Find festival info, performance schedules, and what Festival Director Gian Smith is excited about for the 2023 Black Film Fest of New Orleans.
The 26th annual New Orleans French Film Festival starts March 9th, and here’s the full film lineup for the 2023 New Orleans French Film Festival.
Maybe the 38th Annual Film Independent Spirit Awards has something going on that the others don’t. Let’s examine what gives the 2023 Film Independent Spirit Awards the juice to serve as a role model for the broken drifting flotsam that is the current cinematic awards scene.
The 2023 New Orleans Film Society Gala will take place at the New Orleans Lakefront Airport on Saturday, April 22nd, as a fundraiser to support Louisiana filmmakers.
Director Jonathan Isaac Jackson is a born-and-raised New Orleans filmmaker whose films show a pronounced depth and sense of responsibility to accurately depict Black history and culture in New Orleans. His documentary Big Chief, Black Hawk immerses the viewer in “the culture” and the meaning and background behind the tradition of masking for Mardi Gras Indians.
Director and Editor Misty Talley will host the workshop “Editing Theory in Practice” at the NOVAC campus in New Orleans on Thursday, March 2nd. The “Editing Theory in Practice” workshop is an intermediate course and will cover editing theory, analyzing coverage, cutting compelling conversations, creating tension, coherent action beats, and even editing with VFX plates. The session will also focus on helping filmmakers improve their Adobe Premiere Pro skills.
Wherever you are in the creative process, there are entire networks devoted to helping foster the talents of Louisiana filmmakers. Here are a few upcoming events designed to amplify the voices of the Louisiana independent film community.
New Orleans-filmed ‘Daisy Jones and the Six’ series, the adaptation of Taylor Jenkin Reid’s bestselling novel is set to premiere on March 3rd on Prime Video.
Supporting Louisiana filmmakers is a year-round activity, and the Cinema on the Bayou Festival is ready to spark it off for 2023, starting January 25th, while the French Film Festival will run from March 9th to 13th.