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2026

Thank you to our Sponsors & Partners

The 2026 BlackStar Film Festival is made possible with the support of our sponsors and partners, as well as our year-round supporters.

Festival Sponsors

Platinum
Open Society Foundations
Bronze
Visit Philly
FotoKem
Eventive
Brass
Hyperallergic Media
Color Congress
PECO
Critical Minded
Neon
MacArthur Foundation
Netflix
Copper
Pillars Fund
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Firelight Media
Public Funding
Rep. Rick Krajewski
Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development
Councilman Isaiah Thomas
In-Kind
GinjaSnap
lululemon
Elixr Coffee
Plant & People
Urban Outfitters
Additional Support Provided By:
Penn CIMS
Impact Partners
The Gotham Film & Media Institute

Festival Partners

FWD-Doc
BLIS Collective
Black Women Directors
BeReelBlack Cinema Club
Women Make Movies
A-Doc (Asian American Documentary Network)
International Documentary Association
Mezcla Media Collective
Brown Girls Doc Mafia
Philadelphia Printworks
Ars Nova Workshop
Temple University School of Theater, Film and Media Arts

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