• FOR THE FAM

    Shorts Program | Select filmmakers scheduled to attend. | From cradle to cane, join us for short films for the fam.

  • HOODOOS AND HEIRLOOMS

    Shorts Program | Select filmmakers scheduled to attend. | What is passed down cannot be forgotten.

  • ALBANY ROAD

    Feature Film | A corporate executive finds herself sharing a rental car with her ex-fiancé’s mother amidst a fierce storm.

  • CLOSING NIGHT: ANNIHILATION OF FISH

    Special Event | We’re honored to conclude the 30th Black Harvest Film Festival with the Chicago premiere of the 4K digital restoration of Charles Burnett’s (KILLER OF SHEEP, TO SLEEP

  • CLOSING NIGHT: ANNIHILATION OF FISH (FILM ONLY)

    Special Event | We’re honored to conclude the 30th Black Harvest Film Festival with the Chicago premiere of the 4K digital restoration of Charles Burnett’s (KILLER OF SHEEP, TO SLEEP

  • OPENING NIGHT

    Special Event | Welcome to the 31st Black Harvest Film Festival! Join us for this presentation of select Black Harvest Film Festival short films and the announcement of the winners

  • EVERY SEED IS A STAR

    Shorts Program | Select filmmakers scheduled to attend. | From blood to chosen, this collection of shorts honors tenderness and ties across generations and geographies. 

  • SEEDS

    Feature Film | A lyrical portrait of Black farmers in the American South, tracing land, lineage, and loss. Shyne captures quiet acts of care and resistance as families fight to

  • PAW PAW & DAYJA

    Feature Film | A family comedy where a Bigfoot-obsessed 10-year-old and her grandfather rediscover wonder through loss and laughter.

  • PROMISED LANDS

    Shorts Program | Select filmmakers scheduled to attend. | Stories on migration, belonging, and the places we call home.

  • WILL

    Feature Film | The first feature directed by a Black woman, Jessie Maple’s 1981 WILL tells a Harlem story of redemption, marking Loretta Devine’s unforgettable screen debut.