Over the past two decades, Indigenous North African or Amazigh film festivals have proliferated, focusing on relational definitions of Indigeneity and addressing historical discrimination. These festivals have significantly impacted the image of Amazigh culture and influenced film production locally and internationally. This chapter provides a case study of the New York Forum of Amazigh Film (NYFAF), founded in 2015 and co-curated by the authors. Located in a diverse, working-class, multilingual, and multi-religious urban community college, NYFAFNew York Forum of Amazigh Film (NYFAF) addresses two main questions: How is a film festival shaped by its cultural focus? How is an Indigenous film festival, like NYFAF, shaped by its location and audience? The authors argue that curating a film festival dedicated to an emergent Indigenous African cinema in a pedagogical setting initiates a journey of discovery, offering a temporary community of cross-cultural encounter and exchange that responds to the target audience, the moment, and to the evolution of this cinema.