# Bed-Stuy Film Festival Returns

> Brooklyn's Bed-Stuy Film Festival brings emerging filmmakers and Hollywood heavyweights to the Billie Holiday Theatre this weekend.
- Title: Bed-Stuy Film Festival Returns · Complex | Shortify
- Summary: Brooklyn's Bed-Stuy Film Festival brings emerging filmmakers and Hollywood heavyweights to the Billie Holiday Theatre this weekend. The Bed-Stuy Film…
- Keywords: bed-stuy film festival, billie holiday theatre, tyler perry studios, amc networks, allblk, loira limbal, the nextshift, the therapist, through the night, culture, music, Bed-Stuy
- Source: Complex — https://complex.com/pop-culture/a/bernadette-giacomazzo/bedstuy-film-festival-updated-lineup
- Published: 2026-10-15T22:04:54.757+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: bed-stuy film festival, billie holiday theatre, tyler perry studios, amc networks, allblk, loira limbal, the nextshift, the therapist, through the night, culture, music
## Festival Returns
The Bed-Stuy Film Festival returns to Brooklyn's Billie Holiday Theatre October 16, 18 for its fifth annual edition.
## New Films Feature
The lineup includes The NextShift, The Therapist, and Loira Limbal's Through the Night documentary about working-class mothers.
## Industry Panels
Tyler Perry Studios and AMC Networks' ALLBLK professionals discuss studio backing versus creative independence and vertical films.
## Festival Founder
Nickie Robinson, founder of the festival, aims to uplift voices overlooked in mainstream Hollywood through urban storytelling opportunities.
## Billie Holiday Theatre
The historic Billie Holiday Theatre has hosted major performers since 1972 and received the National Medal of Arts in 2023.
## Key takeaway

The Bed-Stuy Film Festival returns to Brooklyn October 16, 18 with three films and industry panels focused on independent filmmaking.