A film by Jeremy & Abby Berendt Lavoi
Roots of Fire Live in Concert! is a two-day musical event featuring musicians from the award-winning
documentary Roots of Fire. This concert will become a feature-length documentary and soundtrack, capturing Grammy-winning Cajun and Creole musicians in a powerful, live celebration of Louisiana’s rich musical heritage.
Successful applicants will be interested in working as a SET PA, and in learning from a variety of departments to improve their experience.
Selected participants will have a paid, on-set internship for several weeks on the show, and would need to be fully available for the duration of the internship. Applicants must be Louisiana residents.
Email stevee@novacvideo.org for more information.
NOVAC is proud to announce a partnership with the TNT production TELL ME YOUR SECRETS – a suspenseful, morally complex thriller following three characters and their mysterious pasts – starring Lily Rabe (American Horror Story), Hamish Linklater (The Newsroom) and Amy Brenneman (The Leftovers), executive produced by Harriet Warner (Call the Midwife) and Bruno Papandrea (Big Little Lies).
Beginning May 30, 2018, NOVAC will be accepting applications for this three-week, paid internship program, which will place three interns in one of the following multi-department tracks based on their preference and fit, one intern per track:
The internship will be in New Orleans this July, and will be five days a week, 8 hours/day for the entire three weeks. Participants will be paid minimum wage for the run of the internship.
TIMELINE
Applications due by June 15, 2018!
Take the first step towards starting your career in the film industry by joining NOVAC and the Louisiana Workforce Commission, River Parishes Region, for one of our FREE upcoming workshops!
NOVAC is partnering with the Louisiana Workforce Commission to offer free film industry job training for residents of the Greater New Orleans Metro area. After an initial set of info sessions in Luling, in January 2018, the LWC is seeking to develop a cohort of 30 residents who are interested in receiving free job training for jobs in the film industry. These residents will be part of a cohort of folks going through a variety of film industry trainings throughout 2018, with workshops, trainings, internships and job placement support.
WHO: Residents of Orleans, Jefferson, St. Bernard, St. Tammany, Plaquemines, Lafourche, Terrebonne, St. John the Baptist, St. James, St. Charles and Tangipahoa parishes.
NEXT STEPS: Complete the eligibility packet, downloadable here, and return to your regional LWC office. You can find the addresses of those offices here. Make sure they know you’re interested in the Film Industry Training Cohort!
WHEN: Deadline extended- Please complete your eligibility packet and return to a LWC office as soon as possible. Trainings in Spring 2018 will be scheduled once a cohort of 30 has been established!
Phan Plork emigrated to Buras, Louisiana, in the early 1980s to escape the brutal regime of the Khmer Rouge. He now is part of a vibrant community of over 30 families of Cambodian descent in the heart of Plaquemines Parish. He and other Cambodian and Vietnames fishermen are active parts of their community, but struggle to be engaged in the process of coastal restoration planning, due to cultural and language barriers. As he looks towards the possibility of needing to move his family and community, becoming a refugee twice in his life, he wonders if his personal resilience will be enough to see his family, home and livelihood through. REFUGE premiered at the 2017 New Orleans Film Festival.
REFUGE, featuring Phan Plork and Sandy Ngyuen.
Directed and produced by Katie Mathews
Camera by Biliana Grozdanova and Alex Glustrom
Edit by James Page