After a popular inaugural year in 2013, Timecode:NOLA will offer an expanded Film Festival at the 2014 French Quarter Festival featuring films about some of the region’s most memorable characters.

James Booker (Photo: Jim Scheurich)

This year’s Film Festival will take place at Le Petit Théâtre on April 12-13 and is free and open to the public.

Timecode:NOLA, a New Orleans film industry collective focusing on local talent and opportunities, has curated two full days of programming featuring rarely seen gems like Ruthie the Duck Girl, last screened 18 years ago.

With a uniquely New Orleans personality, the programming will focus on Louisiana music, culture, neighborhoods, and dialects.

From director Lily Keber’s documentary Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker and directors Richard Barber and Andre Lambertson’s The Whole Gritty City to Stevenson J. Palfi’s Piano Players Rarely Play Together, each film encapsulates the essence of this unique region.

The majority of films were directed by local filmmakers and will include a question and answer with the Director and/or Cast after each screening.

Timecode:NOLA’s Film Series at French Quarter Fest Schedule

Saturday April 12, 2014

11 a.m. – Louisiana Short film selections (Followed by Filmmakers Q&A)

– The World According to Ernie K-Doe

– New Orleans Lexicon

– Yeah You Rite!

1 p.m. – Piano Players Rarely Play Together (Followed by Filmmakers Q&A)

3 p.m. – The Whole Gritty City

Sunday April 13, 2014

11 a.m. – Always for Pleasure

12:30 p.m. – Ruthie the Duck Girl (Followed by Filmmakers Q&A)

3 p.m.- Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker (Followed by Filmmakers Q&A)

For more information on this and other French Quarter Festival events, click here.