On the big screen

This Friday marks the start of the second annual Third Street Film Festival, an event that attracted a lot of attention during its inaugural weekend in 2011. It’s the kind of event that celebrates the film industry’s explosion in Louisiana while also highlighting a lot of the independent filmmakers working here in Baton Rouge and around the state.

As the event continues to expand—and this year includes screenings of short- and feature-length submissions, panel discussions and more—it will likely become another feather in the cap for Baton Rouge, attracting crowds to the Shaw Center and downtown (not to mention showcasing our great local talent).

Check out the lineup here and purchase tickets here.

We also have a story on how festival organizer James Hebert prepared for this year’s event in the September issue of 225. You can read that story here.

And keep your movie-watching calendar open as we go into 2013. Another film festival will take over the Manship Theatre—this time, the Baton Rouge Jewish Film Festival Jan. 16-20.