Celebrate Independent Films & Filmmakers

Black Film Festival of New Orleans is presenting the 2024 “New Works” Showcase. Enjoy two days of FREE New Orleans-produced film premieres, informed discussion panels, & live performances.

2024 film selections

Who In Da Mornin

The last golden hour

the capitalist

Prisons and plantations

rosebud

Letters from lake Pontchatrain

Love Bot

below the veil

ENTERTAINMENT

BFFNO New Works Festival was a hit for our film-loving community.

DJ Captain Charles

Poetry & music

Enjoy two days of FREE New Orleans-produced film premieres, informed discussion panels, & live performances.

PANEL DISCUSSION

Our esteemed panel of New Orleans based film industry professionals posed thought provoking questions and provided valuable insight for our audience and filmmakers.

Hannah Beachler is an Oscar award winning production designer. She has worked on Black Panther, Moonlight, Lemonade and many other films

Rachel Reddix is a film and arts administrator who has worked with the Film Office of New Orleans and the Office of Cultural Economy.

Martin BATS Bradford is one of New Orleans most popular actors with roles in dozens of hollywood productions including The Green Book, Venom, The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey and plenty more

Marcus Brown is an assistant Director who has worked on P Valley, I’m a Virgo, Your Honor and many more.

Bobby Yan is a director who has directed films for BET and TV one including Stalker and Deadly Entanglement.

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