New Orleans Film Festival
new orleans film festival annual film festival organized nonprofit organization new orleans film society film society founded festival held since society inception festival take place midoctober festival nicknamed cannes mississippi feature national international feature film short film festival one offyear new orleans suffered effect hurricane katrina festival grown internationally respected annual event attracts – people filmmaker film one film festival oscarqualifying three academyaccredited category narrative short documentary short animated short—and recognized moviemaker magazine one “top film festival worth entry fee” every year since one two festival receive recognition six straight year listed “top coolest film festival world” moviemaker magazine film shown event included causeway finger wind empire light street punx paste magazine praised festival offering “a platform voice still fight heard” honor three vital commitment filmmaker audience hungry fresh work perspective less often represented silver screen film festival come submission ensuring new orleans film festival place discovery voice opportunity heard film helmed woman gender nonconforming filmmaker helmed filmmaker color emerging voice mentorship program initiative new orleans film society created founded principle create diverse storytelling landscape filmmaker color louisiana need greater access gatekeeper applicant include filmmaker narrative documentary project short feature webbased experimental film music video developmentpreproduction stage selected annual new orleans film festival selected filmmaker paired film industry leader act mentor oneonone meeting mentees also participate short intensive meeting industry professional noff industry exchange pitch project build connection program work empower local community well promote unique perspective culture created louisiana rest country world effort expand offering service support diverse maker new orleans film festival launched first screenplay competition coincide new orleans film festival competition open short episodic featurelength screenplay winner category well one screenwriter louisiana category receives cash prize winner top three finalist category receive allaccess pas attend new orleans film festival writer invited panel roundtable reception networking event screening course nineday event – inspector ike dir graham mason – test pattern dir shatara michelle ford – chained life dir aaron schimberg – victor’s history dir nicolas chevaillier –the kid dir chris brown – ember dir claire carré – proud citizen dir thom southerland – two god dir zeshawn ali – pier kid dir elegance bratton – bird dir richard miron – ask sexpert dir vaishali sinha – jackson dir maisie crow – hotel nueva isla dir irene gutierrez – bell ring dir brad bore – mossville great tree fall dir alexander glustrom – taco truck kill fascist dir rodrigo dorfman – u want dir josh freund sam radutzky – delta justice isleños trapper war dir david dubos – big charity dir alexander glustrom – straight dir james sweeney – solace dir tchaiko omewale – sambá dir laura amelia guzman israel cardenas – first kiss people involved dir luigi campi – driving black dir paul sapiano – decadence love thanks everything dir stuart sox – long shadow dir daniel lafrentz – true quixote dir chris poché – buckjumping dir lily keber tied tuba cuba dir tg herrington danny clinch – five awake dir donna dees susan willis – consequence dir jonathan nguyen ashley george – big charity dir alexander glustrom new orleans film society moviemaker magazine film festival worth entry fee new orleans film society collection loyola university new orleans