Our members get exclusive discounts on all NOFF2020 passes and tickets alongside other year-round benefits. Purchase your membership first and then buy your pass to get your discount automatically applied on your pass. If you are already a member, log in after clicking on of the “Buy Pass” buttons below to get your discount!

Tickets

All tickets are now on sale!

Virtual Cinema Tickets: $10 Regular, $8 for NOFS Members

Open-Air Cinema Tickets: $15 Regular, $10 for NOFS Members
Online sales for Open-Air Cinema tickets close 15 mins. before the event starts.

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All Access Pass

$160 Regular, $130 for NOFS Members

 

  • Access to all outdoor screenings at Lafitte Greenway between November 6-16, 20+ screenings
  • Access to all NOFF Virtual screenings and events between November 6-22, 160+ films, available globally with access to some films restricted to some regions. See film access by region here.
  • Early access to online reservations on October 5, two weeks before they go on sale for the general public
  • Access to a virtual meet-the-programmers event to get film recommendations and insights prior to NOFF2020
  • NOFF2020 highlights mailed to your address if purchased by September 25th (only U.S. addresses)

Virtually Everything Pass

$90 Regular, $70 for NOFS Members

 

  • Access to all NOFF Virtual screenings and events between November 6-22, 160+ films, available globally with access to some films restricted to some regions. See film access by region here.
  • Early access to online reservations on October 5, two weeks before they go on sale for the general public
  • Access to a virtual meet-the-programmers event to get film recommendations and insights prior to NOFF2020

Virtual Shorts Pass

$55 Regular, $45 for NOFS Members

  • Free admission to all short film programs and events at the NOFF Virtual Cinema between November 6-22, 120 films. Perfect for anyone who would like to watch all the short films in the program
  • All short film programs in the Virtual Cinema are available globally except for Animated Shorts (US only).

 

Student & Teacher Virtual Pass

$50

 

 

  • Access to the majority NOFF Virtual screenings and events between November 6-22, 140+ films
  • Early access to online reservations on October 5, two weeks before they go on sale for the general public
  • Access to a virtual meet-the-programmers event to get film recommendations and insights prior to NOFF2020

Please email a copy of your valid Student or Teacher ID to info@neworleansfilmsociety.org to receive a link to book your pass online. 

WHERE ARE THE OPEN-AIR CINEMAS? 

Lafitte Greenway Open-Air Cinema’s Film New Orleans and Second Line Stages screens are between Dorgenois and Tonti Streets on the Greenway. Broadside is next to the Broad Theater at 600 N Broad Street. 

PARKING & UPON ARRIVAL: 

We highly encourage you to approach the Lafitte Greenway event area from the St. Louis St. side of the Lafitte Greenway, as St. Louis St. is better equipped for foot traffic, with more stop signs, crosswalks and a walking and biking path. 

As such, the entrances to the Second Line Stages Open-Air CInema and the Film New Orleans Open AIr Cinema on the Lafitte Greenway both face St. Louis St. The Lafitte St. side of the event area will be barricaded. 

Free street parking is available throughout the neighborhood. You can also park for free at the Broad Theater or Broadside and walk one to three blocks to the event entrances on St. Louis St. 

LOCATION-SPECIFIC INFORMATION: 

Film New Orleans Open Air Cinema on the Lafitte Greenway

20’ wide LED screen viewable in the daytime
Capacity: currently at 100 people as permitted by the City of New Orleans
Address: 505 N. Dorgenois St., New Orleans, LA 70119
Entrance: N. Dorgenois St. & St. Louis St.
Exit: N Rocheblave St. toward St. Louis St.
ADA Entrance and Exit: N Rocheblave St.
Seating: You may bring your own or use chair seating provided by the festival

Second Line Stages Open Air Cinema on the Lafitte Greenway

32’ wide inflatable screen with DCP (digital) projection
Capacity: currently at 100 people as permitted by the City of New Orleans
Address: 505 N. Rocheblave St., New Orleans , LA 70119
Entrance:  N. Rocheblave St. (enter from St. Louis St. side of the Greenway)
Exit: N.Tonti from St. Louis St side or N Rocheblave st.
ADA entrance and exit:  N. Tonti & St. Louis StSeating: You may bring your own or use chair seating provided by the festival

Broadside

25’ wide outdoor screen
Capacity: currently at 100 people as permitted by the City of New Orleans.
Address: 600 N. Broad, New Orleans, LA 70119
Entrance and exit from N Broad St.
Seating: Please use available adirondack chairs; do not bring outside seating
Concessions: Concessions are available at Broadside. No outside food and drinks allowed. The venue will stay open after the film until 11pm.  

Restrooms:
4-stall restroom trailer with running water as well as an ADA accessible single portalet without running water (cleaning station outside) will be available on the Lafitte Greenway between the Open Air Cinemas where Rocheblave St. crosses the Greenway; at Broadside portalets are available as well as ADA accessible indoor restrooms should you so choose.

