Final Selections & Program Details Announced! :: Monday, March 22nd

The 2010 Louisiana Film Festival - Student Division has announced the final selections and the complete festival schedule. If you're a student filmmaker, visit the "Selections" page to see if your film has been selected, or the "Festival Schedule" page to find out when your film will screen. If you're a film lover just planning to join us in celebrating youth media, mark your calendars for 9:15 AM-3:15 PM on Saturday, March 27. We'll be screening a total of 30 original short films created by K-12 filmmakers. Admission to every showcase is free!

Latest Festival Details :: Monday, March 22nd

The fifth annual Louisiana Film Festival – Student Division will be held March 26 & 27 at The Robinson Film Center in downtown Shreveport. Included in this year’s festival are 30 original short films created by students ranging in age from 8-18. While many of the student filmmakers whose works were selected for inclusion in the festival are from Louisiana (including two young filmmakers from Shreveport), submissions were received from as far away as California, Rhode Island, and New York.

ABOUT GUEST FILMMAKER SEAN DONNELLY
In addition to screenings of student works, the festival will also include a screening and workshop with guest artist Sean Donnelly, a professional animator based in New York City. Donnelly recently completed work on the Sundance Film Festival Audience Award-winning documentary Waiting for Superman, directed by Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth). Donnelly will host a screening of his animation reel on Friday, March 26 at 7:30 PM and a free, hands-on workshop on stop-motion animation on Saturday, March 27 at 12:30 PM. Awards in each category will be presented and the prize-winning films replayed at 3:15 PM on Saturday, March 27.

The Louisiana Film Festival – Student Division is an annual co-presentation of Centenary College of Louisiana and The Robinson Film Center. The festival is made possible in part by a grant from the Shreveport Regional Arts Council with funds from the City of Shreveport and the Louisiana Division of the Arts. For more information, visit www.robinsonfilmcenter.org.