32nd
nov 5-21
2021
Nov 5-21 2021
In-Person Nov 5-14 Virtual Nov 5-21
#noff2021
neworleansfilmfestival.org
Tickets NOFF In-Person Screenings NOFS Members $12 | General $15 NOFF Virtual Cinema Screenings NOFS Members $8 | General $10 NOFF Spotlight Screenings NOFS Members $20 | General $25
Festival Passes All Access Pass
NOFS Members $200 I General $250
• Admission to all in-person screenings and events between Nov 5-14 with priority access to theaters • Admission to all Virtual Cinema screenings between Nov 5-21 • Early access to online reservations on October 19, one week before tickets go on sale for the general public • Festival program brochure mailed to your address (please make sure to include your address at checkout)
Household Virtual Pass
NOFS Members $150 | General $180
• FREE admission for your entire household to view all NOFF Virtual screenings and events between November 5-21 • Early access to online reservations on October 19, one week before tickets go on sale for the general public
Virtual Pass
NOFS Members $80 | General $100
• FREE admission for one guest to screen all NOFF Virtual screenings and events between November 5-21 • Early access to online reservations on October 19, one week before tickets go on sale for the general public
Six Film Pass
NOFS Members $50 I General $70
• FREE admission to your choice of six films, physical or virtual screenings, between November 5-21 • Early access to online reservations on October 19, one week before tickets go on sale for the general public
Student + Teacher Pass
General $60
• FREE admission to NOFF physical and virtual screenings between November 5-21, excluding Spotlight Screenings • Early access to online reservations on October 19, one week before tickets go on sale for the general public
Membership
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October 4-29, Monday through Friday from 10am-6pm November 1-21, 7 days a week from 10am-7pm General Public: info@neworleansfilmsociety.org NOFS Members: members@neworleansfilmsociety.org
In-Person Festival The in-person Festival screenings will take place in the following venues: The Broadside: 600 N. Broad St., New Orleans The Broad Theater sponsored by Film New Orleans and City of New Orleans: 636 N. Broad St., New Orleans AMC Elmwood Palace 20 - Auditorium 11: 1200 Elmwood Park Blvd., Harahan, LA 70123 The Orpheum Theater: 129 Roosevelt Way, New Orleans All venues are ADA accessible. Additional information related to closed caption, assistive listening and audio description device availability for specific screenings will be listed on our website. Festival passes and tickets can be purchased online at neworleansfilmsociety.org IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MANDATE SET FORTH BY THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, GUESTS ARE REQUIRED TO SHOW A VACCINATION CARD OR NEGATIVE COVID TEST TAKEN WITHIN 72 HOURS OF THE EVENT DATE. • Masks are required for all members of the public, staff, and volunteers regardless of vaccination status, and will be provided on-site if needed. • All sales are final. Passes and tickets are neither refundable nor transferable. Refunds will be issued only in a situation where the event is canceled by NOFS. If you cannot attend events that you have purchased tickets or passes for, consider your purchase as a charitable donation to NOFS. • 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. • For the safety of our staff and guests, cash and checks will not be accepted this year. Please be prepared to pay with a debit or credit card, or Apple/Google Pay via smartphone.
Virtual Festival The Virtual version of NOFF will be available online with the purchase of select passes or individual tickets. Content can be watched on: • PCs running Windows and Intel-based Macs • Android tablets and phones using Chrome • iPhones and iPads using Safari on iOS 11.2 or later • Apple TV, Firestick or Roku devices with the Eventive TV app • Chromecast using Chrome on your computer or Android phone or tablet • TV or another external monitor connected to your computer via HDMI cable Availability Window All feature and short film programs are available between November 5-21, with the exception of films with geo-blocking or watch window restrictions. Please refer to the notes under specific films on our watching platform.
Visit neworleansfilmfestival.org to learn more about all films, watch film trailers, and book your tickets.
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New Orleans Film Society and the 32nd New Orleans Film Festival is supported by The National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency; a WarnerMedia Arts & Culture grant funded by the AT&T Foundation; the Louisiana Division of the Arts, Office of Cultural Development, Department of Recreation and Tourism, in cooperation with the Louisiana State Arts, and administered by Arts Council New Orleans; and the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities Culture Care Grant. Funding for Louisiana Culture Care Fund grantshas been administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities (LEH) and provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) as part of the American Rescue Plan (ARP) and the NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan (SHARP) initiative.
