Nola.com reports that Twelve Years a Slave will be the opening film at this year’s New Orleans Film Festival, which runs from October 10 to 17.
If you’re planning on going, the tickets will go on sale on Thursday (August 15) and will be available at NewOrleansFilmSociety.org.
The 2013 New Orleans Film Festival will boast a decidedly local feel when it kicks off its 24th edition on Oct. 10. Director Steve McQueen’s locally shot adaptation of “12 Years a Slave” — starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Fassbender and Brad Pitt — was named the festival’s opening-night selection in an announcement this afternoon (Aug. 12).
McQueen’s film, which will be screening more than a week before its limited theatrical release, will be the centerpiece of a red-carpet, opening-night event to be held at the newly renovated Civic Theater on O’Keefe Avenue. McQueen is expected to be among those in attendance.