{"id":7137,"date":"2022-11-10T18:09:40","date_gmt":"2022-11-10T23:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fablehouse.tv\/?p=7137"},"modified":"2023-03-19T14:19:11","modified_gmt":"2023-03-19T19:19:11","slug":"2022-new-orleans-film-festival-declares-its-filmmaker-awards-from-an-extraordinary-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fablehouse.tv\/2022-new-orleans-film-festival-declares-its-filmmaker-awards-from-an-extraordinary-field\/","title":{"rendered":"A thunderclap amongst mountains: The 2022 New Orleans Film Festival declares its filmmaker awards from an extraordinary field"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A thunderclap amongst mountains: The 2022 New Orleans Film Festival declares its filmmaker awards from an extraordinary field<\/h1>\n

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\u201cA crop of Louisiana filmmakers so strong it could benchpress your mom.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

That was the quote from\u2026no, no\u2013literally nobody said that. I\u2019m trying to be dramatic. What I should have said was this:\u00a0<\/p>\n

I walked into the \u201cDoc Shorts: Southern Dreams and Ruminations\u201d screening at the New Orleans Jazz Market<\/a> on Saturday. The lights dimmed. I took a seat. Around 24 minutes later I watched the ethereal beauty of Andy Sarjahani<\/a>\u2019s To the Bone<\/a> and experienced a flowing surge of emotion straight through my chest. I was living inside this filmmaker\u2019s essay captured overtop the visually immersive beauty of snowflakes gently gathering in the Ozark National Forest.\u00a0<\/p>\n

What followed was a watery feeling in my eyes that emotionally functional adults might call \u201ctears\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The in-person portion of the 2022 New Orleans Film Festival<\/a> started November 3rd with its premiere of The Inspection<\/a><\/em> at Second Line Stages<\/a> and concluded on the 8th at the Jazz Market with a wonderfully bluesy performance by Little Freddie King<\/a>. In between those dates, independent filmmakers from Louisiana and around the world gathered to appreciate what they\u2019ve invested and to explore the stories of their peers, their old friends, and the just-made-soon-to-be-forever friends. <\/p>\n

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The gathering is a \u201cthunderclap\u201d because well, how do you best describe a gathered outpouring of creative energy? All these storytellers together exude power, and that\u2019s what was seen in the muscular storytelling present in an extraordinary field of selections for this year\u2019s festival.<\/p>\n

The awards ceremony took place at the New Orleans Jazz Market during the Sunday morning Filmmaker\u2019s Brunch (AKA the \u201cSaturday afterparty hangover award thing\u201d). Here were some of the highlights of the 2022 New Orleans Film Festival:<\/p>\n

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