October 3rd 2026
The Black Indie Filmmakers Association International Film Festival
Welcome to The Black Indie Filmmakers Association International Film Festival! Join us at the Community Collective for Houston in Houston, Texas, for a celebration of independent films from around the world. Experience a diverse selection of creative works, connect with talented filmmakers, and immerse yourself in a vibrant artistic community. Don’t miss this exciting opportunity to discover new voices and perspectives in cinema. Get ready for a weekend filled with inspiration, creativity, and passion. We can’t wait to see you there!
Vincent victoria Present
Just Lena
Actress Lena Horne makes an appearance on the show Sanford and Son as she returns to Hollywood
and reflects on her career.
D!SoRd3rEd
In a wasteland of rubble and ruin, J. Doe - a Black Patient Zero - navigates the wreckage of a nation haunted by its own reflection. Pursued by histories of violence, erasure, and resistance, he confronts the ghosts of an unfinished reckoning. Blurring archive and hallucination, Disordered is a visual requiem - part ritual, part rupture - that confronts the consequences of a soul that cannot forget, yet refuses to remember its past.
Where He At Tho?
Where He At Tho? is a hilarious romantic comedy following Nia, a successful, sharp-tongued attorney who has everything together - except her love life. Tired of bad dates, broke men, walking red flags, and endless situationships, Nia searches for a good man while questioning whether her high standards are protecting her heart or keeping love away. Through a wild lineup of unforgettable bachelors, advice from her friends, and a few unexpected encounters, Nia discovers that the love she's looking for may not arrive the way she expects - and might be closer than she realizes.
BY MEEVAH
Day Job
Two underpaid movie theater employees spend a slow day avoiding work and cracking jokes. One day, one of the workers' new girlfriend unexpectedly shows up and exposes the truth behind his exaggerated career ambitions.
Ain't This a B
A struggling clown-for-hire finds himself in over his head when a petty scam to rob clients escalates into a dangerous encounter with ruthless criminals, forcing him to outwit gangsters to survive.
BY Anita Osuigwe-Spencer
Together The Short
How a set of encyclopedias brings two families closer together in the 1970s.
By Denise Monet
Mama Mae's Christmas
When ambitious Houston event planner Ava Johnson discovers her family is about to lose their home before Christmas, she hatches a desperate plan to win a televised holiday contest by disguising herself as her long-estranged grandmother, Mama Mae. But juggling two identities becomes pure chaos as Ava dodges suspicious relatives, mischievous kids, family secrets, and her childhood crush Calvin, who starts falling for the real Ava not knowing she's pretending to be Mama Mae.
Rent Free
He thought he found a place to stay rent free... but nothing in life is free. Marcus, a smooth-talking hustler, moves in with Shay, a quiet therapist hiding a dark past. But when his plan to con her is exposed, he quickly realizes he's not in control. Trapped inside her apartment, Marcus is forced into a twisted game where every move comes with consequences and escape may cost him everything.
BY DOMINIQUE R. DRAPER
The Day You Find Your Name
At the height of the Black Panther movement, a pregnant Afeni Shakur battles 189 felony charges, forced to defend herself in a trial that could cost her freedom and her unborn child's future.
BY JOHN & ERICA MILLS
Reverence: Reclaiming the Forgotten
A Connecticut genealogist works to reclaim the lives of African Americans erased from history, reuniting descendants, restoring memorials, and bringing forgotten stories back into the American narrative.
By ERIC HAMILTON
Dog or Die
(Short Film)
Dog or Die is a visceral, emotionally charged short film told through powerful narration, stylized montage, and fragmented cinematic moments. The film traces the psychological and historical weight carried by a young Black man named Ethan - from the brutality of the slave ship to the unrelenting pressures of modern America.
As past and present collide, Ethan moves through a world shaped by generational trauma, coded survival, and unspoken rules. The narration guides us through inherited memory, identity, brotherhood, and the constant negotiation between dignity and danger.
Dog or Die is not just a story of one life - it is a meditation on survival in a nation where history is never past, and for some, existence itself feels like a daily ultimatum.
By Ronald Diltz II
RockHill
RockHill follows Anderson Hill, a respected college attorney living a seemingly successful life with his
wife and children in Daytona Beach, Florida. Behind the facade of professional achievement, Anderson is drowning in financial strain, addiction, and mounting pressure.
When he partners with an ambitious businessman seeking access to the college's financial resources, Anderson makes a series of increasingly dangerous decisions - signing loans, ignoring warning signs, and compromising his integrity in hopes of staying afloat. As his marriage fractures and legal trouble closes in, Anderson's world collapses, costing him his career, his family, and his freedom.
Facing federal charges and prison time, Anderson ultimately chooses accountability over denial. RockHill is a redemptive true story about downfall, responsibility, and the hard road back - culminating in faith, forgiveness, and the possibility of reconciliation.
By Maurice Simmons
Waiting for Nia
Nia Kim, a 16-year-old girl, is rushed to Brookshire Hospital after a severe car accident. Her divorced parents, Justin and Tanya Kim, anxiously await news of her condition. As they confront their past issues and fears, they find moments of revelation, connection and understanding.
By Anthony Renard Reed
She Quietly Ran Into History: The Marilyn Bevans Story
Black African women have dominated the three major US 26.2-mile marathons: the Boston, New York City, and Chicago Marathons. This African dominance began in 1994 when a Kenyan woman became the second Black woman to place in any of these marathons. Between 2014 and 2025, almost three-quarters of the top five women finishers of the three major U.S. marathons were Black Africans. However, nineteen years earlier, Baltimore-native Marilyn Bevans made world history as she became the first person, male or female, to place in the top five in these three prestigious marathons.
2027 is the 50th anniversary of her golden year when she was runner-up at the Boston and Chicago Marathons, won the Maryland and Beltsville Marathons, and was ranked as one of the world's top ten fastest women marathoners in 1977.
This is the story of Marilyn Bevans. She quietly ran into history.
By Kevin D. Anderson
Southern Son Shine
Southern Son Shine is a short documentary centering Black gay men living with HIV through Southern storytelling, art, and ancestral memory. Rooted in the griot tradition, the film reframes the South as a place of survival, softness, and becoming, where faith, masculinity, queerness, and healing intersect. Through intimate reflection and creative expression, Southern Son Shine honors lived experience as cultural testimony, illuminating joy, resilience, and the enduring light found when Black Southern stories are told with truth and care.
By Gregory Duroncelay III
EVE
An introverted college student tries to protect her sister from the party life and the dangers that comes with it.
Can You Stand The Rain
When beloved children's author Shawn Xavier Brown unexpectedly passes away, his tight-knit group of childhood friends reunite for his funeral weekend. As old wounds, unresolved dreams, and hidden tensions rise to the surface, they are forced to confront the lives they've built, the loves they've lost, and the hopes they've long buried. Can You Stand The Rain is a powerful exploration of friendship, grief, identity, and the eternal struggle between who we are, who we once dreamed we could be... and who we still could become.