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New Orleans Film Society

  • Submit Your Film to the 2012 New Orleans Film Festival

    Submit Your Film to the 2012 New Orleans Film Festival

    Click here for info on the 2012 New Orleans Film Festival, including festival dates and a submissions timeline.

  • NOFS, Chalmette Movies, & French Consulate Present LE HAVRE

    NOFS, Chalmette Movies, & French Consulate Present LE HAVRE

    NOFS, Chalmette Movies, and the Consulate General of France in New Orleans bring the French-language film LE HAVRE for a three-day run: January 29-31. Click here for full details.

  • See THE WEIRD WORLD OF BLOWFLY Feb. 2

    See THE WEIRD WORLD OF BLOWFLY Feb. 2

    Join DJ Soul Sister as she presents THE WEIRD WORLD OF BLOWFLY with the New Orleans Film Society and Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Thursday, February 2, at Zeitgeist. Click here for more info.

  • Documentary Doctor Comes to New Orleans

    Documentary Doctor Comes to New Orleans

    Join NOFS, NOVAC, and NALIP for a documentary film workshop featuring renowned documentary film doctor Fernanda Rossi Feb. 10-12.

  • THE INTERRUPTERS Screens Feb. 28 at Ashe

    THE INTERRUPTERS Screens Feb. 28 at Ashe

    Join the City of New Orleans, the New Orleans Film Society, and Ashe Cultural Arts Center as we present a very important screening of the documentary film THE INTERRUPTERS about stopping the cycle of violence. Click here for more information.

To engage, educate, and inspire through the art of film.

THE NEW ORLEANS FILM SOCIETY is host to the New Orleans Film Festival, Film-O-Rama, French Film Festival, New Orleans International Children’s Film Festival, and many other year-round events.

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  • NOFS Staffers Pick Top Films of 2011

    NOFS STAFFERS PICK TOP FILMS OF 2011

    After viewing a year’s worth of films, New Orleans Film Society staff members Jolene Pinder, John Desplas, and Clint Bowie put together individual top ten lists of their favorites from 2011. Two films found their way on all three of their lists: Beginners, the Mike Mills film starring Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer, and Melanie Laurent, and Bill Cunningham New York, the documentary about the NYTimes photographer that screened as part of the…

  • Louisiana Filmmakers Receive Grants

    LOUISIANA FILMMAKERS RECEIVE GRANTS

    Louisiana Entertainment, a division of Louisiana Economic Development, has announced the winners of the Louisiana Filmmakers Grant Program. The program, designed to support Louisiana’s indigenous independent filmmakers, attracted many talented applicants from diverse backgrounds. The state of Louisiana awarded over $138,500 to the top eight contenders. The highest honor went to Valerie Holiday for her project titled “Survivor,” a tale depicting a woman’s endurance and resiliency upon the death of her husband.…

  • NOFF Films Receive Spirit Award Nominations

    NOFF FILMS RECEIVE SPIRIT AWARD NOMINATIONS

    The Independent Spirit Awards have been announced, and several films from the 2011 New Orleans Film Festival are among the nominees. One of our Opening Night Selections, The Artist,was nominated for Best Feature, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Male Lead, and Best Cinematography. Our Closing Night Selection, Martha Marcy May Marlene, was nominated for Best First Feature, Best Female Lead, Best Supporting Male, and the Piaget Producers Award. Another NOFF selection, Take…

  • Jacques Tati Film Festival at Antenna Gallery

    JACQUES TATI FILM FESTIVAL AT ANTENNA GALLERY

    Antenna Gallery celebrates the life and humor of one of the greatest comic minds of the 20th century, Jacques Tati. Through the week all of Tati’s feature length films will be presented along with shorts, two animated films inspired by Tati, as well as two documentaries. Curated By Wesley Stokes. Film screenings start 8:00 p.m. Monday, January 23. Location: Press Street’s Antenna Gallery – 3161 Burgundy Street, New Orleans, LA 70117. The…

  • Local Film Accepted into Sundance Film Festival

    LOCAL FILM ACCEPTED INTO SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL

    Congratulations to New Orleans-based film production company Court 13, for the acceptance of their film Beasts of the Southern Wild into the 2012 Sundance Film Festival! Beasts of the Southern Wild will premiere in the U.S. dramatic competition at Sundance, alongside 15 other American narrative feature films. Made in Louisiana, this film is directed by Benh Zeitlin and written by Benh Zeitlin and Lucy Alibar. The film is described as “Waters gonna…