New Orleans Film Festival

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Date

Thursday, Oct 22, 2026 to Tuesday, Oct 27, 2026

Location

Contemporary Arts Center (Festival Hub)
900 Camp St, New Orleans, LA 70130

Where to stay

When it returns, the Festival Hub at the Contemporary Arts Center is about five minutes on foot from the nearest Warehouse District hotels.

Organized by

New Orleans Film Society

About this happenin

Every October the New Orleans Film Society runs the New Orleans Film Festival from a Festival Hub at the Contemporary Arts Center on Camp Street in the Warehouse District. Screenings also fill The Broad Theater in Tremé and the Prytania Theatre Uptown, among other rooms around the city. The first festival was in 1989, and it now qualifies short films in three Academy Award categories. A second line parade follows the opening night film. Filmmakers stay for post-screening Q&As, and most of the lineup comes from open submissions. South Pitch, the society's program for Southern filmmakers, holds public events during the run, and most of the lineup also streams online for several days afterward. Passes cover the whole run. Parking is in paid lots around the CAC, plus metered street spots.

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