Afrofuturis Femmes Film Festival
Amplifying the voices of femmes in the African Diaspora through the lens of Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Thriller, and beyond.
Calling all feature films, short films, student films, experimental films, and music videos under the Afrofuturist umbrella.
Detroit
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D.C.
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Nashville
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San Francisco
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Nairobi
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Detroit 〰️ D.C. 〰️ Nashville 〰️ San Francisco 〰️ Nairobi 〰️
Detroit
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D.C.
〰️
Nashville
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San Francisco
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Nairobi
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Detroit 〰️ D.C. 〰️ Nashville 〰️ San Francisco 〰️ Nairobi 〰️
Our Sponsors
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SIMA STUDIOS
Fiscal Sponsor
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Fisk University
Venue and Kindred Sponsor
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Blackstar
Fiscal Sposor
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Center for Afrofuturist Studies
Partner
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Alamo Drafthouse Cinema
Earthseed Sponsor
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Black Film Space
Partner
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Angry Robot Books - When it Rains in Color
Earthseed Sponsor
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Nashville Filmmakers Guild
Partner
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Jackie Hunter - Lost in the Red Hills of Mars
Earthseed Sponsor
Meet Our Team
MacKenzie Galloway
Detroit native MacKenzie K. Galloway is an award-winning Afrofuturist filmmaker, fashion designer, and educator. With degrees from American University and Emerson College, she has studied and worked across the U.S., Europe, Africa, and Asia. Founder of the Afrofuturist Femmes Film Festival, working full-time teaching filmmaking to kids worldwide and working as a production assistant for NIKE, while pursuing a African American and Diaspora History PhD at Howard University, using film and storytelling to preserve ancestral knowledge and reimagine liberated futures.
Founder and Lead Curator
Carter Eglitis
Carter Eglitis is a multimedia artist and writer based in San Francisco, California. Carter founded The Carter-Eglitis Entertainment Emporium to create, develop, and sustain art by artists whose voices and points of view are excluded systemically. Since its inception Carter has had their hand in producing stage plays, films, and film festival. Eglitis’ work has been produced by various theaters and their films have exhibited at various festivals.
Associate Director
Director of Programming and Operations
Tay Amari-Little
Tay Amari Little is a multidisciplinary artist creating stories rooted in cultural preservation. Her practice spans across writing, illustration, film, and game design. Grounded in social sciences and multilingual studies, she incorporates ethnographic and sociological research into her media as a method to restore cultural elements of our communities that have been suppressed by colonialism. Tay is the founder of Court of Arts Studio, creating Hoodoo-themed comics, Black queer visual art, and culturally-affirming stationery. She has led initiatives in the LGBTQ+ Muslim community founding Queer Ummah: International LGBTQ+ Muslim Visibility Project and co-founding queer-affirming mosque and social organization Islamic Healing Space of Ann Arbor & Ypsilanti. Her artistry has been exhibited globally. She currently pursues her MFA at College for Creative Studies and continues to bring to life Black cultural spiritual narratives of connection.
Joy Jones
Screener
Joy Jones is an actor, audiobook narrator, and filmmaker who works in the DC/Baltimore and NYC markets. She is pleased to be part of the festival team for a third time.
Director of Programming
Tiffani Franklin
The Detroit native, Tiffani Franklin enjoys being a director, screenwriter, and assistant director. She obtained her Bachelor’s degree in Film at Wayne State University. Her witty, upbeat personality opens up olive branches to get inspired and connect with people of any background. Tiffani’s ability to work with other people on and off set makes her one hell of a dedicated team player.
Tiffani’s Big 3:: Virgo Sun, Capricorn moon, and Sagittarius rising