SCHEDULE
Please visit neworleansfilmfestival.org for the most up-to-date schedule. Most screenings will be followed by virtual Q&As with filmmakers.
Sat Nov 6
Fri Nov 5 AMC ELMWOOD PALACE #11
12pm
THE BROAD #1
THE BROAD #4
Sponsored By Film New Orleans
THE THE AMC BROADSIDE ORPHEUM ELMWOOD THEATER PALACE #11
THE BROAD #1
Sun Nov 7 THE BROAD #4
Sponsored By Film New Orleans
12PM
12PM
CLIFFORD
ANIMATED SHORTS
AMC ELMWOOD PALACE #11
THE BROAD #1
Sponsored By Film New Orleans
12:30PM
59 MIN
THE BROAD #1
THE BROAD #4
Sponsored By Film New Orleans
THE AMC BROADSIDE ELMWOOD PALACE #11
THE BROAD #1
THE BROAD #4
THE BROADSIDE
Sponsored By Film New Orleans
LISTEN TO THE BEAT OF OUR IMAGES
16MIN + MANZANAR, MY DIVERTED: MOTHER WHEN WATER 98 MIN BECOMES DUST *FREE 83 MIN
THE SAUCE SHORTS
1pm
THE AMC BROADSIDE ELMWOOD PALACE #11
Tue Nov 9
12PM
107 MIN 12:30PM
THE BROAD #4
Mon Nov 8
SHORTS:
66 MIN
*FREE
2pm 2PM
2:30PM THE NEUTRAL GROUND
FILM TBA 2:30PM
90 MIN 2:45PM
3pm
ACCEPTED 92 MIN
DOC SHORTS: BLACK LOVE 3PM BLACK JOY NARRATIVE SHORTS: (COMEDIC) 95 MIN RELIEF
3PM DOC SHORTS: 3:30PM DOC SHORTS:
85 MIN
4pm
BEAUTIFULLY ME
THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE NEW ORLEANS 87 MIN
94 MIN
5pm
6pm
5PM
5PM
NOFF OPENING WEEKEND RED CARPET PARTY
NARRATIVE SHORTS: 5:30PM 5:45PM
OPEN TO LOUISIANA ALL ACCESS SHORTS 1: PASS HOLDERS HITTING HOME 76 MIN
MADAME PIPI 6PM BETYE SAAR 66 MIN
SHORTS: 85 MIN
25 MIN
6:00PM
6PM
+
NARRATIVE SHORTS:
ON THE DIVIDE
(OTHER) WORLDLY
99 MIN
FRUITS OF LABOR
6:30PM
77 MIN
7pm
5:30PM
(COMEDIC) RELIEF
HAVE A NICE LIFE
7PM
7PM
7PM
7PM
82 MIN
THE CAPOTE TAPES
A CHIARA
A CHIARA 121 MIN
SOCKS ON FIRE
*FREE
121 MIN
8pm
DRAG PERFORMANCE
*FREE
THE BENGALI
MARY QUEEN OF VIETNAM
DOC SHORTS:
100 MIN
72 MIN
HIDDEN PORTALS 94 MIN
7PM
7:30PM RED ROCKET
108 MIN
128 MIN
8PM
8PM
JOCKEY 99 MIN
8:30PM
8:30PM
BUDDY GUY: THE BLUES CHASE THE BLUES AWAY
EXPERIMENTAL SHORTS: CINEMA RESET 60 MIN
8:30PM 8:45PM
9:15PM
I'M FINE THANKS FOR ASKING
ISLANDS
HOMEBODY
89 MIN
94 MIN
9PM FILM TBA
75 MIN
11pm
KINDRED
C'MON C'MON
C'MON C'MON
82 MIN
10pm
*FREE
6PM
57 MIN
108 MIN
40MIN
9pm
87 MIN
5:45PM
6PM
89 MIN
93 MIN +
SUMMER HINDSIGHT SHORTS IN THE SOUTH 80 MIN
NARRATIVE SHORTS:
*FREE
7:30PM 91 MIN
5:30PM 5:45PM
9PM
*FREE
SWEET SOUL 29 MIN
8:30PM
8:30PM 8:45PM
MANY BELFAST + FIRES THIS TIME: WE 97 MIN STAY THE 100 MILLION PRAYED UP 69 MIN
74 MIN
9:15PM
BLONDIE: VIVIR EN LA HABANA 18 MIN
+ PERFUME DE QUEENS GARDENIAS OF THE REVOLUTION 100 MIN 80 MIN
LATE NIGHT SHORTS 94 MIN
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Films marked with ' ' are free thanks to the generous support of The Helis Foundation.
