🎥 Weekly Round-Up: Grants, Labs, and Fests for Doc Filmmakers Hey #BDCcommunity — here’s what’s new and noteworthy this week. Whether you’re building impact, writing your next script, or submitting your short, these upcoming deadlines and events are for you ⬇️ 🟣 Queen Art Illuminations Grant 📅 Deadline: July 2 For Black trans women & non-binary filmmakers in the U.S. 🟣 Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival 📅 Late Deadline: June 15 Submit your doc to one of the most respected doc fests in the U.S. @hotspringsdoc 🟣 Denton Black Film Festival 📅 Deadline: October 24 Celebrating Black stories through film, music, art, and spoken word. @dentonbff 💻 Webinar: Intro to Documentary Impact in Canada 📅 June 4 | 9 AM PST Presented by Anthony Truong Swan of @storymoneyimpact Start building an impact strategy beyond the box office. 🔗 RSVP in bio 🎟️ BlackStar Film Festival 2025 📅 July 31 – Aug 3 In Philly + online. Grab your pass now. @blackstarfest 💸 Reel Sisters Microbudget Film Fellowship 📅 Deadline: Sept 30 Win $5K to produce a short or web pilot. @reelsistersfilmfest 🗣 Tag a fellow filmmaker who should see this. We’ll be back next week with more. #BDCrecommends #FilmmakerOpportunities #DocLife #SupportBlackCinema #BlackDocumentaryFilm #LatinxFilmmakers #AAPIcreatives #TransFilmmakers #DocumentaryImpact #HotSpringsDocFest #DentonBlackFilmFestival #FilmFellowships #IndieFilmFunding #BlackStarFest2025 (fb)

🚀 Calling all coaches, mentors, and creatives — help us amplify this! Share it with your students, your networks, and your fellow visionaries. There Goes Nikki is premiering at Tribeca’s Immersive section June 6–29 — a groundbreaking augmented reality tribute to legendary poet Nikki Giovanni. Created by Rada Collaborative in collaboration with @kinfolktech (founded by Idris Brewster, son of BDC filmmaker Michele Stephenson), this piece invites audiences on a cosmic journey through Black imagination, memory, and liberation — narrated by Giovanni herself as she performs her iconic poem “Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea (We’re Going to Mars).” 🎟️ Tickets are available now — don’t miss this! 📍Tribeca Immersive, NYC 🗓️ June 6–29 🗣️ And stay tuned — we’ll be sharing more soon, including a full slideshow of BDC filmmakers featured at Tribeca and info on our upcoming panel! #BDCRecommends #BDCFilmmakers #BlackDocumentaryCollective #BDCSpotlight #BDCinTribeca #BlackDocsMatter #NikkiGiovanni #ThereGoesNikki #MicheleStephenson #IdrisBrewster #KinfolkTech #RadaCollaborative #BlackImagination #BlackFutures #ARExperience #ImmersiveStorytelling #TribecaImmersive #Tribeca2025 #BlackPoetryMatters #IndependentVoices #VisualPoetry #MentorMonday #ShareWithYourStudents #DocuMentors (fb)