The eight-day international, juried 19th Cinema on the Bayou Film Festival will be held on January 24-31, 2024, and will screen over 150 films, including over 45 French Language films, and will present filmmakers and other film industry professionals from across the United States and around the world.  As in previous years, we will screen narrative and documentary features, narrative and documentary shorts, and animated and experimental films. We also will present film panel discussions on a variety of topics.  And, of course, all of this will be accompanied by food, music and fun.

Jan 24

Venue: CITÉ DES ARTS

Opening Night Southern U.S. Premiere of "DitO" (118 min.) followed by Reception for Japanese Film Star and Director Takashi Yuki

7 - 10 PM

Jan 25

Venue: CITÉ DES ARTS

Experimental Shorts Program 1 (67 min.) (Free Admission)

10:45 - 11:45 AM

Undertaker for life! (52 min.)

12 - 1 PM

Outdoors. The Experience of Armando Rojas Guardia (82 min.)

1:15 - 2:45 PM

Documentary Shorts Program 1 (72 min.)

3 - 4:15 PM

Ellos Gritan Libertad (They Scream Freedom) (75 min.)

4:45 - 6 PM

Bad Like Brooklyn Dancehall (90 min.)

6:15 - 7:45 PM

Kite Zo A (70 min.)

8 - 9:15 PM

Jan 26

Venue: CITÉ DES ARTS

Territoires de l'âme - Chapitre 7 : Y'a une émotion là-dedans) (90 min.) (NO English Subtitles)

11 AM - 12:30 PM

French Language Documentary Shorts (88 min.)

12:45 - 2:15 PM

A Night Song (45 min.)

2:45 - 3:45 PM

French Language Narrative Shorts Program 1 (83 min.)

4 - 5:30 PM

Philippe, a lake and a dream (52 min.)

6 - 7 PM

Louisiane-Gaspésie Program Presented by Festival Les Percéides (49 min.)

7:30 - 8:30 PM

Jacques (91 min.)

8:45 - 10:15 PM

Venue: ST. LANDRY CINEMA

Scrap (105 min.)

5 - 7 PM

Last County (82 min.)

7:30 - 9 PM

Jan 27

Venue: CITÉ DES ARTS

Documentary Shorts Program 2 (88 min.)

9:15 - 11 AM

Narrative Shorts Program 1 (94 min.)

11:30 AM - 1 PM

Narrative Shorts Program 2 (98 min.)

1:30 - 3 PM

Narrative Shorts Program 3 (85 min.)

3:30 - 5 PM

Heart of Gold (75 min.)

5:30 - 6:45 PM

Friends from Home (72 min.)

7:15 - 8:30 PM

Narrative Shorts Program 4 (50 min.)

8:45 - 9:45 PM

Venue: ST. LANDRY CINEMA

American Meltdown (82 min.)

6 - 7:30 PM

My Mother's Men (126 min.)

7:45 - 9:45 PM

Jan 28

Venue: CITÉ DES ARTS

The Holy Breath (52 min.) (Free Admission)

9:45 - 10:45 AM

Experimental Shorts Program 2 (73 min.) (Free Admission)

11 AM - 12:30 PM

Animation Shorts Program (78 min.) (Free Admission)

12:45 - 2 PM

Sloane: A Jazz Singer (96 min.)

2:30 - 4:15 PM

Without Them I Am Lost (74 min.)

4:30 - 5:45 PM

Razões Africanas (African Reasons) (107 min.)

6 - 8 PM

Filmmaker Awards Ceremony and Reception

8:15 - 10:15 PM

Jan 29

Venue: CITÉ DES ARTS

A Whale Who Drank A Fish Bowl (60 min.) (Free Admission)

10:30 - 11:30 AM

Narrative Shorts Program 5 (90 min.)

11:45 AM - 1:15 PM

Narrative Shorts Program 6 (97 min.)

1:30 - 3 PM

Narrative Shorts Program 7 (94 min.)

3:15 - 4:45 PM

French Language Narrative Shorts Program 2 (93 min.)

5 - 6:30 PM

Y a une étoile (72 min.)

6:45 - 7:45 PM

The Activated Man (115 min.)

6 - 8 PM

Venue: ST. LANDRY CINEMA OPELOUSAS

Banks (Des Rives) (30 min.) (Free Admission)

8 - 8:30 PM

A Whale's Prophecy (72 min.)

8:45 - 10 PM

Jan 30

Venue: CITÉ DES ARTS

Louisiana Day Documentary Feature: Opera Verite (62 min.) (Free Admission)

11 AM - 12 PM

Louisiana Day Documentary Shorts Program (96 min.) (Free Admission)

12:15 - 2 PM

Louisiana Day Documentary Feature: The Rault Center Fire (44 min.) (Free Admission)

2:15 - 3 PM

Louisiana Day Narrative Shorts Program (70 min.) (Free Admission)

3:15 - 4:30 PM

Louisiana Day: Documentary Filmmaker Robert Mugge Discusses His Book "Notes from the Road" and His Louisiana Music Films, With Select Film Footage (Free Admission)

4:45 - 5:45 PM

Louisiana Day: An Evening of Documentary Films (68 min.) on Louisiana followed by a Reception with Catfish Courtbouillon and Traditional Cajun Music

6:15 - 9:30 PM

Jan 31

Venue: CITÉ DES ARTS

Narrative Shorts Program 8 (91 min.) (Free Admission)

11 AM - 12:30 PM

Narrative Shorts Program 9 (93 min.) (Free Admission)

12:45 - 2 PM

Narrative Shorts Program 10 (99 min.) (Free Admission)

2:30 - 4:15 PM

French Language Narrative Shorts Program 3 (100 min.) (Free Admission)

4:15 - 6 PM

Closing Night Acadian Documentary Feature: Roots, Diaspora & War (52 min.)

6:15 - 7:15 PM

Closing Night Acadian Narrative Feature: Notre Dame de Moncton (92 min.)

7:30 - 9 PM

Closing Night Reception

9 - 11 PM

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Date: Jan 24 - 31, 2024

Location: 

CITÉ DES ARTS, 109 Vine Street Lafayette, 70501

ACADIANA CINEMAS' ST. LANDRY CINEMA, 1234 Heather Drive Opelousas, LA 70570

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