ADA Access:
All venues are wheelchair accessible, however we want to note that the Lafitte Greenway fields are covered with grass and are uneven. We will provide specially paved entrances and exits for anybody who needs them, as marked on our map; staff will be on-site to direct to these entrances and exits as well. 

HOW DOES TICKETING WORK AT THE OPEN-AIR CINEMAS? 

The Open-Air Cinema comprises two screens on the Lafitte Greenway with socially distant chair seating and one screen at Broadside. Open-Air Cinema events will be open to All Access Pass and individual ticket holders who reserve tickets to Open-Air Cinema events online. These tickets will be limited, sold/reserved in advance, and viewing areas will only be accessible to ticket holders. 

Advance reservations, and arriving in time to be in your seat 15 minutes prior to showtime, are the only way to guarantee seats.
Online sales for Open-Air Cinema screenings close 15 mins before the event starts. 

BOX OFFICE: 

If you have already purchased your ticket, there is no need to visit the Box Office upon arrival. You may proceed to the appropriate entry point for your screening and your ticket will be scanned at the gate. There will be no physical tickets provided this year–– simply show the ticket on your mobile device (our preference), or bring your personally printed copy to be scanned at entry.

If you need to purchase a ticket and cannot do so in advance, or need on-site customer service, visit the Main Festival Box Office at 2606 St. Louis St. (next to the HEY Coffee Co.) to book any remaining screening tickets and to assist with booking future screenings. Broadside will have a separate satellite box office. Thank you to Green Coast Enterprises for providing the space! 

Noff 2020 Box Office

BOX OFFICE HOURS & RULES:  

The Main Festival Box Office at 2606 St. Louis St. hours: daily 11am-8pm (on November 6th the box office will be open 5pm-8pm). Broadside box office hours: 6pm-8pm. 

Due to concerns related to the coronavirus pandemic, and in accordance with CDC recommendations, the City of New Orleans requires contact information for individuals attending large gatherings. No tickets can be purchased for any Open-Air Cinema screening without providing your full name and contact details. Please show up early to allow additional time at the box office should you need to make an on-site purchase. 

For the safety of our staff and guests, cash and checks will not be accepted at the Box Office. Please be prepared to pay with a debit or credit card, or Apple/Google Pay via smartphone. Purchasing online in advance is always the safest way to purchase.  

WHAT IF A SCREENING SELLS OUT? IS THERE A RUSH LINE? 

Physically distant Rush Lines will form at the Main Box Office at 2606 St. Louis Street for Greenway Open-Air cinemas, and/or by The Broadside Box Office half an hour before the scheduled screening. Any available seats will be released on a first-come, first-served basis to those in line. Please be prepared to pay with a debit or credit card, or Apple/Google Pay via smartphone only. 

WHAT IF I WILL NOT USE MY TICKET/S? 

Passes and tickets are non-refundable. Should an Open Air screening be canceled due to weather conditions, your ticket will be transferred to view the film online during the festival. Check your email for any screening cancellations and exact instructions on ticket handling.

Purchased individual tickets can be transferred simply through Eventive to a friend using their email. If you booked a ticket against your All Access Pass and don’t intend to use it, please cancel the ticket in advance in Eventive, so that someone else may reserve that seat as capacity is limited. 

WHAT ARE THE SEATING ARRANGEMENTS? 

There will be outdoor chair seating available for all. On the Lafitte Greenway, you are also welcome to bring your own seating or set yourself up on the grass. The seating pods will be arranged to accommodate 1, 2 or 3+ sections and each of them will be designated with 6ft physical distancing in mind. Please follow the rules and adhere to all on-site staff requests. 

At the Broadside the venue requests that you use the seating provided rather than bringing your own.

WHAT IS REQUIRED OF ME TO ATTEND THE OPEN-AIR CINEMAS? WHAT CAN I BRING? 

  • Please do not attend any events and stay at home if you are experiencing symptoms of COVID-19. See the CDC guidelines for COVID-19 symptoms here.
  • Masks are required to enter all event spaces, even outdoors, per City guidelines. Physical distancing will be maintained for lines and seating. Extra masks and hand sanitizer will be available for your use should you need them. 
  • You must be in your seat 15 minutes prior to showtime, as NOFF will release unclaimed seats to the Rush Line at that time. We will not issue refunds to ticket holders who arrive later than 15 minutes prior to the start of the film. 
  • Glass, pets, firearms, and fireworks are not allowed at any of our Open-Air Cinema venues. 
  • At Broadside, no outside food or drink is allowed per the rules of the venue; there is a bar and concession within the perimeter of the event area at this venue. 
  • At the Open-Air cinemas on the Lafitte Greenway, personal chairs, food, drinks, blankets, soft coolers, a picnic will not be prohibited, but during the evening events we strongly encourage you to support the Broad Theater’s pop-up concession stand located between the Film New Orleans Open-Air Cinema and the Second Line Stages Open-Air Cinema. 
  • At the Broadside and at the pop-up concession stand, the Broad Theater will be serving alcoholic and nonalcoholic beverages and popcorn. We encourage you to support our local neighborhood theater. The pop-up concession stands at Lafitte Greenway open Nov. 6-15, 6:30pm – 9:30pm every day and 2:30pm – 9:30pm on Friday, Saturday, and Sundays.
  • Because there is not much shade, we encourage attendees to bring sunscreen and consider appropriate clothing, such as a sun hat, jackets and scarves. Please refrain from using umbrellas that could hinder the views of other guests during a screening. 

