SPARK Filmmakers Collaborative

05/12/2026

Join us for the 7th Spark Short Film festival - screening & celebrating 18 beautiful and thought provoking films centered in the world we are becoming - one filled with joy, love, health, and human connection.

See you June 20 4-6pm - FREE

04/26/2026

After this year’s short film fest and the Haudenosaunee Film Program in September, Spark will be going dormant.

After 8 years of joyful volunteer work, my work has run its course.

Thanks to everyone who has contributed and shown up over the years. Thank you to all the wonderful filmmakers who have shared their voices and vision.

It’s time for me to focus on my own storytelling and spiritual development.

❤️

Lukia C
Spark …
Founder/Executive Director

02/25/2026

A project after our own heart!

6-week live experience. Limited cohort.

02/24/2026

Find your audience at Western New York’s premiere cinematic event - Buffalo International Film Festival! Now in its 20th year, the annual eight day festiv...

02/22/2026

Learn how short, low-pressure projects give documentary filmmakers a way to practice, improve their craft, and keep moving—without waiting for permission or better conditions.

02/19/2026

02/19/2026

Submissions are now open for films up to 8 min long!

02/15/2026

🎥 17th Native Women in Film Festival | March 8–13, 2026
Where Story Becomes Ceremony and Script Becomes Sovereignty™

🏆 Academy Awards Week Women of Color Decolonizing the Entertainment Industry
🔥 A global platform for Indigenous women storytellers.
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02/14/2026

Join us Feb. 22 for the rally & march to mark the 4th year of the war russia brought to Ukraine. We'll meet at 11:30 am at Pike Place Market in downtown Seattle and walk to the Space Needle where there will be a rally.
Everyone is needed this year! Some Ukrainian refugees are afraid to come this year due to ICE's cruelty. Please come and bring your family & friends. Wear blue & yellow and bring Ukrainian and American flags. We need you. Yes, you!

09/26/2025

Tomorrow 11:30 am North Park Theatre:

"It Is Up To Us" film screening & tjalk baack with producers Producers Stephen McKinley Henderson & Steve Rosenthal moderated by Jillian Hanesworth.

This is a documentary about segregated/racist America, targeted to the many white citizens who are not conversant enough with the history of racism, and how it affects us all today and going forward. It is about the stories we tell of a ‘zero-sum’ country where if one group makes gains, another must experience loss. Racism, and the fear of ‘being replaced’ is at the root of many problems in this country — lack of: universal health care, universal day care, sensible gun control, equity in education, housing, generational wealth development, voting rights, and the list goes on.

Please join us for a matinee 'sneak preview' of our new documentary on Saturday, September 27 at 11:30 am in Buffalo's newly enhanced North Park Theatre

Tickets: $15 - available at the door