SignifyTV to Present “Threads of the Sun” — A Solstice Gathering for Women Filmmakers of the African Diaspora
Friday, March 20 | 6:30PM–8:00PM | Las Terrenas, Dominican Republic
As part of the immersive Alma Experience during the Alma Film Festival (March 17–22, 2026), SignifyTV will present Threads of the Sun — A Solstice Gathering, an intimate sunset beachside experience curated for independent women filmmakers across the African diaspora.
Taking place at sunset on one of the most beautiful beaches in Las Terrenas, this rare gathering is designed to cultivate intentional community and creative connection among women storytellers rooted in shared histories and cultural memory.
Through guided meditation and a ceremonial waist bead tying ritual—a sacred West African tradition honoring femininity and intention—participants enter a space of reflection, grounding, and meaningful connection.
“This is about building community beyond the industry,” says Alahna Lark, Executive Director of SignifyTV. “Independent women filmmakers across the diaspora carry powerful cultural memory in their work. Threads of the Sun creates space to honor that memory — not just through cinema, but through ritual, reflection, and shared intention.”
More than a networking event, Threads of the Sun is a carefully curated tribute to feminine creative power and ancestral continuity. It reflects SignifyTV’s commitment to elevating underrepresented storytellers while cultivating intentional community beyond the screen.
The gathering aligns with the Alma Film Festival’s Six Pillars of Purpose — sparking conversation that cultivates connection, strengthens community, inspires collaboration, advances cultural diplomacy, and supports collective growth.
Participation is limited to preserve intimacy and intentionality.
About the Alma Film Festival
The Alma Film Festival was created in response to structural gaps in the global film ecosystem. By design, it is a next-generation destination, experience-based film festival and cultural convening—one that functions as a cultural intelligence engine, bringing together filmmakers, scholars, technologists, artists, institutions, and audiences from across the Global South and its diasporas.
Rooted in scholarship, innovation, and deep audience engagement, Alma prioritizes fewer films with greater intentionality, creating space for meaningful dialogue, relationship-building, and long-term collaboration. With up to 80% of the program dedicated to Global South cinema, the festival showcases narrative features, documentaries, shorts, animation, experimental works, audio storytelling, and new media—centering films that engage cultural memory, social relevance, and creative innovation.
Programming is curated in partnership with global entities and agencies, reinforcing Alma’s role as a platform for shared authorship rather than extraction. Through this approach, the festival has cultivated a global community of stakeholders spanning more than 51 cities across 35 countries.
Beyond screenings, Alma integrates fellowships, symposia, performance laboratories, editorial platforms, and emerging technologies—positioning the festival not simply as an event, but as an ecosystem. Guided by the principle “The Necessity of Something New,” the Alma Film Festival advances cultural diplomacy, fosters cross-regional collaboration, and contributes to the development of sustainable creative economies worldwide.
At its core, the Alma Film Festival is a global gathering designed to nurture both ideas and people. It embraces a kaleidoscope of cultures while intentionally shifting the social dynamic from competition to connection—creating space for collaboration, understanding, and shared growth. Alma moves us from extraction to exchange, from visibility to value, and from presence to purpose.
We are doing something new.
There is a necessity for something new.
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