Wed Nov 10 AMC ELMWOOD PALACE #11
THE BROAD #1
THE BROAD #4
Sponsored By Film New Orleans
Thurs Nov 11
THE AMC BROADSIDE ELMWOOD PALACE #11
THE BROAD #1
THE BROAD #4
Sponsored By Film New Orleans
Fri Nov 12
THE AMC BROADSIDE ELMWOOD PALACE #11
THE BROAD #1
THE BROAD #4
Sponsored By Film New Orleans
Sat Nov 13 THE AMC BROADSIDE ELMWOOD PALACE #11
THE BROAD #1
THE BROAD #4
Sponsored By Film New Orleans
Sun Nov 14
THE AMC BROADSIDE ELMWOOD PALACE #11
THE BROAD #1
THE BROAD #4
Sponsored By Film New Orleans
12PM
12 PM
12PM
DOC SHORTS:
THE BENGALI
FILM TBA
THERE'S 12:30PM 72 MIN NO PLACE SHARED LIKE NEW RESOURCES ORLEANS 98 MIN 87 MIN *FREE
THE BROADSIDE
12:30PM FILM TBA
2PM FRANCE 134 MIN
3PM ACCEPTED 92 MIN
2:45 PM
2:45 PM
DOC SHORTS:
NARRATIVE TELLIN:
SOUTHERN LAND AND WATER
UPROOTED 86 MIN
3:30PM
3:30PM 83 MIN
*FREE
THE CONFERENCE OF THE BIRDS
NARRATIVE SHORTS:
78 MIN
93 MIN
I SEE YOU
5:15PM 5:30PM
5:30PM RESURRECTION! AIRTO MOREIRA & THE PRES6PM ERVATION FORGET HALL JAZZ BAND ME NOT 21 MIN + 99 MIN PLAYING WITH *FREE MARACATU 75 MIN
5:45PM DOC SHORTS: POWER TO THE PEOPLE 97 MIN
6PM MARY QUEEN OF VIETNAM
5:30PM
ANIMATED SHORTS
5:45PM
59 MIN
NEW NICKELS
6PM
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BETYE SAAR
PANEL CONVERSATION
66 MIN 57 MIN
6.15PM PETITE MAMAN 72 MIN
WHO WE ARE
5:45PM
5:45 PM
117 MIN
LOUISIANA SHORTS 2:
THE LAUGHING MAN
6PM
THE PEOPLE HERE
100 YEARS FROM MISSISSIPPI
DOC SHORTS:
73 MIN SOUTHERNLAND AND WATER 6:30PM
71 MIN
136 MIN
REFUGE 75 MIN
6:30PM
83 MIN
100 YEARS FROM MISSISSIPPI 6O MIN
MANY FIRES THIS TIME: WE THE 100 MILLION
MEMORIA
5:45 PM
73 MIN
6PM
7:15PM
THE LAUGHING MAN
75 MIN
90 MIN
*FREE
5:45 PM
HITTING HOME
FLEE
6O MIN
115 MIN
5:45 PM
LOUISIANA SHORTS 1:
69 MIN 8PM
8PM
SHORTS:
8:30PM
9PM BABY DON'T CRY 90 MIN
8:30PM
SUMMER IN THE SOUTH
8:30PM
8:30PM
SHAPELESS SHORTS:
87 MIN
FRANCE
LUDI
134 MIN
81 MIN
8:30PM
I'M WANITA
8:45PM
87 MIN
FILM TBA
KING RICHARD
87 MIN
CONFRONTATIONAL CINEMA 57 MIN
8PM FILM TBA
138 MIN
8:30PM SHAPELESS
8:45 PM ENCOUNTER
9PM
108 MIN
EXPERIMENTAL SHORTS
8:15PM
75 MIN
SOUL & MOVEMENT 68 MIN
87 MIN
8:30PM 8:45PM
8:45 PM
FILM TBA
9PM
WE OUTSIDE
FILM TBA
46 MIN
9:!5PM
*FREE
FILM TBA
FILM TBA
Festival Highlights
Visit neworleansfilmfestival.org to explore all films in the lineup.
