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| Location | New Orleans, Louisiana |
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| No. of films | 200+ |
| Language | International |
| Website | http://www.neworleansfilmfestival.org |
The New Orleans Film Festival is an annual film festival organized by the nonprofit organization New Orleans Film Society, a film society founded in 1989. The festival has been held since the society's inception. The festival takes place in mid-October.[1] The festival, nicknamed "Cannes on the Mississippi", features national and international feature films and short films. The festival had one off-year when New Orleans suffered the effects of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.[2]
As of 2018[update] the festival had grown into an internationally respected annual event that attracts 20–25,000 people, 400+ filmmakers, and 240 films. It is one of the few film festivals that is Oscar-qualifying in all three Academy-accredited categories: Narrative Short, Documentary Short, and Animated Short—and it's been recognized by MovieMaker Magazine as one of the “Top 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee” every year since 2012 (one of only two festivals to receive that recognition for six straight years).
Listed as “Top 25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World” by MovieMaker Magazine in 2016 and 2017.
Films shown at the 2022 event included Causeway, Fingers in the Wind, Empire of Light, and Street Punx.
- ^ Retz, Becky; Gaffney, James (November 2004). Insiders' Guide to New Orleans (3rd ed.). Insiders' Guide. pp. 211–212. ISBN 0-7627-3456-6.
- ^ Odom, Brittany (October 4, 2007). "New Orleans film festival returns to city". Courtboullion. Dillard University. Retrieved August 30, 2010.