New Orleans Film Festival
| Location | New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1989 |
| No. of films | 200+ |
| Language | International |
| Website | neworleansfilmfestival |
The New Orleans Film Festival is an annual film festival organized by the non-profit organization New Orleans Film Society, a film society founded in 1989. The festival has been held since the society's inception and takes place in October. It has been nicknamed "Cannes on the Mississippi", and features national and international feature films and short films.
The festival had one off-year when New Orleans suffered the effects of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. As of 2018, the festival had grown into an internationally respected annual event that attracts 20–25,000 people, 400+ filmmakers, and 240 films.
It is an Academy Award-qualifying festival in the Narrative Short and Animated Short categories, and it's been recognized by MovieMaker as one of the “Top 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee” in 2025, and one of the “Top 25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World” in 2024.
Notable screenings include Causeway, Fingers in the Wind, Empire of Light, and Street Punx.