15th Annual
Southern Screen Festival
Nov 13-16
2025
FESTIVAL SURVEY
We’d love your feedback! As we plan for future events, your perspective is incredibly valuable in helping us create an even better experience for our community.
Please take a moment to complete this short survey—it should take no more than five minutes. All responses are completely confidential, and your honesty will help us continue to grow and improve.
Thank you for being part of this year’s festival and for taking the time to share your thoughts!
2025
Festival
T-Shirt
You can still snag your 2025 t-shirt—but act fast! We’re placing a new order soon and will happily ship yours straight to your door.
Help Us dream bigger & Grow Our Cultural Economy
“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.