Roxbury International Film Festival

08/28/2026

We are also thrilled to congratulate our 2026 ROXFILM Award Winners 🏆

🏆Audience Favorite
TRANSFORMING THE BEAUTIFUL GAME: THE CLYDE BEST STORY
Directed by Dan Egan

🏆Best Narrative Feature
IF I GO WILL THEY MISS ME
Directed by Walter Thompson-Hernández
Opening in theaters nationwide on 9/18!

🏆Special Jury Prize - Narrative Feature
MONTMARTRE
Directed by Leon Hendrix III

🏆Best Documentary Feature
THE END OF ISOLATION
Directed by Sarah Emily Shourd

🏆Special Jury Prize - Documentary Feature
PURSUING LIGHT: THE BILL STRICKLAND STORY
Directed by Karen Somers

🏆Best Narrative Short
CYCLES
Directed by Martins Imhangbe

🏆Special Jury Prize - Narrative Short
STEPPING OFF WITH JUVEY-D
Directed by Wendell Moore

🏆Best Documentary Short
THE SIGHT UNSEEN
Directed by Shawn Antoine II

🏆Special Jury Prize - Documentary Short
FINAL FINISHERS
Directed by Rudy Valdez

🏆Henry Hampton Award for Excellence in Documentary Filmmaking
LIMITLESS: THE DR. CHESTER PIERCE STORY
Directed by Gloria Respress-Churchwell

🏆Amy Hood Visionary Award
THE MISSING PIECE
Directed by Emanuel Fidalgo

🏆Honorable Mention - Amy Hood Visionary Award
OH HAPPY DAY!
Directed by Ivan Rome

🏆Kay Bourne Emerging Filmmaker
MICHAEL REILLY PERAZA
Film: GONE FISHIN’

🏆Vision Award
MARCELLUS COX
Films: JAMARCUS ROSE & DA 5 BULLET HOLES, MICKEY HARDAWAY, I’M SORRY, ROLLING IN THE DEEP, LIVING

And that is a wrap on the 2026 Roxbury International Film Festival! Thank you to our filmmakers, audiences, sponsors, partners, volunteers, venues, staff, and the entire ROXFILM community for your continued support and belief in the power of film.

08/12/2026

Blockades, grandfather clocks, and pure revolutionary energy. 🕰️⛵️

CUFFE: TAXED is officially premiering this Thursday, August 13 at the New Bedford Whaling Museum!

Inspired by the early life of Paul Cuffe—the Black and Wampanoag sea captain, abolitionist, and total legend—this irreverent historical adventure follows a 19-year-old Cuffe and his brother-in-law Michael Wainer running food through a British blockade in 1778. (And yes, hauling a grandfather clock along for the ride).

🗓️ Thursday, August 13 🎬 5:30 PM – Screening & Discussion
New Bedford Whaling Museum
🍸 7:00 PM – Cocktails with Cuffe Premiere Gala

Proud to share this film with our community! Come raise a glass, meet the team, and celebrate a incredible local legacy. 🎟️ Link in bio for tickets!

08/06/2026

💥 attendees: Join Executive and Artistic Director Lisa Simmons as she moderates this wonderful panel of MA film industry experts!

📅 Friday, August 7, 2026
🕡 6:30PM
📍 Thomas M. Menino Convention & Exhibition Center
🎟️ Free for all FanExpo attendees/passholders

Remember Okoye's fight scene on a bridge in ? If you didn't already know, that was shot right here in Boston/Cambridge on the Mass Ave. bridge! Learn about what brings great movie moments like that one (and many more!) to MA and more with this great group of panelists:

⭐️ Meg Montagnino-Jarrett, Director of the Massachusetts Film Office
⭐️ Angela Peri, Owner and Founder of Boston Casting
⭐️ Shaun Clarke, Interim Dean of the School of Film, Television, and Media Arts, Emerson College
⭐️ Brad Davidson, Founder of Ging Management Group, a full-service management company whose founding client is two-time Golden Globe Winner David Duchovny.
⭐️ Robin Dawson, Executive Director of the Boston Film Festival and producer of Twin Lights Entertainment
⭐️ Sabrina Avilés, Founder/Executive Director of CineFest Latino Boston
⭐️ Naheem Garcia, Actor, and teaching artist, appeared in The Holdovers
⭐️ Joshua Olumide, Actor, appeared in American Fiction
⭐️ Dhanya Lott, Actor, appeared in The Waiting, Turkey Lover, Fatal Family Feuds
⭐️ Ted Omsley, Boston-based writer and producer and co-founder of the Southie Film Festival

Bring your best cosplay and let's talk making movies in Massachusetts!

🦸🏿‍♂️🦹🏾🧙🏼🧝🏾🎬

08/06/2026

🎥 Join the the Black Net Worth Development Association and , along with several other partners, this month at the Bostonbighead / National Center of Afro-American Artists (NCAAA) for the Classic Black Movies outdoor screening series!

📅 Various dates in August 2026
🕖 Doors at 7PM, Movie starts at Dusk
📍 Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists (Roxbury, MA)
🎟️ Free & open to the public!

Lineup:

August 1: Summer of Soul
August 7: How High
August 8: Cooley High
August 15: Love Jones
August 22: Spiderman: Across the Spiderverse
August 29: Do The Right Thing

See you at the (outdoor) movies! 🍿🌳

06/26/2026

06/26/2026