2025

Black Europe Film Festival

Black Europe Film Fest: Black Skin – Silent Film + Live Musical Accompaniment

Sunday, Feb 2nd

Black Europe Film Festival Black Skin • Silent Film + Live Musical Accompaniment Sunday, February 2 • 7:30pm • Tickets: $10 General (+ $2 online service fee), $8 Members (no fee), $5 Students (door) This might be the first time Black Skin is screened outside of Russia. This very special silent film is brought to […]

More Information

2025

Black Europe Film Festival

Black Europe Film Fest: Closing Roundtable and Wrap Celebration

Sunday, Feb 2nd

Black Europe Film Festival Sunday, February 2 • 6:00pm • Fireplace Room, The Main Cinema • Free Join us for a closing roundtable with visiting directors, followed by a wrap-up celebration of the inaugural Black Europe Film Festival of Minneapolis/Saint Paul—a warm and memorable send-off for everyone! ABOUT – BLACK EUROPE FILM FESTIVAL The Black […]

More Information

2025

Black Europe Film Festival

Black Europe Film Fest: The Art of Remembering: Black Lives in Painting – Free Film Program + Q&A with Directors

Sunday, Feb 2nd

Black Europe Film Festival The Art of Remembering: Black Lives in Painting • Free Film Program + Q&A with Directors Sunday, February 2 • 2:00pm • Tickets: FREE **Event Location: Minneapolis Institute of Art • 2400 3rd Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55404** Order Tickets Here This special free program of the Black Europe Film Festival […]

More Information

2025

Black Europe Film Festival

Black Europe Film Fest: Echoes From the Horn: Somali Lives in Cinema. Short Film Program + Panel with Directors

Sunday, Feb 2nd

Black Europe Film Festival Echoes From the Horn: Somali Lives in Cinema. Short Film Program + Panel with Directors Sunday, February 2 • 11:00am • Tickets: $10 General (+ $1.93 fee), $8 Cedar-Riverside Residents (+ $1.81 fee), $5 Youth under 21 years of age (+ $1.65 fee) **Event Location: The Cedar Cultural Center • 416 […]

More Information

2025

Black Europe Film Festival

Black Europe Film Fest: The Black Sea + Q&A with Director and Lead Actor

Saturday, Feb 1st

Black Europe Film Festival The Black Sea + Q&A with Co-Director and Lead Actor 6:30 Reception featuring Southern comfort food from TAP IN Kitchen&Cocktails Saturday, February 1 • 7:30pm • Tickets: $10 General (+ $1.63 online fee), $8 Members and Northsiders (door), $5 Students (door) **Event Location: Capri Theater • 2027 W Broadway Ave, Minneapolis, […]

More Information

2025

Black Europe Film Festival

Black Europe Film Fest: Black Youth in Motion: Free Short Film Program + Virtual Q&A with Directors

Saturday, Feb 1st

Black Europe Film Festival Free Short Film Program + Virtual Q&A with Directors Saturday, February 1 • 4:30pm • Tickets: FREE **Event Location: Capri Theater • 2027 W Broadway Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55411** Order Tickets Here Black youth in Europe are often mischaracterized as being stuck—caught between cultures, traditions, and societal expectations, unable to define […]

More Information

2025

Black Europe Film Festival

Black Europe Film Fest: Girl + Virtual Q&A with Director

Saturday, Feb 1st

Black Europe Film Festival Girl + Virtual Q&A with Director Saturday, February 1 • 2:00pm • Tickets: $10 General (+ $1.63 online fee), $8 Members and Northsiders (door), $5 Students (door) **Event Location: Capri Theater • 2027 W Broadway Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55411** Order Tickets Here This special screening of BEFF MSP at the Capri […]

More Information

2025

Black Europe Film Festival

Black Europe Film Fest: Global Queer Blackness: Free Short Film Program + Virtual Q&A with Directors

Saturday, Feb 1st

Black Europe Film Festival Global Queer Blackness: Free Short Film Program + Virtual Q&A with Directors Saturday, February 1 • 11:00am • Tickets: FREE The intersection of Blackness and queerness has long been underexplored in film and media, leaving vital stories untold and perspectives unheard. While works such as Moonlight and Pose in the United […]

