2020 Louisiana Film Prize finalists’ posters preview the competition that starts tomorrow for $25,000

By John Wildman 1st Oct, 2020

Louisiana Film Prize finalists’ posters preview the 2020 competition

One of the coolest things for a filmmaker after they have gone through all of the effort and heartache and crap it takes to make their film; writing it (when they are the writer as well), convincing people to give them money to make it, going through all of the hurdles and unhappy surprises of pre-production AND production, suffering and surviving each of those moments when they thought it was all over, the hours spent editing wondering why they did this to themselves, and then finally finishing the film and knowing that they made it to the other side and this thing exists that they created…

After all of that, one of the coolest things is getting a poster for that same film. It’s a reaffirmation that the film actually exists and it’s a quick hint at what the film is about, what the filmmaker’s style is about, an opportunity to lure someone into the theater to see the film or click on it to watch it online, because it gives them a clue as to what they can expect when they see the film.

The Louisiana Film Prize is understandably lauded for the giant check the winning filmmaker takes home (This year, $25,000!), but the Film Prize film festival/competition hybrid goes far beyond that as far as how special the experience is for participating filmmakers and what they can take away from their go-round in that carousel. One of those benefits are very real lessons in the importance and applications of self-marketing and promotion.

And the film poster is a huge part of that.

Do it right and people look forward to seeing the film, anticipating what it will be like, and maybe having that poster image stick with them as they decide who to vote for. Do it wrong and maybe you give the impression that its amateur hour with the filmmaker and the film, its a hobby exercise, a lark, not something to be taken seriously because whoever slapped that thing together clearly didn’t spend that much time or resources on it, right?

Well, here are the posters for the 20 films in competition for this year’s Louisiana Film Prize. Start forming some opinions…

AWAY Director, Anne Nichols Brown
AWAY (Director, Anne Nichols Brown)
BAKED POTATO NIGHT, Director, Suzanne Racz
BAKED POTATO NIGHT (Director, Suzanne Racz)

BECKY'S BIG CATCH, Director, Hannah Dorsett
BECKY’S BIG CATCH (Director, Hannah Dorsett)
A CRY FOR HELP, Director, Steven Esteb
A CRY FOR HELP (Director, Steven Esteb)
DOUBLE DATE NIGHT, Director, Paul Petersen
DOUBLE DATE NIGHT (Director, Paul Petersen)
FIND HER, Director, Dexter Duran
FIND HER (Director, Dexter Duran)
THE GAZEBO, Director, Barry Larson
THE GAZEBO (Director, Barry Larson)
GREEN'S ALLEY, Director, Abigail Kruger
GREEN’S ALLEY (Director, Abigail Kruger)
IMMINENT, Director, Topher Simon
IMMINENT (Director, Topher Simon)
IN(APP)LICABLE, Director, Cam Owen
IN(APP)LICABLE (Director, Cam Owen)
MS. BLUE, Director, Mary McDade Casteel
MS. BLUE (Director, Mary McDade Casteel)
NICE TO MEET YOU, Director, Michael Landry
NICE TO MEET YOU (Director, Michael Landry)
RONNIE, Director, Justin LaCalamita
RONNIE (Director, Justin LaCalamita)
STRANGERS IN THE STALL, Director, Hattie Haggard Gobble
STRANGERS IN THE STALL (Director, Hattie Haggard Gobble)
STUCK IN THE MIDDLE, Director, Eva Contis
STUCK IN THE MIDDLE (Director, Eva Contis)
THREE MILE HELL, Director, Jeremy Enis
THREE MILE HELL (Director, Jeremy Enis)
UNTITLED POST-BABY PROJECT, Director, Lorna Street Dopson
UNTITLED POST-BABY PROJECT (Director, Lorna Street Dopson)
VALUE INN, Director, Ken Burton
VALUE INN (Director, Ken Burton)
VOUEE, Director, Christine Chen
VOUEE (Director, Christine Chen)

2020 Louisiana Film Prize finalists’ posters preview the competition that starts tomorrow for $25,000

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