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Supporting Louisiana filmmakers is a year-round activity, and the Cinema on the Bayou Festival is ready to spark it off for 2023.<\/p>\n
The international eight-day festival begins January 25th and runs to February 1st in and around downtown Lafayette, Louisiana. The festival will screen more than 175 films and starts off Wednesday night with the world premiere screening of Director Nicholas Campbell\u2019s The Ragin\u2019 13<\/a><\/em>, a documentary about a championship weightlifting team that had common roots in their exiled ancestors.<\/p>\n The Cinema on the Bayou Festival spotlights narrative, documentary, animated, and experimental films with a concentrated emphasis on the Cajun and Creole cultures of Louisiana. Of course, in between these screenings, a Cajun film festival wouldn\u2019t feel without authentic cuisine and music with Francophone roots.\u00a0<\/p>\n The festival was founded in 2006 by Artistic Director Pat Mire and is now Louisiana\u2019s second-oldest film fest. Unique to Cinema on the Bayou is its presentation of the \u201cgoujon caille\u201d award, which is an artistic rendering of cajun culture\u2019s treasured spotted catfish. As we warned in the film submission announcement<\/a> last year:<\/p>\n DISCLAIMER: You will not receive an actual catfish if your film wins. If you win, you\u2019ll have to simply settle for international recognition instead.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/fablehouse.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Cinema-on-the-Bayou-01-res.jpg” alt=”Cinema on the Bayou film festival” title_text=”Cinema on the Bayou film festival” show_bottom_space=”off” _builder_version=”4.19.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”25px||5px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.19.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”||on||||||” text_font_size=”13px” text_letter_spacing=”1px” text_line_height=”1.5em” text_orientation=”center” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Photo credit: cinemaonthebayou.com<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.19.4″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Of the 17th Cinema on the Bayou Festival, festival founder Pat Mire said<\/a>:<\/p>\n Each year, Cinema on the Bayou brings to Acadiana the best in independent film, and the filmmakers who make those films, from across the United States and Canada and from around the world.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n For those who can\u2019t physically attend, the films will be available for online screening<\/a> beginning on Wednesday, January 25th. The full schedule<\/a> is available now. Some of the intriguing screenings unique to Cinema on the Bayou include:<\/p>\n All-access passes are only $100(!) and are available for purchase here<\/a>.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.19.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_2_font=”|600||on|||||” header_2_font_size=”24px” header_2_letter_spacing=”1px” header_2_line_height=”1.4em” custom_margin=”||5px||false|false” header_2_font_size_tablet=”24px” header_2_font_size_phone=”24px” header_2_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/fablehouse.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-French-Film-Festival-01.jpg” alt=”2023 French Film Festival” title_text=”2023 French Film Festival” _builder_version=”4.19.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”25px||25px||true|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.19.4″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n It\u2019s the only Louisiana film festival older than Cinema on the Bayou – the 26th annual New Orleans French Film Festival<\/a>. The 2023 festival will run from March 9th to 13th and last year\u2019s festival was screened entirely at the historic Prytania Theatre<\/a>.<\/p>\n If the festival follows its previous format, festivalgoers will see a curated selection of purely French-language films – last year\u2019s festival included<\/a> 16 narrative features, three documentary features, and four short films. Each film included English subtitles.\u00a0<\/p>\n Members of the New Orleans Film Society<\/a> will receive two complimentary all-access passes to the 2023 French Film Festival. Non-Film Society members can purchase all-access passes<\/a> for $95. The all-access pass gives complete access (well, duh) to the screenings and includes entrance to the Festival Patron Party. Individual screening tickets will be available for non-members for $16 each. The explicit screening lineup has not yet been released.\u00a0<\/p>\n For current information on each festival, follow Cinema on the Bayou on Twitter<\/a> and Instagram<\/a> and follow the New Orleans Film Society<\/a> for information on the 26th annual French Film Festival.\u00a0<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider _builder_version=”4.19.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_cta title=”SUBSCRIBE TO OUR WEEKLY NEWSLETTER” button_url=”https:\/\/fablehouse.tv\/newsletter\/” button_text=”SUBSCRIBE” _builder_version=”4.19.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_font_size=”24px” header_line_height=”1.4em” body_font_size=”16px” body_line_height=”1.5em” background_enable_color=”off” use_background_color_gradient=”on” background_color_gradient_stops=”rgba(0,0,0,0.69) 0%|rgba(0,0,0,0.41) 100%” background_color_gradient_overlays_image=”on” background_image=”https:\/\/fablehouse.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Enlight67-1.jpg” background_enable_pattern_style=”on” background_pattern_style=”diagonal-stripes-2″ background_pattern_color=”rgba(0,0,0,0.15)” custom_margin=”||40px||false|false” custom_padding=”100px|35px|100px|35px|true|true” custom_padding_tablet=”100px|35px|100px|35px|true|true” custom_padding_phone=”80px|30px|80px|30px|true|true” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” header_font_size_tablet=”22px” header_font_size_phone=”21px” header_font_size_last_edited=”on|desktop” border_radii=”on|15px|15px|15px|15px” border_radii_tablet=”on|15px|15px|15px|15px” border_radii_phone=”on|15px|15px|15px|15px” border_radii_last_edited=”on|desktop” global_module=”7346″ saved_tabs=”all” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n No spam, we promise! 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The 2023 French Film Festival ready to spotlight French-language films<\/h2>\n