Black Speaks Back (est. 2016, Brussels. Based in Amsterdam) is a Belgo-Dutch grassroots platform and dedicated to amplifying Black narratives from the Netherlands and Belgium in experimental ways. We facilitate discussion, conduct art-based research, and create poetic short films.​ Our work has been featured on a dozen film festivals, conferences, and cultural centers across the world. Our debut short film EUphoria (2018) had its international premiere at the Pan African Film and Art festival in Los Angeles - the world's largest Black film festival, and was awarded the prize for Best fiction at the Belgian Breedbeeld short film competition. Our latest film Zwarte Ibis (2024) is currently doing the rounds on national and international film festivals and was already awarded the title of Best Experimental Film at the Afrofutirist Femmes Film Festival in Washington DC, as well as Best Cinematography at the All Independent African Film Festival in Kigali, Rwanda. ​With this platform, we seek to create a community hub where our own work is showcased alongside the audiovisual and literary work of other Black creatives and critical thinkers. ​​​