June 19–27, 2025

The Roxbury International Film Festival

The Roxbury International Film Festival (ROXFILM) is the largest festival in New England celebrating people of color from around the world. In person and online, the festival presents narrative and documentary features, shorts, animation, experimental, and youth films. The festival holds workshops, panel discussions, discussions with filmmakers, and networking opportunities. ROXFILM is a competitive festival.

This year’s festival takes place in person at venues throughout Boston and online. See the full schedule.

Festival Pass

If you wish to see multiple films in the ROXFILM lineup, purchase a festival pass!

In-Person Pass

$165

Available through June 23, 2025, at 11:59 pm.

Buy Pass

The In-Person Pass grants access to most in-person events in the festival, including those at the MFA, Hibernian Hall, and Massachusetts College of Art and Design. For more information, see roxfilmfest.com.

Note that additional venues will be listed on your pass purchases as non-MFA screenings.
Admission to the June 19 screening of Paint Me a Road Out of Here is not guaranteed with the festival pass. Free tickets are available at the MFA’s Remis box office on a first-come, first-served basis beginning at 6 pm on June 19.

Upcoming Events

Film

Thursday, June 19, 2025
7:00 pm–8:45 pm

Directed by Catherine Gund (USA, 2024, 90 min.).

Film

Friday, June 20, 2025
5:30 pm–7:15 pm

Various directors.

Film

Friday, June 20, 2025
8:00 pm–10:00 pm

Various directors.

Film

Saturday, June 21, 2025
2:30 pm–4:50 pm

Various directors.

Film

Sunday, June 22, 2025
2:30 pm–4:50 pm

Directed by Karen Chapman (Canada, 2024, 83 min.).

Film

Friday, June 27, 2025
4:30 pm–6:45 pm

Various directors.

Film

Friday, June 27, 2025
7:30 pm–9:45 pm

Directed by Holland Randolph Gallagher (USA, 2024, 100 min.).

Sponsors

Shapiro Family Foundation logo

Funders of the Ruth and Carl J. Shapiro Film Program at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.