Schedule
2026
THURSDAY OCT 15
FRIDAY OCT 16
SATURDAY OCT 17
SUNDAY OCT 18
OPENING DAY
SCREENING DAY
ICEBREAKERS
PRROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
Location secret
5:45 - 6:45 PM
Book Discussion & Signing
8:30 - 10:30 AM ​
Filmmakers Brunch
​INVITATION ONLY
​5:00 - 6:00 PM
All Access Reception powered by Blk_Script
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​6:00 - 6:30 PM
Founders Greeting + Update
Vanguard Award ​
Festival Ambassador #1
Festival Ambassador #2
Legacy Award
9:00 - 11:00 AM ​
Tobias Truvillion, acclaimed actor and performance coach will conduct his special branded actors workshop
(limited space available)
Join author and entrepreneur Leslie Short for a special one-on-one conversation with the QCFF Communications Director, Dr. MJ VanDevere about her inspiring book, Someone Has to Be the First.This special event is free and open to the public.
7:30 - 8:00 PM​​​
​ Dinner Served for ticket and All Access Pass Holders ( limited seating available )
11:45 - 12:30 PM FREE
Two Lewis - GRAMMY winning music producer turned film producer, Two Lewis shares what it takes to greenlight your own project from the first spark of an idea to development, production, and final release.
4:45 - 6:05 PM ​
Block 4
Beg A Yuh Call
No Labels
Jamarcus Rose & Da 5 Bullet Holes
Take it to the Grave
8:00 - 9:30 pm
Opening Night Jazz Concert
powered by
Blk_Script & Downtown Plainfield
BLOOD BROTHERS
featuring Nasheet Waits & Abraham Burton
12:45 - 1:30 PM FREE
Come explore the power of Independent Media with 5 leaders of the industry
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8:00 - 10:00 PM​​
Join the Ladies of the airwaves from BKS1 Radios Hit show Outstanding Women Who Help Heal (OWWHH ) Show and some very special guests
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​6:30 - 7:45 PM
Lowelyfe
Stream of Memories
If Anything Happens I Love You
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Opening Night Select Short
What Chu Mixed With?
Liars of Black Mountain Road
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6:20 - 7:40 PM ​
Paralysis
Affordable Housing
Noperra
Chasing Memories
Attached
4:00 - 5:00 PM FREE
Featured discussions on film & television growth in New Jersey, understanding New Jersey film tax incentives, legal considerations for film productions, production accounting
5:10 - 5:30 PM FREE​
Awards Ceremony
Best of Fest
5:35 - 6:25 PM ​
Award Winning Director Jamal Hodge conducts a directors workshop and skills building session. (screening of Typecast)