More Information

2025

Black Europe Film Festival

Black Europe Film Fest: The Gravity + Q&A with Director

Friday, Jan 31st

Black Europe Film Festival The Gravity 6:30pm Happy Hour powered by Tommie’s Pizza Friday, January 31 • 7:30pm • Tickets: $10 General (+ $2 online service fee), $8 Members (no fee), $5 Students (door) After the screening, director Cédric Ido will lead a discussion on the political potential of genre fiction. ABOUT THE FILM Minnesota […]

More Information

2025

Black Europe Film Festival

Black Europe Film Fest: After the Long Rains + Q&A with Director

Friday, Jan 31st

Black Europe Film Festival After the Long Rains Friday, January 31 • 5:00pm • Tickets: $10 General (+ $2 online service fee), $8 Members (no fee), $5 Students (door) The screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Damien Hauser ABOUT THE FILM Minnesota Premiere. In Watamu, a coastal town in Kenya, children are […]

More Information

2025

Black Europe Film Festival

Black Europe Film Fest: Black Diaspora in Short Form: Free Short Film Program + Q&A with Directors

Friday, Jan 31st

Black Europe Film Festival Black Diaspora in Short Form + Q&A with Directors Friday, January 31 • 2:00pm • Tickets: FREE The Black experience in Europe is often marked by a longing for belonging—a longing that becomes painful when community feels unattainable. The realities of Black life leave their imprint on gestures and faces, and […]

More Information

2025

Black Europe Film Festival

Black Europe Film Fest: Opening Night Film: Edelweiss + Q&A with Director

Thursday, Jan 30th

Black Europe Film Festival Opening Night Film: Edelweiss Thursday, January 30 • Reception at 6:30pm • Screening at 7:30pm • Tickets: $10 General (+ $2 online service fee), $8 Members (no fee), $5 Students (door) This special Black Europe Film Festival Opening Night screening is followed by a Q&A with the director of the film, […]

More Information

2025

Black Europe Film Festival

Black Europe Film Fest: Islands of Memory: Afro-Caribbean Short Films + Q&A with Directors

Thursday, Jan 30th

Black Europe Film Festival Islands of Memory: Afro-Caribbean Short Films + Q&A with Directors Thursday, January 30 • 4:30pm • FREE Guadeloupe, an archipelago in the Caribbean, has a rich and complex history shaped by Indigenous culture, slavery, and resistance. Originally inhabited by the Indigenous Arawak and Carib peoples, it was named “Karukera” (Island of […]

More Information

2025

Black Europe Film Festival

Italian Film Festival

Special Screenings

Asmarina: Reception + Film Screening + Virtual Q&A with Director Medhin Paolos

Thursday, Jan 23rd

Special Screening Thursday, January 23 • Social hour at 6:30pm • Screening at 7:15pm Join MSP Film Society, Black Europe Film Festival, Archives on Screen, and the Italian Film Festival of Minneapolis / St. Paul for a special 10th-anniversary screening of Asmarina, a powerful and deeply personal documentary exploring the lives of Eritrean and Ethiopian […]

More Information

2025

Black Europe Film Festival

Black Europe Film Fest: Monuments and Memories in the Wake of George Floyd: Stonebreakers Screening and Community Discussion

Saturday, Jan 18th

Black Europe Film Festival Stonebreakers (Valerio Ciriaci, 2022) + Post-screening Community Discussion Saturday, January 18 • 1:00pm-3:30pm • FREE **Event Location: Minnesota History Center • 345 W. Kellogg Blvd. St. Paul, MN 55102** Register Here In the wake of George Floyd’s homicide in 2020, statues of Columbus, Confederates, and Founding Fathers toppled, intensifying calls for […]

More Information

2025

Black Europe Film Festival

Cinema Club

Images of Africa

Dahomey

Saturday, Jan 11th

Images of Africa + Cinema Club January Cinema Club Saturday, January 11 at 11:00am Cinema Club Moderator Megan Feeney will be in conversation following the screening with Dr. Laura Kalba, Associate Professor in the Department of Art History at the University of Minnesota. Her research and teaching focus on the history of fine, decorative and […]

More Information