BlackStar Announces Full Schedule for BlackStar Film Festival 2025
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Jun 2, 2026
BlackStar Projects Announces Lineup for 15th Annual BlackStar Film Festival
BlackStar Film Festival returns with 91 films from more than 30 countries, alongside conversations, performances and community gatherings throughout Philadelphia.
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May 14, 2026
BlackStar Projects Announces Foundational Identity Rebrand
Developed in collaboration with creative agency Pacific, BlackStar’s new visual identity brings greater cohesion across the organization’s year-round programs while reflecting the experimentation, rigor and care that have defined its work over the past fifteen years.
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Apr 29, 2026
Now On Sale: BlackStar Projects’ Seen Issue 010
Seen 010 marks a milestone moment for BlackStar, celebrating both the journal’s tenth issue and fifteen years of the BlackStar Film Festival.
(Press Release)
Jan 23, 2026
BlackStar Film Festival Celebrates 15th Anniversary And Announces Upcoming Winter Events
BlackStar Projects celebrates 15 years of the BlackStar Film Festival with new programs, screenings, special events and expanded opportunities for Black, Brown and Indigenous filmmakers and artists.
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Nov 11, 2025
Now On Sale: BlackStar Projects’ Seen Issue 009
This edition is about seeing what is not yet imagined. It features a profile on Love, Brooklyn lead actor André Holland, as well as writing from Autumn Durald Arkapaw, Maya S. Cade, Jenny Yang, Yance Ford, Sanford Biggers, Darol Olu Kae and more.
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Sep 9, 2025
BlackStar Projects Announces 2025 Luminary Gala
Honoring Autumn Durald Arkapaw, Meshell Ndegeocello, Robert Townsend and Third World Newsreel