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BESLA PRESENTS

2022 BESLA Film Festival

Total Prize Value: Film Distribution on BET

Campaign Over

Nov 01, 2022 - Nov 07, 2022

View Final Round
  1. Against Yourself - Tennis Short Film

    Starring: Dana Burtin a.k.a LyricalGenes Director:...

  2. Mindfcked

    A charismatic, over-confident club goer and an att...

  3. The Woman Behind Black Cowboy Festivals

    ...

  4. Dead Vibes

    Siblings April and Shakur find themselves having t...

  5. THROUGH THE FIRE

    The story follows the struggle of the main charact...

  6. A Superhero's Life

    Residents of a small urban city join together to o...

  7. ELAMENT

    Elament (I spelt it that way on purpose) is about ...

  8. CALLEND 480p

    ...

  9. Black Magic

    A Film About Black Women For Black Women Based on...

  10. Buzzkilll

    While at their friend Allison’s birthday party, ...

  11. Dinner Table

    An inspirational story about the disconnection of ...

  12. Sheets Anarchy Prologue

    ...

  13. Decentering Whiteness - A Spoken Word Poem by Darius Simpson

    “I want to talk about how reality can be obscure...

  14. Still I Rise

    A visual and musical interpretation of American...

  15. The Equal Justice Initiative

    The US has the world’s highest incarceration ...

  16. In Her Mind

    ...

  17. The Color of Covid - Spoken Word Poetry by Darius Simpson

    Are we all in this together? It has become glaring...

  18. America Under Fire

    "America Under Fire" is a film about three attorne...

  19. Dreamer

    The song was created from the short film “DREAME...

  20. The Winter

    VOTE AND SHARE Synopsis:

  21. THE EPICENTER - ABRIDGED 10 MINUTE REDUCED VERSION

    I live in Minneapolis, Minnesota where George Floy...

  22. The Difference - Music Video

    "Do we really want to bring a child into this Worl...

  23. Ancestors

    A short film about a man visited by ancestors as h...

  24. Not Again

    Expect the unexpected. ...

  25. EYES

    Love at first SIGHT ...

  26. Uptown Oasis

    In 2004, Abdi Abajabal came to the United States f...

  27. Magic

    This was a thesis project wand started out as a sh...

  28. NO CAP

    Synopsis: Atlanna is Hip Hop. No Cap. No Cap is ...

  29. Sophia

    Every year, a man writes a love letter to his wife...

  30. Black is Black

    Logline: Black is Black is a short film sparking a...

  31. Beauty Mark

    A young woman struggles with the illusion that pai...

  32. The Blue Cape

    In hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico, medicine can ...

  33. MESSAGE TO MY UNBORN

    Max Carey, a pimp in the Houston human trafficking...

  34. The Difference

    "Do we really want to bring a child into this Worl...

  35. MUTE smaller version

    ...

  36. Lone Soldier Rising

    Lone Soldier Rising is a dance film that looks to ...

  37. Na Man You Be Short Film

    Na Man You Be is an award-winning school project b...

  38. Funeral

    Synopsis: A lost soul is trying to find her way th...

  39. ATTITUDE

    Attitude is one of five dance visuals apart of the...

  40. Kill Me If You Can...

    A band of murderous cult followers, stalk three co...

  41. A lesson on Kindness

    This is the start of me creating something Ive alw...

  42. trim

    ...

  43. Dashade BlackStone

    In 1866 six regiments of African American soldiers...

  44. Plus One

    This film is about a black woman celebrating the b...

  45. RAINFALL

    Synopsis: A sensual serenade is the cure to loneli...

  46. ELEMENTS

    Synopsis: Take a deep breath. Get some nature. Rel...

Total Videos: 45 • Total Votes: 2,150 • Total Video Views: 7,444

AudPop Clapper
The winners of this campaign went on to compete in a final round.
View the final round results.

Preliminary AudPop Selections

These are the audience vote winners that will proceed to the final round.

