New Orleans Film Festival

  • Movie News

50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee in 2022, Presented by FilmFreeway

Moviemaker Kevin T. Morales, whose ‘90s high school comedy Generation Wrecks is coming soon, tweeted something recently that we strongly…

2 years ago
  • 2021 Coolest Film Festivals

The 25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World 2021, Presented by FilmFreeway

Each year when we compile this list of the coolest film festivals in the world, we try to come up…

3 years ago
  • Summer 2019

The 25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World, 2019

Let's talk about the coolest film festivals in the world. And if you think it's easy being cool, think again.…

5 years ago
  • Spring 2019

50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee in 2019

Film festivals require a strategy. It's accepted as gospel among independents that a feature film is the result of dogged…

5 years ago
  • Annual Lists

50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee in 2018

Stamping the MovieMaker seal of approval on each destination in our annual guide to the 50 Film Festivals Worth the…

6 years ago
  • Festivals

The 25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World, 2017

Keith Richards said it best: “If you gotta think about being cool, you ain’t cool.” The 25 rare birds on…

7 years ago
  • Festivals

50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee in 2017

Are film festivals getting better? That is, are they providing you—independent moviemakers—more of the things you want and need? I…

7 years ago
  • Festivals

Absolute Submission: Top Programmers Share the Secrets to Getting Into the Festivals of Your Dreams

Dear moviemakers, I want you to know this: I love you. Or at least, I really want to love you.…

7 years ago
  • Festivals

50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee, 2016: Plot Your Festival Course on This Interactive Map

50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee in 2016: now plotted out on this interactive map! So you've read about…

7 years ago
  • Best Of

50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee, 2016

When we compile the 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee list every year, we start by imagining you: an…

8 years ago
  • Festivals

Festival Wrap: Oysters, Murals and Excellent Southern Cinema at the 26th New Orleans Film Festival

“If you go visit the French Quarter, don’t go down any alleys.” From the moment that I arrived at Louis…

9 years ago
  • Festivals

50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee, 2015

Was it worth it? Indie film, by definition, resides on the margins. It’s a medium of miracles, of squeezing so…

9 years ago
  • Festivals
  • Spring 2014

Best Of: 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee, 2014

Feast your eyes on MovieMaker's complete list of the 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee in 2014. Despite original…

10 years ago
  • Articles
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Best Places to Live and Work as a Moviemaker in 2014, Top Small Cities: #1. New Orleans, LA

It’s MovieMaker’s 2014 edition of the Best Places to Live and Work as a Moviemaker! We’re counting down through our…

10 years ago
  • Movie News

Best of 2013: 10 Articles to Sum Up the Year in MovieMaker

2014 has been upon us for 10 whole days now. With the benefit of such distance, we at MovieMaker think…

10 years ago
  • Festivals

Festival Spotlight Friday: Opening Night of New Orleans Film Festival 2013

When Jolene Pinder, executive director of the New Orleans Film Festival, told a tear-stained, emotionally exhausted Opening Night audience that…

11 years ago
  • Articles
  • blog-test

Wisdom Wednesday Red Carpet Special: 12 Years a Slave Cast and Director by Kelly Leow

It’s 12 Years a Slave week on Moviemaker.com! To celebrate both the release of one of 2013’s best films, and…

11 years ago