In the tradition of our unique community approach to filmmaking, this spring we have introduced the inaugural class of the Court 13 Acting and Moviemaking School for Young People… aka the Court 13 After School Program, aka COURT THIRTEENIES: THE NEXT GENERATION. Through grass roots outreach into Orleans and Jefferson Parish schools (not to mention [...]
In the tradition of our unique community approach to filmmaking, this spring we have introduced the inaugural class of the Court 13 Acting and Moviemaking School for Young People… aka the Court 13 After School Program, aka COURT THIRTEENIES: THE NEXT GENERATION. Through grass roots outreach into Orleans and Jefferson Parish schools (not to mention [...]
Court 13 Omnimedia artiste Ray Tintori has just dropped another talk-of-the-town MGMT video, the long awaited “Kids” jam. Click HERE to watch if you haven’t already. The video was born and bred in New Orleans, with much of the monsters created and shot in Court 13′s temporary home, the Studio at Colton. Many a Court [...]
As part of preproduction, the Court makes frequent trips south of New Orleans–not only to scout locations, but to conjure inspiration for our next feature film, “BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD.” Naturally we thought we’d share a few of the pictures we’ve snapped down there, with this here slideshow. Courtesy of the wild lands of [...]
An admittedly long overdue post- Court 13 friend Cary Fukunaga recently paid us a visit here in New Orleans, and between the racquetball and the Cajun food, also found time to premiere his new feature, “SIN NOMBRE.” A nearly packed house gathered at Canal Place on the opening night of May 8, to watch the [...]
As announced in a prior post, Court 13′s Benh Zeitlin was fortunate enough to be selected for the Sundance Directors Lab for the upcoming Court project, “BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD.” A large part of the lab provides Benh the opportunity to workshop the script with some talented actors ideal for the main parts. The [...]
The new Court 13 project “BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD” is a tale of many things: fathers and daughters, drunks and cowards, pirated ferry boats, hallowed half-time shows, ramen noodles and gator grits. But on a certain, larger scale, it’s also about the beginning of the End. And the agent of the apocalypse in this [...]
A momentous occasion for the Court krewe.. Court 13′s current feature film project “BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD” was just accepted into the Sundance Directors’ Lab! This means that in June, writer/director Benh will flee to Utah from New Orleans (which is just so pleasant in the summer), to meet up with co-writer Lucy and [...]
