San Antonio Black International Film Festival
SABIFF 2025 is proud to return for our 7th year as the Alamo City's premiere Black int'l film festival. This year we begin with a pre-fest, a week ahead of the festival. Saturday, Sept. 27th we present a full day into the evening of fun, food, entertainment and film open to the entire SA community.
Set in the beautiful Lockwood-Dignowity Park which overlooks the city's downtown skyline, you'll be entertained with SA local talent, and graced with a variety of vendors, and food trucks during the day. At dusk we'll present the heartwarming coming of age drama "THE WALL STREET BOY, KIPKEMBOI, by Charles Uwagbai. This event is open to the public. Don't forget your lawn chairs and blankets!
The next week is when we kick in to gear with 4-days of the San Antonio Black International Film Festival (SABIFF) from October 2–5, 2025. Our powerful theme “ACTIonvISM: Action + Vision”—highlights how film can serves as a thought provoking medium to spark activism and social change.
For full festival details, ticket information, film previews, and schedules, visit www.sabiff.tv.
SABIFF 2025 is made possible through the support of community donations, advertisers, and key partners. This year’s sponsors include the San Antonio Film Commission, San Antonio Area Foundation (SAAF), H-E-B Diversity and Inclusion, and the Texas Cavaliers Foundation.
Additional Time Info:
3 - 7:45 PM Roam around the park there will be vendors selling a variety of merchandise, and food trucks as well as social justice information tables set up in the basketball court area. There's a nice playground for kids to freely get their play on.
Entertainment, Black Film Trivia Give aways, and DJ music will play through the day until dusk when we will present our narrative feature film.
SA's Black Cat Funk Band will bring on the funk, soul and pop, and the DJ will pump up the music to get the public to rock.
FILM DESCRIPTION:
With his life in jeopardy and jail almost a certainty, one question remains, how could a farm boy bring down the global financial system and how far is the international world order willing to go to silence his story?
