This episode of Timecode:NOLA features narrative filmmaking, experimental animation, filmmaker interviews, and a spotlight on Louisiana’s film industry. Highlights include a culturally charged New Orleans drama, a surreal experimental work examining female archetypes through digital collage, a poetic short film about imagination and flight, and a discussion with Louisiana Casting’s Tim Hammond and Liz Coulon about the casting process in the regional film industry.

Featured Films:

• Timecode:NOLA On… Louisiana Casting – Tim Hammond and Liz Coulon discuss their work with Louisiana Casting and provide insight into the casting process for film and television productions in Louisiana.
• Employee Dang (Corey Fortune) – Dang, the owner of a New Orleans cleaning and t-shirt printing business, is forced to confront his cultural values and family tensions when challenged by a young neighborhood troublemaker and his friends. Includes an interview with filmmaker Corey Fortune and Timecode favorite Geoff Douville (1976–2020).
• The Chaos Hags (Courtney Egan) – An experimental digital animation in which fragmented images of actresses are sampled and recombined into surreal, Frankenstein-like figures. The resulting work explores female stereotypes, memory, emotion, and psychological states through striking visual collage.
• Imagine (Jason D. Williams) – A child dreams of soaring through the sky like the birds. Includes an interview with filmmaker Jason D. Williams.

Cold Open:

• Open (Dave Osborn)

Timecode:NOLA was a television series dedicated to showcasing independent filmmakers, short films, music videos, documentaries, animation, and experimental work while giving creators a platform to discuss their process and projects. Our mission was simple: inspire people to make movies.

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