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# The 2018 GNO Film Fete - Recommendation Roundup
- URL: https://www.moviegoingwithbill.com/gnofilmfete18-html/
- Published: 2018-04-15T08:34:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-09-27T23:26:56.000Z
- Author: Moviegoing with Bill
- Tags: #Migrated-1759014615461, #Import 2025-09-27 18:21

While nothing can quite replace Timecode: NOLA, [The GNO Film Fete](https://www.facebook.com/TheGNOfilmfete/) (classic French for "festival") looks to fill the void by showcasing a diverse selection of locally conceived and produced short films. This year, the fete will take place at [Chalmette Movies on Sunday, April 15th](https://www.facebook.com/events/1718591431534000/), and will run about 90 or so minutes of pure cinema.

Director of the fete Carl Johnson gave me a preview of the programming, allowing me to compile a trio of flicks you should look out for:

***Black and Blue***

John Swider directs this gem of generational/familial maturity and responsibility with swiftness and looseness. Starring the great Lance Nichols, *Black and Blue* is the telling of a young man and his grandfather, dealing with a very recent and tragic death. It's not often we see a wonderfully sentimental, progressive and non-schmaltzy depiction of men comforting one another over grief, so this was a welcome surprise. Lance Nichols delivers the single best point - a monologue about memory and overcoming adversity - at the base of an empty baseball field. I swear, this man can work with just about any character and dialogue (remember *Left Behind*?). Heartfelt, absolutely.

[BLACK and BLUE - Teaser](https://vimeo.com/176399250?ref=moviegoingwithbill.com) from [inDEPTH Media](https://vimeo.com/indepthmedia?ref=moviegoingwithbill.com) on [Vimeo](https://vimeo.com/?ref=moviegoingwithbill.com).

***How to Sell a Broken Heart***

Jonathan Jackson is a local "rebel without a crew", so to speak. His *Dvrker: Infinity Room* is a stark and clever thriller of aggressive politics and wish-fulfilling fantasy. So, when I heard he was making a short featuring Satan ... Shot and cut (those words were chosen specifically to evoke a violent feeling) with visceral visual purpose, *How to Sell a Broken Heart* is an imaginative and thematic exercise in playing with "what if?" and setting. New Orleans is home to a bohemian Devil, oozing with sexuality and sneaky wisdom - a combination too dangerous for any one being. It's fun, though I can only dream of what a longer feature would conjure up.

["How To Sell A Broken Heart\*"](https://vimeo.com/249798414?ref=moviegoingwithbill.com) from [The Colored Section](https://vimeo.com/thecoloredsection?ref=moviegoingwithbill.com) on [Vimeo](https://vimeo.com/?ref=moviegoingwithbill.com).

***Ripe Figs***

Maybe the best short of the bunch (and the only one without a video available online), Artemis Preeshl directs a provocative, engaging and splendid movie where every frame may just be like a painting. *Ripe Figs* is set in the classically humid plantation era of the deep south, where a Motherly figure is looking after a quiet young woman, who yearns to explore the world and be romanced. Fruits - specifically the age appropriation of them - are used as both an expression of time and of a child coming into womanhood. With a rich color palette and expert timing/pacing, *Ripe Figs* is heavy with longing and implication, a wealth of content that doesn't come along as often. Thankfully, it has landed in our delighted laps, as if sent from above.