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The cajun culture spotlight is on: 2023 Cinema on the Bayou, French Film Festival ready to kick off
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.
Anne Rice’s ‘Mayfair Witches’ immerses the Garden District of New Orleans in haunted shades of blue
Mayfair Witches is a growing franchise from AMC, based on Anne Rice’s books and shot entirely on location on Prytania Street in the Garden District of New Orleans.
The 2023 Overlook Film Festival is ready to make NOLA scrape its nails on the basement wall in claustrophobic terror
Each year the Overlook Film Festival brings an internationally eclectic selection of the best horror films to New Orleans, Louisiana, the most haunted city in the country.
A tremor ripples in the bayou: Louisiana’s Kisatchie National Forest welcomes Adam Driver and prehistoric man-eaters in ’65’
In 65, Adam Driver crashes into a prehistoric wilderness (Kisatchie National Forest, Louisiana) and must survive with a pistol and some simple laser hand grenades.
What’s happenin’ in New Orleans: Spend your holiday break applying to the 2023 Southern Producers Lab and other 2023 NOFS resources for Louisiana creators
The New Orleans Film Society’s 2023 Southern Producers Lab is an annual four-day virtual lab, and is accepting applications until January 16th!
So you want to have a car chase…Baton Rouge Film Commissioner Katie Pryor talks logistics and what it looks like to be a concierge for an entire city
Katie Pryor talks about the work of the Baton Rouge Film Commission, the mission of the Film USA network, and exactly what goes on before a shoot ever begins.
Hey, NOLA doc filmmakers: Whatcha doin’ Wednesday night? NOVAC to host ‘Fundraising for documentaries’ workshop
This Wednesday night, December 14th, at NOVAC in New Orleans, documentary filmmaker Darcy McKinnon will lead a workshop that will help equip filmmakers with tools that can help make the financial process easier.
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