WHAT’s IN STORE IN 2024…
summer Intensive Classes and Mentoring
festival - November 21-24
film submissions open May 15/Deadline August 15
2023 Short fiction Writing
Challenge Winners
2023 Lafayette Parish Bicentennial Student Films
“There is always something to learn at Southern Screen workshops. My filmmaking gets stronger with every one I attend.”
— JAMES BILLEAUDEAU, LAFAYETTE FILMMAKER
Lafayette, Louisiana
COMMUNITY
INVOLVEMENT
Southern Screen is invested in building Acadiana’s cultural economy. Through outreach, Southern Screen helps local audiences continue to treasure stories, offers expertise to the next generation of media creators, and aids local creative talent in capitalizing on the momentum of a growing entertainment production economy in the region. We invite you to please join us for one of our many year round programs or events.
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SOUTHERN SCREEN FESTIVAL
Packed with international screenings, industry panels, professional workshops, music and live performances, the 4 day Festival every November entertains and nurtures a wide array of Festival goers!
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DRIVE-INS & POP-UPS
Throughout the year, Southern Screen host occasional drive-ins, bringing this nostalgic event to a new generation of movie goers. And our pop-ups offer unique, often highly focused entertainment or education to attendees and entertainment professionals.
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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Focused on furthering skills within our community, highly focused educational in-person and virtual classes offer the chance for artists to continue to grow without leaving the area building the creative economy in Louisiana.
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YEAR ROUND PROGRAMMING
Southern Screen is partnered with Acadiana Center for the Arts and other venues and organizations programming local, independent, and foreign films year-round. Each screening is a social event with filmmaker Q&As and additional entertainment.
