2026 New Orleans Film Festival

Louisiana Shorts: Chicory

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7 films in package
Band Practice
A New Orleans majorette and her band geek best friend attempt to check item #1 off their senior year bucket list: KISS GIRLS.
(Om)en
While seeking peace through meditation, a woman is disrupted by eerie omens—only to have her stillness shattered by a call from her sister, confessing to one body of a problem.
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For the Grind
Muay Thai training, cooks, and musicians move through a surreal warehouse surrounded by ancestors and a surreal being, illuminating working-class solidarity and inherited purpose among people of color.
Ovest
In the wild 1880s American frontier, two isolated Sicilian sisters are stalked by grief as they grapple for survival in an increasingly hostile town.
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Into The Sun
Charlie, along with her girlfriend and son, evacuate to Texas in the wake of a major hurricane. Learning her estranged father may be living nearby, the three travel through a landscape of fading motels and strangers to find him.
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Sugar Water
When the electricity is shut off one hot summer morning, a mother scrambles to find money to pay the bill. Meanwhile, her eldest daughter's day becomes a quiet journey of determination and imagination as she searches for a way to ease her mother’s burden.
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old bird
When a mother finds her nine-year-old son sleepwalking on the Spillway Road, she takes him home. As she attempts to keep him there, the reason he needs to leave becomes more apparent.
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In the wild 1880s American frontier, two isolated Sicilian sisters are stalked by grief as they grapple for survival in an increasingly hostile town.


Director bio:

Stevie Cavalier is an actor and filmmaker based in New Orleans. Her most recent short, "Miniature Life," won a Founder’s Circle Award from Louisiana Film Prize and the Joy James Memorial Scholarship from the UpTilt Film Festival. Stevie holds an MFA in Film Production from the University of New Orleans and is passionate about filmmaking in the South.

  • Year
    2026
  • Runtime
    19 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    United States
  • Premiere
    North American
  • Content Warning
    This program contains content that may not be suitable for all audiences, including depictions of sexual assault and discussions of violence. Viewer discretion is advised
  • Director
    Stevie Cavalier
  • Screenwriter
    Catalina Cielo
  • Producer
    Catalina Cielo, Stevie Cavalier
  • Cinematographer
    Levi Porter
  • Editor
    Stevie Cavalier, Catalina Cielo
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