Event Lineup
The following offers a preview of the 2025 festival events, with more to be announced. Some events require a ticket purchase, others are exclusive to pass holders, and select events are free and open to the public. Follow us on social media for the latest updates.
ABFF Community Day
A day of free screenings & expos sponsored by Greater Miami Convention and Visitor Bureau (GMCVB), held at the Black Archives Historic Lyric Theater in Overtown.
Trouble Man
WORLD PREMIERE
An Ex cop turned fixer is hired to find his superstar and rumored ex-girlfriend. With a blend of brains, bullets and Kung Fu, Jaxen must fight through a maze of street thugs, slicksters and Chinese mobsters before his or the diva’s time runs out.
Starring: Michael Jai White, Method Man, Mike Epps, Gillian White, Orlando Jones, Lala Anthony
(Q&A with Michael Jai White to follow)
Wednesdays With Gramps
WORLD PREMIERE
Courtesy of DreamWorks Animations
When a teenage boy visits his Gramps at a seemingly mundane boring assisted living facility, he comes to find that they have much more in common than he thought.
Immediately followed by The Reject
The Reject
Inspired by the true story of Kionne McGhee, a young man wrongly labeled “mentally handicapped” overcomes systemic injustice, internal battles, and low expectations to rise from the projects and become a powerful attorney and politician—ultimately taking on the very system that once tried to silence him.
Starring: Percy Romeo Miller, Kamal Ani-Bello, Tsachai “Sky” Aris