C’MON C’MON - OPENING WEEKEND GALA SCREENING WITH DIRECTOR MIKE MILLS IN ATTENDANCE
MEMORIA
DIR. MIKE MILLS IV | 2021 | USA | 108 MIN Johnny (Joaquin Phoenix) and his young nephew (Woody Norman) forge a tenuous but transformational relationship when they are unexpectedly thrown together in this delicate and deeply moving story about the connections between adults and children, the past and the future, from writerdirector Mike Mills.
DIR. APICHATPONG WEERASETHAKUL | 2021 | USA | 136 MIN A Scottish woman (Tilda Swinton), after hearing a loud 'bang' at daybreak, begins experiencing a mysterious sensory syndrome while traversing the jungles of Colombia. Wednesday, November 10, 2021, 7:15PM, AMC Elmwood Palace Auditorium 11
Saturday, November 6, 2021, 7:30PM, The Orpheum Theater preceded by a Red Carpet Party open to All Access Passholders. Sunday, November 7, 2021, 7PM, The Broadside This film is presented with generous support from Film New Orleans and City of New Orleans, Louisiana Entertainment, and Second Line Stages.
BLACK LOVE, BLACK JOY DOCUMENTARY SHORTS BLOCK | 95 MIN DEAR PHILADELPHIA, WONDERFULLY MADE, NASIR, DON'T GO TELLIN’ YOUR MOMMA
We all need love, joy, and tenderness, especially in these times. These shorts remind us of the beauty of family and the importance of celebrating life. Saturday, November 6, 2021, 2:30PM, The Broad Theater #4 sponsored by Film New Orleans
THE NEUTRAL GROUND DIR. CJ HUNT | 2021 | USA | 90 MIN
This program is presented with generous support from LGBTQ Fund at the Greater New Orleans Foundation.
CJ Hunt investigates why a losing army from 1865 still holds so much power in America. The film begins in CJ's adopted home of New Orleans where the fight to remove Confederate monuments sparked a nationwide movement and follows CJ as he travels across the country. Saturday, November 6, 2021, 2:30PM, The Orpheum Theater
SUMMER IN THE SOUTH NARRATIVE SHORTS BLOCK | 81 MIN BIRDS, THE BOYS OUTSIDE, ARTISTIC, IN BEAUTY IT IS UNFINISHED, BUZZKILL, WINDCHIMES, JELLY
SOCKS ON FIRE DIR. BO MCGUIRE | 2021 | USA | 93 MIN Director Bo McGuire composes a cinematic love letter to his grandmother as his homophobic aunt and drag queen uncle wage war over her estate in Hokes Bluff, Alabama. Friday, November 5, 2021, 7PM, The Broadside There will be a special drag performance before and after the screening.
Sweltering heat and curiosity make for seven dreamy sliceof-life narratives about innocence, intimacy, change, and yearning--all under a Southern setting. Monday, November 8, 2021, 5:30PM, The Broad Theater #4 sponsored by Film New Orleans Thursday, November 11, 2021, 8PM, The Broad Theater #4 sponsored by Film New Orleans This program is presented with generous support from LGBTQ Fund at the Greater New Orleans Foundation.
Festival Highlights
Visit neworleansfilmfestival.org to learn more about all films, watch film trailers, and book your tickets
MANY FIRES THIS TIME: WE THE 100 MILLION
PETITE MAMAN
DIR. JASON R.A. FOSTER | 2021 | USA, MEXICO | 69 MIN
Nelly has just lost her grandmother and is helping her parents clean out her mother's childhood home. She explores the house and the surrounding woods. From the director of Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019).
100 million people in the U.S. face economic insecurity - 1 in 3 Americans. New Orleans activist, poet, and educator A Scribe Called Quess? journeys across the country connecting the stories of those fighting for justice.
DIR. CÉLINE SCIAMMA | 2021 | FRANCE | 72 MIN
Friday, November 12, 2021, 6:15PM, AMC Elmwood Palace Auditorium 11
Monday, November 8, 2021, 8:30PM, The Broad Theater #4 sponsored by Film New Orleans Saturday, November 13, 2021, 6PM, AMC Elmwood Palace Auditorium 11 This film is presented with generous support from LGBTQ Fund at the Greater New Orleans Foundation.
