Educational resources

Pontchartrain Film Festival has opened doors to resources for filmmakers in the region and provided competitions to encourage creativity in the digital arts.

The New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts: The Media Arts Department offers technical and conceptual training in digital video and audio production. Media Arts students master skills in audio recording, animation, cinematography, directing, editing, lighting, motion graphics and script writing. In addition, all students in media arts gain an understanding of the history, theory and aesthetics of communication arts in order to appreciate the art form and to make informed decisions in their own work.

Students currently in 8-11th grades are eligible to audition for the program.

The Film Arts Program at UNO: The film arts program is designed to give students experience in film production. This course of study includes courses in film aesthetics, digital technology, film history, and script analysis as well electives such as documentary production, cinematography, editing, and sound design.

Film arts trains the complete, independent filmmaker, to give our students the best chance of success in the highly technical, creative, and competitive profession of film-making.

New Orleans Video Access Channel: NOVAC is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit that has provided media training and production resources to New Orleans since 1972. It provides workforce training, equipment rental and facilities, training and a variety of resources for media training in New Orleans and Baton Rouge.