Louisiana Entertainment

Full Armor Films Expands With Louisiana’s Entertainment Job Program

6.13.19 -

Innovative program supports full-time entertainment jobs for Louisiana residents

Louisiana-Filmed ‘Green Book’ Wins Oscar for Best Picture

2.25.19 -

Drama also wins Oscars for best supporting actor and best original screenplay

Short Film Casting Call

2.7.19 - A local production company is currently casting a short film for festival submission. In-person auditions will be held at the end of February.

Starlight Studios Becomes Latest Louisiana Entertainment Job-Creation Project

1.10.19 - First-of-its-kind program is designed to create full-time entertainment jobs for Louisiana residents

Netflix's 'Highwaymen' prepping to shoot in New Orleans

1.9.18 - Netflix is preparing to shoot the Bonnie-and-Clyde crime drama "The Highwayman" in New Orleans, with Woody Harrelson and Kevin Costner reportedly lined up to star in roles originally written for Paul Newman and Robert Redford. The long-gestating project, a feature film, is scheduled to shoot from Feb. 12 to April 10 in the Crescent City. 

NOVAC is offering paid on-set internships on high profile production filming in New Orleans

1.9.18 - NOVAC is proud to announce an exciting internship program with the new Hulu/Channel 4 production The First, a drama series from House of Cards creator Beau Willimon. Through a partnership with NOVAC, The First, filming in Chalmette, LA seeks applications for paid community-based Production Assistants in 15 departments.

THE 13TH CINEMA ON THE BAYOU FILM FESTIVAL, JANUARY 24-31, 2018, ANNOUNCES OPENING NIGHT FILM, EIGHT-DAY FILM LINE-UP AND QUÉBEC PARTNERSHIPS AND EXCHANGES

1.9.18 - Cinema on the Bayou Film Society is pleased to announce the 13^th Cinema on the Bayou Film Festival’s opening night film, Rifles & Rosary Beads, which will make its World Premiere screening on Wednesday, January 24, 2018, at the Acadiana Center for the Arts.

College of Humanities and Social Sciences to offer new BA in Screen Arts

12.22.17 - The annual fall graduation and commencement ceremonies will have an unorthodox companion. On Oct. 13, the University Board of Supervisors approved the request to offer a Bachelor of Arts in Screen Arts starting in fall 2018. This degree will replace the Film and Media Arts concentration and move it into its own separate degree program.

Filmed mostly in New Orleans, 'LBJ' spotlights powerful pol, pivotal time

12.22.17 - The historic events depicted in the political drama “LBJ” happened in Dallas and Washington, D.C. But most of this biopic about President Lyndon Baines Johnson, opening in theaters Friday, was filmed in New Orleans.