SHAPELESS DIR. SAMANTHA ALDANA | 2021 | USA | 87 MIN Ivy, a struggling singer in New Orleans, slowly transforms into something she can’t control. She must confront her fears or risk losing all she has worked for.
THE BENGALI DIR. KAVERY KAUL | 2021 | USA, INDIA | 72 MIN African-American writer Fatima Shaik crosses deep divides of culture from New Orleans to India searching for the truth in the stories of her grandfather’s birthplace.
Thursday, November 11, 2021, 8:30PM, AMC Elmwood Palace Auditorium 11 Saturday, November 13, 2021, 8:30PM, The Broad Theater #4 sponsored by Film New Orleans
Tuesday, November 9, 2021, 5:45PM, The Broadside Saturday, November 13, 2021, 12PM, The Broad Theater #4 sponsored by Film New Orleans
KING RICHARD - CLOSING FILM DIR. | REINALDO MARCUS GREEN | 2021 | USA | 138 MIN
MARY, QUEEN OF VIETNAM DIR. BAO NGO | 2021 | USA | 57 MIN Go behind the scenes of the annual Tet Festival from planning to celebration, and hear the testimonies of Vietnamese-Americans who have called New Orleans home for three generations. Tuesday, November 9, 2021, 6PM, AMC Elmwood Palace Auditorium 11 Thursday, November 11, 2021, 6PM, AMC Elmwood Palace Auditorium 11
Venus and Serena Williams came from an unlikely background to dominate the world of tennis. Taking a look these tennis superstars and how they became who they are after the coaching from their father Richard Williams. Sunday, November 14, 2021, 8PM, AMC Elmwood Palace Auditorium 11
Films
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Films marked with ' ' are free thanks to the generous support of The Helis Foundation.
SPOTLIGHT FILMS
- Mary Queen of Vietnam | Bao Ngo | USA | 57 min.
- Opening Weekend Gala Screening: C’mon C’mon | dir. Mike Mills | USA | 108 min.
- The Neutral Ground | CJ Hunt | USA | 90 min. - On The Divide | Maya Cueva, Leah Galant | USA | 79 min. *
- Belfast | dir. Kenneth Branagh | USA | 97 min. - Encounter | Michael Pearce | UK, USA | 108 min.
- Playing with Maracatu (Brincando com Maracatu) | Mike Filippov | Brazil, Canada | 75 min.
- Memoria | dir. Apichatpong Weerasethakul | Colombia | 136 min.
- Queens of the Revolution | Rebecca Heidenberg | USA | 80 min.
- Petite Maman | dir. Céline Sciamma | France | 72 min.
- Shared Resources | Samantha Aldana | USA | 98 min. *
- Red Rocket | Sean Baker | USA | 138 min.
- Socks on Fire | Bo McGuire | USA | 93 min.
- Jockey | Chris Bentley | USA | 99 min.
- Stay Prayed Up | D.L. Anderson, Matt Durning | USA | 74 min. NARRATIVE SHORTS
- Closing Film: King Richard | dir. Reinaldo Marcus Green | USA | 138 min. NARRATIVE FEATURES
COMEDIC RELIEF
- A Chiara | dir. Jonas Carpignano | Italy, France | 21 min.
- Close Ties to Home Country | Akanksha Cruczynski | USA | 15 min.
- Baby, Don’t Cry | Jesse Dvorak | USA | 90 min.
- Mask It | Cadden Jones | USA | 11 min.
- The Conference of the Birds | Kevin Contento | USA | 78 min.
- Terry+Sam | Eritria Pitts | USA | 11 min.
- France | Bruno Dumont | France | 133 min.
- Van Sanctuary | Salome Reshamwala | USA | 11 min. - Plaisir | Molly Gillis | USA | 19 min.
- Have a Nice Life | Prashanth Kamalakanthan | USA | 82 min. *
- The Binding of Itzik | Anika Benkov | USA | 18 min.
- Homebody | Joseph Sackett | USA | 75 min.
I SEE YOU
- I’m Fine (Thanks For Asking) | Kelley Kali, Angelique Molina | USA | 89 min.
- Beautiful They | Cloudy Rhodes | Australia | 11 min.
- Islands | Martin Edralin | Canada | 94 min. * - Ludi | Edson Jean | USA | 81 min.
