French Film Festival comes to New Orleans

Nouvelle Vague: Films of the French New Wave

Nouvelle Vague: Films of the French New Wave Cherelle Mon, 03/23/2026 - 09:36 There was cinema before the French New Wave, and there was cinema after. The explosion of creative innovation that emerged from France in the late 1950s and early ’60s forever altered the course of film history by opening up new avenues of stylistic experimentation and trumpeting the concept of the “auteur” director, whose aesthetic vision and thematic obsessions took …

French Film Festival comes to New Orleans

Mark your calendars for March 19-24 to experience one of the longest-running international language festivals celebrating the art of French cinema at the New Orleans French Film Festival.  Screenings will mostly be based at the Prytania Uptown, with other venues throughout the city as well. The New Orleans Film Society is supported by a Community Arts Grant, happily made by the city of New Orleans as conducted by Arts New Orleans. This grant is …