Daily Signature Event Highlights
Thursday
Friday
BBFF | JAMAICA, LAND I LOVE
Through two powerful documentaries, Jamaica, Land I Love explores the fight to protect Jamaica's coastline and introduces audiences to an extraordinary woman whose life has been dedicated to justice, community, and service. Part proceeds go to the Jamaica Hurricane Relief Fund
6:00 PM–9:00 PM | BUEI
SUNDAY
BBFW | INDUSTRY WORKSHOP
An interactive training and skills-development workshop for emerging and established filmmakers, creatives and cultural entrepreneurs. Engage directly with filmmakers and industry specialists across key areas of the filmmaking process.
12:30PM - 2:30PM | IGNITE COLAB, BERMUDA
Festival Films Schedule
For full film details — including directors, runtimes, synopses and content notes — please visit our ByBermuda ticket pages. Each screening block and pass option includes complete information to help you choose the films and experiences that are right for you.
THURSDAY · OCTOBER 15 · BUEI
6:00 PM – 9:30 PM
THE BLACK CARPET: OPENING NIGHT EXPERIENCE
• Black Atlantic Storytelling Award Presentation
• BERMUDA PREMIERE: Three Black Men: A Journey into the Magical Otherwise
• Post-screening conversation with director Sienna McLean-LoGreco and visiting industry guests
Venue: BUEI Auditorium
Tickets: $125
Step onto The Black Carpet for an evening of film, culture, conversation and connection celebrating Black storytelling across the diaspora.
9:30 AM – 9:00 PM
SHE CREATES WORLDS: CELEBRATING WOMEN IN CINEMA · DAY PASS $95
9:30 AM – 11:30 AM · WOMEN WHO CREATE WORLDS · Block Ticket $30
• HOMEGIRLS IN OUTER SPACE (Doc Short · 11:34)
• WALLS OF INSPIRATION: WHERE CULTURAL MEMORY BECOMES LIVING LEGACY (Doc Short · 5:55)
• A LIFE IN ART: THROUGH THE EYE OF DR. LESLIE KING HAMMOND (Doc Feature · 1:19:17)
12:30 PM – 2:30 PM · THE STORIES WE CARRY · Block Ticket $30
• QUEEN (Narrative Short · 12:19)
• THE COST (Narrative Short · ~13:54)
• A CHRISTMAS CONFLICT (Narrative Feature · 1:17:00)
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM · SIGNATURE CONVERSATION
BLACK WOMEN SHAPING STORY, CULTURE & CINEMA
• Included with passes; seating first-come, with priority for ticket and pass holders.
4:00 PM – 5:40 PM · HOMECOMING: MEMORY, LOSS & BELONGING · Block Ticket $30
• ASHES DAY (Narrative Short · 28:24)
• GREEN HILLS (Documentary · 51:38)
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM · JAMAICA, LAND I LOVE · Individual Ticket $40
• BEACH INNA BONDAGE: THE FIGHT FOR JAMAICA’S COASTLINE (Doc Short · 29:59)
• MISS JOBSON (Doc Feature · 1:20:00)
• Followed by an open conversation with visiting filmmakers and industry guests.
• Part proceeds support Jamaican Hurricane Relief with the Jamaican Association of Bermuda and JaBBEM.
FRIDAY · OCTOBER 16 · BUEI
Two Screens All Day
SCREEN A · MAIN AUDITORIUM
9:30 AM – 11:29 AM · ROOTS, MEMORY & RESISTANCE · Block Ticket $30
• PARADOX: ECHOES OF REFORM & THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE (Doc · 57:00)
• BERMUDA RIOTS ARE DIFFERENT (Doc Short · 6:00)
• THOUGHTS BECOME THINGS (Narrative Short · 6:00)
• DECODING THOUGHTS (Doc Short · 10:00)
• THE SIGHT UNSEEN (Hybrid Doc Short / Student Film · 39:36)
11:32 AM – 11:52 AM · SHORTS FILMMAKER CONVERSATION
• Culture • Memory • Bermuda Stories
12:00 PM – 1:15 PM · THE HANDYMAN · Individual Film Ticket $30
1:23 PM – 3:07 PM · QUESTIONS OF LOVE · Block Ticket $30
• THE DAY I MET YOU (Narrative Short · 13:48)
• WHEN LOVE SPEAKS (Narrative Feature · 1:30:00)
3:15 PM – 5:12 PM · RECLAIMING MEMORY: REVERENCE + FANON · Block Ticket $35
• REVERENCE: RECLAIMING THE FORGOTTEN (Doc Short · 32:50)
• REDISCOVERING FANON (Doc Feature · 1:24:00)
5:15 PM – 6:00 PM · CLOSING CONVERSATION
• Memory • Resistance • Identity • Storytelling
9:30 AM – 11:29 AM · ROOTS, MEMORY & RESISTANCE · Block Ticket $30
• PARADOX: ECHOES OF REFORM & THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE (Doc · 57:00)
• BERMUDA RIOTS ARE DIFFERENT (Doc Short · 6:00)
• THOUGHTS BECOME THINGS (Narrative Short · 6:00)
• DECODING THOUGHTS (Doc Short · 10:00)
9:30 AM – 11:43 AM · EMERGING VOICES: ISLAND STORIES · Block Ticket $30
• BOTTLED LOVE (Narrative Short · 27:44)
• BLOOD ON THE CROWN (Narrative Feature · 1:45:00)
11:53 AM – 2:17 PM · SALA KNOWS BEST · Individual Film Ticket $30
2:27 PM – 4:00 PM · THE ART OF SEEING · Block Ticket $30
• THE BILL PATTERSON STORY (Doc Short · 15:57)
• IN LOVE AND STRUGGLE (Doc Short · 20:40)
• THE RED AND THE GREY MATTER: NEW ARCHITECTURE IN AFRICA (Doc · 56:00)
4:10 PM – 5:55 PM · BLACK ATLANTIC: IDENTITY & MEMORY · Block Ticket $30
• DOIS NILOS (TWO NILES) (Doc Short · 18:00)
• AMÍLCAR (Doc Feature · 1:27:00)
SCREEN B · INTIMATE CINEMA (35 seats)
SATURDAY · OCTOBER 17 · BUEI
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