA

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About this event

15th-anniversary edition of the annual celebration of visual storytelling by Black, Brown, and Indigenous filmmakers — 91 films from 30+ countries, screening across three Broad Street venues plus parties citywide.

Why we picked it

BlackStar has become the film festival for Black + Brown + Indigenous filmmakers — 15 years of programming that gets it right.

Good for

film community, filmmakers, festival regulars, cinema-serious travelers

Need to know

Multi-day pass gets you the best value. Q&As after most screenings — cameras stay in the pocket, questions in the mind.

When

Aug 6, 2026 – Aug 9, 2026