Acadiana’s Cinema on the Bayou Film Festival returns for its fifth installment. Beginning on Jan. 28 and running through Jan. 31 various films will be screened at venues in and around Lafayette. The festival will include a retrospective of seven films by Québécois filmmaker André Gladu as well as host independent filmmakers from Houston, Corpus Christi, New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Lafayette. At Cité des Arts, three Zydeco music films will be screened along with a panel discussion on Zydeco music with music critic Herman Fuselier, musician Nathan Williams, and author Roger Wood. Other highlights include screenings of more cutting edge indie films like October Country by Portland, Oregon filmmakers Michael Palmieri and Donal Mosher.
For more information, go to www.cinemaonthebayou.com. Venues Au Bayou Teche Bed and Breakfast Cite des Arts Lafayette Public Libarary South Regional Branch Lafayette Public Library Main Branch (Downtown) LITE Pack and Paddle Teche Theater Music Hall and Recording Studio
Films and events for the 2010 Cinema on the Bayou Film Festival 16mm Cinema Show A Village Called Versailles All Over But To Cry Atchafalaya Swamp Revisited Cinematography Roundtable Clarence John Laughlin: An Artist With A Camera Closing Reception and Awards Presentation Congo Square - Sacred Place of the Houmas Deconfliction Discussion of Andre Gladu Films Fred’s Lounge Grown In Detroit (Louisiana Premiere) Indian Rezervation Blues (Louisiana Premiere) Les Creoles Little Houses Looking For Trouble (World Premiere) Ma Chere Terre Mardi Gras Night at LITE Mardi Gras Wine and Gumbo Reception Mardi Gras: Made In China Maroon Mon Reve Familier (Louisiana Premiere) Noah October Country (Louisiana Premiere) Panel Discussion On Urban And Rural Mardi Gras And The Global Implications Of These Varied Traditions Panel Discussion on Zydeco Music and the “Zydeco Corridor” Reveille! Rough-Cut Screening of Films-In-Progress Sacred Spaces: The Architecture of Fay Jones (Louisiana Premiere) Shake The Devil Off Texas Zydeco (Louisiana Premiere) Turning the Tide Vues du bayou: A Retrospective Of The Louisiana Films of Andre Gladu Zarico