- Perfume de Gardenias | Macha Colón | Puerto Rico, Colombia | 100 min. - Shapeless | Samantha Aldana | USA | 87 min. DOCUMENTARY FEATURES - 100 Years From Mississippi | Tarabu Betserai Kirkland | USA | 60 min. - Accepted | Dan Chen | USA | 92 min. - The Bengali | Kavery Kaul | USA, India | 72 min. - Betye Saar | Angela Robinson Witherspoon | USA | 66 min. - Buddy Guy: The Blues Chase the Blues Away | Devin Amar, Charles Todd, Matt Mitchener | USA | 82 min. - The Capote Tapes | Ebs Burnough | USA | 91 min.
- Habib & The Thief | Naures Sager | Sweden | 15 min. - Super Nova | Juliette Saint-Sardos | France | 16 min. - Sunrise in My Mind (Tngaireah knong chet) | Danech San | Cambodia | 14 min. - Limestone | Paula Andrea González-Nasser | USA | 11 min. - Sales Per Hour | Michelle Uranowitz, Daniel Jaffe | USA | 7 min. - Cold Wall 冷墙 | Lilly Hu | USA | 19 min. KINDRED - Like the Ones I used to Know (Les Grandes Claques) | Annie St-Pierre | Canada| 18 min. - Some Still Search | Near Tchaas | USA | 16 min. - Pure | Natalie Jasmine Harris | USA | 13 min. - Al-Sit | Suzannah Mirghani | Sudan, Qatar | 20 min. - Congratulations (Mabrook) | Asada’s Farooqui | USA, Pakistan | 14 min.
- Refuge | Erin Bernhardt, Din Blankenship | USA | 75 min.
- Eavesdropping on the Elders | Kiah Clingman & Robinson Vil | USA | 18 min.
- Flee | dir. Jonas Poher Rasmussen | Denmark | 83 min.
(OTHER)WORLDY *
- Forget Me Not | Olivier Bernier | USA | 99 min. *
- Fruits of Labor | Emily Cohen Ibañez | USA | 77 min.
- I’m Wanita | Matthew Walker | Australia | 87 min. - The Laughing Man | Zack Godshall | USA | 73 min.
- She Wolf Totem | Verónica Echegui | Spain | 23 min. - Menarca (Menarche) | Lillah Halla | Brazil | 22 min. - Inheritance | Annalise Lockhart | USA | 14 min. - The Rodeo (El Rodeo) | Carlos Melián Moreno | Cuba | 30 min.
- Many Fires This Time: We the 100 Million | Jason R.A. Foster | USA, Mexico | 69 min.
SUMMER IN THE SOUTH
- Manzanar, Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust | Ann Kaneko | USA | 83 min. *
- The Boys Outside | A.J. Riggins | USA | 10 min.
- Birds | Katherine Propper | USA | 14 min.
Visit neworleansfilmfestival.org to learn more about all films, watch film trailers, and book your tickets. - Artistic | Nina Lee | USA | 14 min.
| 13 min.
- In Beauty It is Unfinished | Greko Sklavounos | USA | 16 min.
- Fifty miles (Sju mil) | Eilif Bremer Landsend | Norway | 11 min.
- Buzzkill | Kathy E. Mitrani | USA | 11 min.
- Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again | Courtney Montour | Canada | 34 min.
- Windchimes | Alice Aguiar | USA | 7 min. - Jelly | Jack Barr | USA | 9 min. - You Can Always Come Home | Juan Luis Matos | USA | 6 min. UPROOTED *
- Customs | Armada Keyani | Norway | 14 min. - Cousins | Mandy Marcus | USA | 13 min. - Be Somebody | Edelawit Hussien | Ethiopia | 15 min. - Outside (Baahar) | Prakshi Malik | USA | 14 min.
POWER TO THE PEOPLE - The Panola Project | Rachael DeCruz, Jeremy S. Levine | USA | 17 min. - Meltdown In Dixie | Emily Harrold | USA | 40 min. - Descended from The Promised Land: The Legacy of Black Wall Street | Nailah Jefferson | USA | 23 min. - Ale Libre | Maya Cueva | USA | 17 min.
- My Dear God | Tara Sheffer | USA | 13 min.
SOUL & MOVEMENT
- Moondogs | Kat Broyles | USA | 17 min. DOCUMENTARY SHORTS
- Vanderwaal’s Journey | Jahman Hill | USA | 20 min.
BEAUTIFULLY ME
- RIVER QUEEN: Winter’s End | Grace Gibson | USA | 16 min. - Ya Heard Meh? | Milo Daemgen | USA | 13 min.
