Celebrating Black Stories

Shorts from around the world that embrace the joy, resilience, and complexity of being young and Black.

shorts in this program:

Emergency Contact


United States | East Coast Premiere
Live Action, Tyler Young, 2025, 12 min
in English

Fort Buku


Netherlands, Suriname | New York Premiere
Live Action, Loëlle Monsanto, 2037, 35 min
in Dutch Surinamese; with English subtitles

Spooky


Ireland | International Premiere
Animation, Adeola Lawal, 2025, 5 min
no dialogue

Fantas


Canada | New York Premiere
Live Action, Halima Elkhatabi, 2024, 13 min
in French; with English subtitles
27822 https://nyicff.org/events/celebratingblackstories/

shorts
Runtime: 64 min | Recommended ages: 8+

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