Our film Madame Pipi hits the continent and will be screening at FESPACO in Burkina Faso. FESPACO is one of the largest film festivals in Africa and we are delighted to share that our Miami story competes for best shorts. If you have yet to see our love letter to Haiti that details the lives of 3 Haitian bathroom attendants working in Miami Nightclubs, please check it out on PBS’s REEL SOUTH season 7. 

Official Trailer for MADAME PIPI!

We are so proud of these women right here! Jamye Gershen and Diana Larrea are a big part of the Miami Film Festival’s history. Alumni and current talents in this year’s film festival, these creatives are what make up the best of Miami's independent film community. They each had award-winning projects every year for the past 3-years at the Miami Film Festival. Catch their films this year as they present two fascinating real life stories about every day Miami.

CAPTION: Jayme Gershen, Rachelle Salnave, Diana Larrea - Miami Film Festival '23 - Presenting MADAME PIPI.

Black Lounge Films participates in the 40th annual Miami Film Festival selecting five narrative films capturing the Black global experience. The festival takes place March 3rd-12th, 2023. Do something different and join us.

THE GRAVITY by Cédric Ido



An unprecedented alignment of planets impacting gravity will upset the balance of a ghetto and the destiny of two duos of brothers eager to do anything for their freedom in an unceasing fight between old and new generations.

Join us for an in-person q&a with director Cédric Ido - Sunday, March 5th 12:30pm - Silverspot Cinema 16

ME LITTLE ME by Elizabeth Aiyku

While in the early stages of recovery from an eating disorder, Mya finds herself especially alone. As though balancing her mental health and relationships wasn’t hard enough, tension rises when she’s promoted in her male-dominant industry with demanding expectations and delinquent coworkers. Stress rises to an all-time high, and together, obstacles culminate until everything comes tumbling down. In a humble and heartbreaking journey, Mya embodies just how complicated, tiring, and lonely it can be to feel just a little self-love.

Join us for an in-person q&a with director Elizabeth Aiyku - Saturday, March 11th 3:15pm - Silverspot Cinema 16

NAYOLA directed by José Miguel Ribeiro

Angola. Three generations of women in a 25-year-long civil war: Lelena (the grandmother), Nayola (the daughter) and Yara (the granddaughter).

Past and present interlace. Nayola goes in search of her missing husband at the height of the war. Decades later, the country is nally at peace but Nayola has not returned. Yara has become a rebellious teenager and a subversive rap singer. Lelena tries to contain her for fear of the police coming to arrest her. One night, a masked intruder breaks into their house, armed with a machete. An encounter like nothing they could have imagined...

TORI & LOKITA directed by Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne

In Belgium today, a young boy and an

adolescent girl who have travelled alone

from Africa pit their invincible friendship

against the difficult conditions of their exile.

Kite Zo A (Leave the Bones) directed by Kaveh Nabatian

In 1791, in Haiti, Dutty Boukman presided over a Vodou ritual in Bois-Caïman that led to the creation of the first Black republic. Since then, rituals of transformation and artistic expression have been at the core of a thriving culture as the country faces oppression, poverty, and natural disasters. "Kite Zo A” (Leave the Bones) is a sensorial film about rituals in Haiti, from ancient to modern, made in collaboration with poets, dancers, musicians, fishermen, daredevil rollerbladers, and Vodou priests, set to poetry by Haitian author Wood-Jerry Gabriel.

In an ongoing commitment to support Miami’s filmmaking ecosystem Oolite Arts is back for year two of Local Love Letters! This initiative will provide $5,000 to 10 filmmakers to create new short films featuring Little Haiti as the backdrop. While open format in terms of content, we’re challenging filmmakers to use their favorite spots in Little Haiti as the locations for their short films. The filmmakers will have up to two months to complete their films, which will screen at a community event later in 2023.



This program is generously co-funded by the Lynn and Louis Wolfson II Family Foundation.