Dana Burtin

Against Yourself - Tennis Short Film

Jeffery Jackson

Mindfcked

Donaven Doughty

The Woman Behind Black Cowboy Festivals

Shaquane Yates

Dead Vibes

Elmer Ellis

THROUGH THE FIRE

Tanya Huston

A Superhero's Life

DeVon Tatum

ELAMENT

Hakima Benjamin

CALLEND 480p

Imani Gleaton

Black Magic

Cortez Mack

Dinner Table

Preliminary Team Selections

These are the team selection that will proceed to the final round.

Thomas Cooksey

Black is Black

Marcus Lorenzo

Plus One

Chantene' Doss

In Her Mind

Kerri Garrett

ATTITUDE

Brianne Berkson

The Difference

Tiara West

Sophia

Darryl Campbell

MESSAGE TO MY UNBORN

CL Supersounds

Sheets Anarchy Prologue

Larry Wright

America Under Fire

All Videos in Campaign

Dana Burtin

Against Yourself - Tennis Short Film

Vote Count: 880

Jeffery Jackson

Mindfcked

Vote Count: 397

Donaven Doughty

The Woman Behind Black Cowboy Festivals

Vote Count: 336

Shaquane Yates

Dead Vibes

Vote Count: 129

Elmer Ellis

THROUGH THE FIRE

Vote Count: 77

Tanya Huston

A Superhero's Life

Vote Count: 54

DeVon Tatum

ELAMENT

Vote Count: 45

Hakima Benjamin

CALLEND 480p

Vote Count: 43

Imani Gleaton

Black Magic

Vote Count: 41

Jordan Faniel

Buzzkilll

Vote Count: 27

Cortez Mack

Dinner Table

Vote Count: 20

CL Supersounds

Sheets Anarchy Prologue

Vote Count: 13

Gabriel Diamond

Decentering Whiteness - A Spoken Word Poem by Darius Simpson

Vote Count: 11

Gabriel Diamond

Still I Rise

Vote Count: 10

Gabriel Diamond

The Equal Justice Initiative

Vote Count: 10

Chantene' Doss

In Her Mind

Vote Count: 8

Gabriel Diamond

The Color of Covid - Spoken Word Poetry by Darius Simpson

Vote Count: 7

Larry Wright

America Under Fire

Vote Count: 6

ALEJANDRO GONZALEZ

Dreamer

Vote Count: 4

Patrick Iradukunda

The Winter

Vote Count: 4

Valerie Rose

THE EPICENTER - ABRIDGED 10 MINUTE REDUCED VERSION

Vote Count: 3

Brianne Berkson

The Difference - Music Video

Vote Count: 3

Darren Lorenzi

Ancestors

Vote Count: 3

Vera Howard

Not Again

Vote Count: 2

Vera Howard

EYES

Vote Count: 2

Ian Phillips

Uptown Oasis

Vote Count: 2

Amantima Dube

Magic

Vote Count: 2

Kerri Garrett

NO CAP

Vote Count: 2

Tiara West

Sophia

Vote Count: 1

Thomas Cooksey

Black is Black

Vote Count: 1

Supastar Productionz

Beauty Mark

Vote Count: 1

Alejandra López

The Blue Cape

Vote Count: 1

Darryl Campbell

MESSAGE TO MY UNBORN

Vote Count: 1

Brianne Berkson

The Difference

Vote Count: 1

Emeka Mbadiwe

MUTE smaller version

Vote Count: 1

Jurne Smith

Lone Soldier Rising

Vote Count: 1

Mariam Kuku

Na Man You Be Short Film

Vote Count: 1

Kerri Garrett

Funeral

Vote Count: 0

Kerri Garrett

ATTITUDE

Vote Count: 0

Supastar Productionz

Kill Me If You Can...

Vote Count: 0

Isiah Thomas

A lesson on Kindness

Vote Count: 0

Charlana Brown

trim

Vote Count: 0

Maurizio Emanuel

Dashade BlackStone

Vote Count: 0

Marcus Lorenzo

Plus One

Vote Count: 0

Kerri Garrett

RAINFALL

Vote Count: 0

Kerri Garrett

ELEMENTS

Vote Count: 0