Fable House

It’s late September, the breeze stirs outside and a crisp melancholy drifts through that wasn’t previously felt a few weeks ago. The shutters stir and then the wind chimes ti**le out their creepy notes. Is it time for a movie that will make you sweat for 90 minutes like you just ate a brick of ham? Heck yeah.

New Orleans-filmed No One Will Save You premiered on September 22nd in the U.S. on Hulu and is available for streaming outside the U.S. on Disney+. Read about the throwback alien vibes and action-driven terror to get your Halloween season started.

Get Your Halloween Alien Terror Started Right With New Orleans-filmed Romp 'No One Will Save You' - Fable House New Orleans-filmed No One Will Save You premiered on September 22nd in the U.S. on Hulu and is available for streaming outside the U.S. on Disney+. Read about the throwback alien vibes and action-driven terror to get your Halloween season started.

The temperatures have cooled. I wrap my neck in a nice knitted boa, the color of fall foliage. My fall latte is steaming. It’s dusk in September, time for quaint festivals and–

Somebody knocks.

I swing open the door with my latte and a person dressed in a Scream costume wields a rubber butcher knife.

“Blahhhh!” they screech.

I stand, unamused. They slap the latte out of my hands.

“No time for quaint fall slumbers!” they yell. “Gotta get your short film into NOVAC for “Swamp Screams” by September 29th!”

They scamper out into the yard and hunch down behind the hydrangea bush. A Scream mask head pops up over and ducks back down.

“I still see you!”

I leave my coffee lying on the porch. He’s right. This is no time for apple cider and flea markets.

It’s scream season, and there are horror films to be made.

NOVAC is calling–okay, screaming for–Louisiana horror filmmakers to submit short films by September 29th. Read on to find out how.

Open call for Louisiana horror filmmakers: Submit a short for NOVAC's 'Swamp Screams' night by September 29th - Fable House NOVAC will hold its CRESCENT CINEMA night of “Swamp Screams” on October 26th at Gallier Hall in New Orleans, and invites its Louisiana horror filmmakers to submit narrative and documentary short films by September 29th.

There’s that scene - right up there as an iconic cinematic moment with scenes from The Godfather and Citizen Kane - in Space Jam, 1996, where it’s the night of the big game between the Looney Tunes and the Monstars. Cars of creatures wait in line. The city is aglow with anticipation, and Pump Up The Jam introduces the locker room of the Tune Squad.

This is how I imagine the city of New Orleans will look right around the evening of November 2nd. Street vendors saunter through the stalled headlights of animated crowds of Louisiana filmmakers lined up outside Second Line Stages and the Prytania Uptown Theatre as they anticipate the opening night of the 2023 New Orleans Film Fest. All of this commotion, of course, occurs against the backdrop of Pump Up The Jam.

It might not roll out quite so ostentatious, but the baseline is this: filmmakers and movie lovers alike can start to plan for the 34th annual New Orleans Film Festival.

Read on for a preview of films from each of the six categories that will screen from November 2nd to 7th at one of the biggest annual Oscar-qualifying festivals for Louisiana and Southern filmmakers.

A 2023 New Orleans Film Festival Lineup Preview - Fable House The New Orleans Film Society has released the lineup of the 2023 New Orleans Film Festival, with the in-person festival scheduled for November 2nd through November 7th, while virtual screenings will run through November 12th.

A giddy contestant hops up and down in front of a studio audience, sweating profusely, as they spin a giant colorful wheel that is an amalgam of Wheel of Fortune and The Price is Right. The wheel clicks to a stop and the spray-tanned host reads a placard:

“You’ve won a…an Epic MegaGrant to complete your CG short film in Unreal Engine 5?”

The audience boos and the host frowns. Only the contestant remains giddy. They run onstage and fist pump.

“Oh, my gosh. I cannot wait to create lush textured landscapes in stunning real-time virtual production. Thank you.”

The host mutters to an assistant, “What am I missing? They could’ve won a nice, new toaster.”

ICVR, a digital game development and virtual production studio out of Los Angeles, didn’t have to spin any wheels. What possibly happened when they learned they had acquired an Epic MegaGrant for their animated short film, Lightfall, is that they felt relief and gratitude.

Read more to find out about ‘Lightfall’ and the latest studios to be awarded an Epic MegaGrant for their projects in Unreal Engine.

ICVR’s Animated Primitive Candlemaker Short 'Lightfall' Is the Latest Unreal Project To Win an Epic MegaGrant | We'll Fix It In Post ICVR, a digital game development and virtual production studio out of Los Angeles, didn’t have to spin any wheels. No stale basic cable audience booed them and what possibly happened when they learned they had acquired an Epic MegaGrant for their animated short film, Lightfall, is that they felt r...

The galactic cities are rejoicing. People dance in the streets, fireworks explode, Cruisers do fly-bys. The Ewok folk are hopping and chattering and somersaulting around bonfires. I’m in the background playing the bongos on a row of Stormtrooper helmets. The sky is lit u–

“Sir. Sir!”

I come out of the daze. I’m in line at the Great Hall in the New Orleans Convention Center.

“Sir, here is your three-day pass. Do you have any questions?

I gaze around the convention hall. A murmur of excited conversation is traveling the room. Interactive displays glitter with cosmic color palettes. There are no Ewoks.

“Dude.” A guy behind me taps me on the shoulder. “You can’t bring a real spear in here. This isn’t Comic-Con.”

“Oh yeah?” I’m indignant. I gaze around at the exhibits, the screens, the gamers. “Then what is this?”

It’s Unreal Fest 2023, and registration is now open.

Read more to find out about what’s going on at the 2023 Unreal Fest, to be held in New Orleans between October 3rd and 5th (Please do not carry an Ewok spear to the event).

Let the Ewoks rejoice: Unreal Fest 2023 registration is now open | We'll Fix It In Post Epic’s annual Unreal Fest returns to New Orleans from October 3rd to 5th with a packed lineup of educational sessions, VR exploration, and networking opportunities. It’s Unreal Fest 2023, and registration is now open.