- Halmoni | Hae jin, Cataño Lee | Mexico | 13 min.
SOUTHERN LAND AND WATER
- Lolo | Keone & Mari Madrid | USA | 11 min.
- The Seeds We Keep | Gabrielle E. W. Carter, D.L. Anderson | USA | 7 min.
- Joychild | Aurora Brachman | USA | 6 min. - Elena | Michèle Stephenson | Dominican Republic, USA, Canada | 30 min.
- Bad Boy of Bonsai | Juan A. Moreno | USA | 6 min.
- Men Who Talk | Cristin Stephens | USA, Brazil | 14 min.
- To Live Here (sống ở đây) | Melanie Dang Ho | USA | 22 min.
- Glen Eden | Rebecca Blandón | USA | 14 min.
- I Am One of the People | Cameron Woodle | USA | 4 min.
- Princess | Jason Vu, B Gosse | USA | 8 min. BLACK LOVE, BLACK JOY - Dear Philadelphia | Renee Maria Osubu | USA | 28 min.
- What Remains | Paavo Hanninen | USA | 14 min.
- No Soy Óscar | Jon Ayon | USA, Mexico | 15 min. - The Diamond | Caitlyn Greene | USA | 16 min. THE SAUCE SHORTS
- Wonderfully Made | Benita Ozoude | USA | 15 min.
- Sushi Nachos | Kei Matsumoto | USA | 11 min.
- NASIR | Nasir Bailey, Jackson Kroopf | USA | 17 min.
- The Fourth World | Nash Consing | USA | 12 min.
- Don’t Go Tellin’ Your Momma | rubberband. | USA | 35 min.
- Uncle Zaman | Sana Saif | USA | 16 min.
HIDDEN PORTALS - There Was Nobody Here We Knew | Khaula Malik | USA | 9 min. - Homegoing | Yeon Park | USA, South Korea | 18 min. - Video Visit | Malika Zouhali-Worrall | USA | 23 min. - Nape of the Nape (Vaivén) | Nisha Platzer | Cuba, Canada | 14 min. - The Door of Return | Koku Musebeni, Anna Zhukovets | Germany | 30 min. MY MOTHER *
- Rebyrth | Cydney Tucker | USA | 6 min. - Since you arrived, my heart stopped belonging to me (Desde que llegaste, mi corazón dejó de pertenecerme) | Erin Semine Kökdil | USA | 21 min. - Searching for Ana Veldford (Buscando Ana Veldford) | Ronald Baez | USA | 6 min. - When You Clean a Stranger’s Home | Sharon Arteaga | USA | 7 min. (Narrative) - When Angels Speak of Love | Helen Peña | USA
- my mom (mẹ con) | Melanie Ho | USA | 8 min. - God can't give you double eyelids | Sarah Tang | USA | 9 min. THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE NEW ORLEANS - BABYBANGZ | Juliana Kasumu | USA | 11 min. - Bayou For Us | Mizani Ball | USA | 14 min. - Different Mardi Gras | Alejandro de los Rios | USA | 9 min. - Absolution | Gina Lizama, Gabriel Harvey | USA | 3 min. - Death Is Our Business | Jacqueline Olive | USA | 32 min. - U Tense Soul | Matthew Wilder | USA | 8 min. - New Orleans: Organizing and Abolition | Jordan Flaherty | USA | 10 min. WE OUTSIDE *
- Peau De Chagrin / Bleu De Nuit | Baloji | Belgium, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 10 min. (Narrative) - Here is the Imagination of the Black Radical | Rhea Storr | The Bahamas, UK | 10 min.
Visit neworleansfilmfestival.org to learn more about all films, watch film trailers, and book your tickets. - Aquí | Carlos Mario | Puerto Rico | 10 min. - You Can’t Stop Spirit | Vashni Korin | USA | 16 min. HINDSIGHT SHORTS *
- Missing Magic | Anissa Latham | USA | 10 min. - Comida Pa’ Los Pobres | Arleen Cruz-Alicea | USA | 14 min. - We Stay in the House | Kiyoko McCrae | USA | 15 min. - Now Let Us Sing | Dilsey Davis | USA | 15 min.