GETTING THERE:

Public Transportation: 

Bus 94/Broad – stop #4662 N. Broad St. at Lafitte St. (Broadmoor to New Orleans East line via Gentilly)

Bus 84/Galvez – stop #2002 N. Galvez at Lafitte (CBD to Lower Ninth Ward line via Mid-City and St Claude)

Bus 32/Leonidas-Treme – stop #8501 Orleans at N. Dorgenois or stop #8490 Orleans at Broad (Uptown to Downtown line via Mid-City)

Streetcar 47/48 Canal Street/Cemeteries – stop  Stop #898 Canal at Dorgenois or Canal at S. Broad 

Bikes: Access via Lafitte Greenway bike trail. Use the newly launched New Orleans Bikeway Blueprint digital map that will show you all bike lanes that will connect you with the Lafitte Greenway trail.  You can also use 2020 New Orleans Bicycle Map and Guide to Safe Cycling.pdf 

Bike racks will be available throughout the NOFF campus. Exact locations will be marked on the map. 

Vehicles: Enter from St Louis St. and Lafitte Ave. between N Galvez and N Broad Streets.  

NEARBY FOOD & DRINK OPTIONS TO ENJOY BEFORE OR AFTER SCREENINGS:

The Broad Theater
HEY Coffee Co.
Rocheblave Food Store
Golden Express
Whole Foods Market
Liberty’s Kitchen Broad Street Cafe
American Wings & Seafood
Gabrielle Restaurant
Willie Mae’s Scotch House
Dooky Chase Restaurant

Wheelchair Accessibility:

All venues are wheelchair accessible, however we want to note that  

  • The Lafitte Greenway fields are covered with grass and are uneven. 
  • The Broadside seating area is paved with small rocks, but there is also a section with flat concrete pavement.   

We will provide specially paved entrances and exits for anybody with disabilities. You will be able to find them marked on our Festival map. Companion seating is also available with valid tickets. 

English Subtitles:

All foreign-language films at the Festival are screened in their original language and English subtitles will be provided. Films with subtitles will be noted in the Film Guide and under all film descriptions. 

Films with Closed Captions in the NOFF Virtual Cinema:

New Orleans Film Festival is happy to share that the following films will have closed captions included in their virtual screenings: 

A Place Called Desire
American Dream 
American Reject
August
Boucherie 
Bug Farm
California Creole
COVER/AGE
Change
Cloudy days
Closed For Storm
Gramercy
Distant Mardi Gras
Dixie
Drills
Drought
Elsewhere
Flat Town
Flora Borealis
Huntsville Station
Homeland/Wetland
In France,Michelle is a Man’s Name
In Sudden Darkness
It’s Me Sarah
Lonely Is Her Great Age
Of The Basin
On Task
Paloma’s Pit
Princess Stephaney 
Renaissance
Seeing Sounds
Spirit Never Dies, Only Transitions
THIS IS AN ADDRESS
Win By Two 
Untitled
Keyboard Fantasies: The Beverly Glenn- Copeland Story
Nobody May Come
Then Comes the Evening 
This Land, Our Voices
Through the night 

Please note: watching using the Roku app does not allow for closed captions.

Films with Descriptive Audio Tracks:

Drills (password protected Vimeo link from the filmmaker)
https://vimeo.com/456620777
pw: duckandcover

Films with Closed Captions at the Open Air-Cinemas:

Films with closed captions:

Bloody Nose Empty Pockets

Screening: Wednesday, November 11 at 7pm
Second Line Stages Open Air Cinema on the Lafitte Greenway

Personal accessibility devices will be available free of charge on-site. All devices will be cleaned and handled according to strict, recognized protocols to avoid the spread of COVID-19. 

The Broadside and the Film New Orleans Open Air Cinema don’t have closed captions or audio description capabilities.  

New Orleans Film Festival is happy to provide American Sign Language interpreters at no charge for anybody who requests in advance. Please contact NOFS at info@neworleansfilmsociety.org or call at 504 3096633.