New Orleans Film Festival

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Cinema Femme’s Most Anticipated Films at the 2025 New Orleans Film Festival

by cinemafemme

October 21, 2025

Rental Family, directed by Hikari Set in modern-day Tokyo, “Rental Family” follows an American actor (Brendan Fraser) who struggles to find purpose until he lands an unusual gig: working for

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Nailah Jefferson on Her Empowering Documentary, “Commuted”

by Rebecca Martin

March 27, 2024

To celebrate the release of the film, we bring back our 2023 New Orleans Film Festival interview (originally posted on 11/2/23) with filmmaker Nailah Jefferson about her feature documentary “Commuted,”

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We Are Who We Depend On: Wrap-Up of the 2023 New Orleans Film Festival

by Rebecca Martin

November 29, 2023

“We know that our rising tide lifts all boats. We are who we depend on, so we create spaces where we can uplift each other. This is not a place

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NOFF 2023 Interview: Michéle Stephenson’s “Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project” illuminates a reimagined future

by Rebecca Martin

November 8, 2023

I’m going to keep my intro brief because I feel filmmaker Michéle Stephenson speaks to the truth of her film “Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project,” which she co-directed

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NOFF 2023 Interview: Raven Jackson’s “All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt” washes over you and moves your soul

by Rebecca Martin

November 7, 2023

Sometimes you need a film that can wash over you and speak to the elements in your soul by reflecting the world around you. That is what “All Dirt Roads

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Cinema Femme’s 10 most anticipated films at the 2023 New Orleans Film Festival

by Rebecca Martin

November 1, 2023

Cinema Femme is going to New Orleans for its 34th annual film festival! This will be the first year in which I will personally be covering the festival for Cinema