- Her Teeth and Where To Find Them | Kelsey Scult | USA | 6 min. - Sirens of the Swamp | Hali Gardella, Emery Matson | USA | 9 min. - Mama’s Little Orphanage | Matthew Paul Martinez | USA | 11 min. - How to Program Your Animatronic Band | Abraham Kinkopf | USA | 10 min. ANIMATED SHORTS
- Udaan | Amman Abbasi | USA, Pakistan | 15 min.
- Trona Pinnacles | Mathilde Parquet | France | 13 min.
- This Body | Zac Manuel | USA | 13 min. LOUISIANA SHORTS
- Our Bed Is Green | Maggie Brennan | USA | 7 min.
HITTING HOME
- Drawing on Autism | Alex Widdowson | UK | 10 min.
- Blue Country | Jordan Johnson | USA | 19 min. - Colossus | James Roe | 17 min. - 17 Year Locust | Logan LeBlanc | USA | 22 min. - Happy | Angela Tucker | USA | 18 min. THE PEOPLE HERE - Ms. Blue | Jordan Johnson | USA | 13 min. - Ghost Girl | Paavo Hanninen | USA | 12 min. - Untitled Post-Baby Project | Lorna Street Dopson | USA | 21 min. - Pearl and Henry | Gibrey Allen | USA | 11 min. - For Jean | Eritria Pitts | USA | 14 min EXPERIMENTAL SHORTS - Valid & Literal Magic | Ebony DeGrace | USA | 6 min. - Show Me Other Places | Rajee Samarasinghe | Sri Lanka, USA | 11 min. - Fireflies (Vagalumes) | Léo Bittencourt | Brazil | 19 min. - Two Sons and a River of Blood | Amber Bemak, Angelo Madsen Minax | USA, Mexico | 11 min. - Desert Air | ANDiLAND | USA | 2 min. - Pride | Kevin Jerome Everson, Claudrena N. Harold | USA | 7 min. - Saturday Afternoon (pài-la̍k ē-poo) | Erica Sheu | USA, Taiwan | 2 min. - No Garden Beyond | Anna Kipervaser, Rhys Morgan | Bermuda | 11 min. - Sinking of the Natchez (Grounding Exercise no. 13) | Jimmy Bassett | USA | 7 min. LATE NIGHT SHORTS - Chip & Kevin Make a Movie | Owen Hornstein & Kevin Hughes | USA | 9 min. - Anxious Body | Yoriko Mizushiri | France, Japan | 6 min. - Birthday Boy | Jordan Michael Blake | USA | 11 min. - Strong Son | Ian Bawa | Canada | 4 min. - The Booth | Michael Arcos | USA | 7 min. - Beautiful! | Caydon LiRocchi, Liv Layhee | USA | 7 min. - Ten Leaves Dilated | Kate E Hinshaw, Ebony Blading | USA | 14 min.
- Mine | Luisa Dantas, Randall Dottin | USA | 14 min. - The Little Sparrow | dir. Elahe Falahian | Iran | 2 min.
- Where Are You Really From? | Steven Lee | USA | 5 min. - In the Shadow of the Pines | Anne Koizumi | Canada | 8 min. MORE SHORTS EXPERIMENTAL SHORTS: CINEMA RESET - May June July | Kevin Jerome Everson | USA | 8 min. - She Gather Me | Miatta Kawinzi | USA | 11 min. - bustitOpen | Danielle Deadwyler | USA | 41 min. CONFRONTATIONAL CINEMA - Nitty-Gritty Punjab Police | Kabir Mehta | India | 12 min. (Experimental) - Execution | Stativ Allweis | USA | 45 min. (Documentary) SHORTS SCREENING WITH FEATURES - Blondie: Vivir En La Habana | Rob Roth | USA, Cuba | 18 min. –– screening with Queens of the Revolution - Disrupted Borders | Alejandra Aragón | USA | 19 min. –– screening with On the Divide *
- Listen to the Beat of Our Images (Écoutez le battement de nos images) | Maxime Jean-Baptiste, Audrey Jean-Baptiste | French Guiana, France | 16 min. –– screening with Manzanar, Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust * - Madame Pipi | Rachelle Salnave | USA, Haiti | 25 min. –– screening with Fruits of Labor - Resurrection! Airto Moreira & the Preservation Hall Jazz Band | Dale Djerassi | USA | 21 min. –– screening with Playing with Maracatu - Sweet Soul | Marlon Johnson, Chad Tingle, Dennis Scholl | USA | 29 min. –– screening with Stay Prayed Up