New Orleans Film Festival 2025
While the New Orleans Film Festival's
spotlight screenings often garner a lot of attention for featuring many future Oscar winners, the
festival also features a strong emphasis on short films, especially short films
with a local slant.
One such screening will be "Louisiana
Shorts: Portraits" on Saturday, October. 23 at 7 p.m. at the Contemporary
Arts Center (it will also be available to stream online from October
23 to November 2). These documentary shorts will offer vivid portraits of the
people that make Louisiana such a special place to live.
Jonathan Presson's Last of the
Shrimpers highlights the story of a proud forth generation Louisiana shrimper as
he struggles to make ends meet in the dying local shrimp industry as it battles
economic and global pressures.
Olive Wheadon's T. Osborne centers on
local artist Terrance Osbourne, known for his vibrant portraits of life in the
Crescent City.
Embracing Instability is the story of
filmmaker Nathan Willis' coping with his diagnosis of Young-Onset Parkinson's
Disease.
Loves to Dance is director Casey
Beck's portrait of a 3-year-old who dances as a way of coping with the
stresses of the world.
Fernando MacFarlane's Anywhere I Lay
My Head tells the story of four squatters making their home inside an
abandoned power plant in New Orleans over the course of two years.
Graham Holt's Jan Beauboeuf:
Creative Spirit profiles an 88-year-old artist from Central Louisiana as she
completes a sculpture assembled from locally sourced materials.
For more information about the film
festival and individual screenings, visit NewOrleansFilmSociety.org
