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The Pontchartrain Film Festival celebrated its 10th season with screening events and educational opportunities with community partners.

New for 2021 was the inaugural Louisiana Made Music Video Showcase & Competition and a screening of Tribal Justice with POV, PBS's award-winning nonfiction film series.

The 2021 Season

Filmmakers talked about about the creative collaboration between director and musician at the inaugural Louisiana Made Music Video Showcase.

— Director Sasha Solodukhina, winner of Best Music Video, said she told musician Joanna Tomassoni, “You’re going to be a landscape and we’re going to put animation on it. She trusted me.”

Winner of Best Music Video goes to “Tell Me A Story.”

Winner of the Audience Favorite Award goes to “Carole.”

TRIBAL JUSTICE, a film by Anne Makepeace

The Pontchartrain Film Festival with community partner, the Women's Center for Healing & Transformation presented a free online screening of TRIBAL JUSTICE in collaboration with POV, PBS's award-winning nonfiction film series.

See the trailer