2026 New Orleans Film Festival

Youth Friendly Louisiana Shorts

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8 films in package
(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.
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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Citizenship Test
Citizenship Test is a dark comedy about an Americanized immigrant who's dragged through an absurd and byzantine immigration system that makes her question everything she used to believe about the USA.
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Prince
Prince lives in a sad little rotten castle on the bayou waiting for love and unexpectedly, his make up sales queen comes calling!
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The Worst Thing
Two strangers realize they have more in common than anticipated, as they get vulnerable and share "the worst things" they have ever done. A 20-minute, continuous take.
Settling St. Malo
Poet Randy Gonzales journeys along Louisiana’s coast, discovering his family’s forgotten past and the enduring legacy of the earliest Filipino settlements in the United States.
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Stories From a One-Room School
A woman returns to her Louisiana hometown to honor her grandmother’s legacy, uncovering the story of a one-room schoolhouse that once educated generations of African-American children in the segregated South.
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Prince lives in a sad little rotten castle on the bayou waiting for love until unexpectedly, his make-up sales queen comes calling!


Director bio:

Lauren Bott is a filmmaker and seasoned costume designer with over two decades of experience spanning film, television, music videos, and commercials. Her work is known for bold, hyper-feminine visuals and stylized, character-driven storytelling that blends glamour, camp, and emotion. Bott wrote and directed "The Nine," recently completing it’s run on the festival circuit with selections at Cannes Indie Shorts Awards, Mexico City ShortsFest, and Hollywood ShortsFest. "Prince" marks her second short film. It is a stylized, offbeat deconstruction of fairy tale logic and the fantasies were not ready to outgrow.

  • Year
    2026
  • Runtime
    11 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    United States
  • Premiere
    World
  • Director
    Lauren Bott
  • Screenwriter
    Lauren Bott
  • Producer
    George Bott
  • Cinematographer
    Brandon Dauzat
  • Editor
    Joe Gravier, Drew Stubbs
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