With over 3,700 submissions pared down to just under 140 selections from countries as far away as the Ivory Coast, Ghana, Ukraine and the United Arab Emirates, the New Orleans Film Society is poised to present a wide-ranging list of films over the course of the New Orleans Film Festival this year.

“This larger pool of films makes every decision for our official selections that much more difficult,” said Clint Bowie, artistic director of the New Orleans Film Society. “When it comes to the opening night film, we’re looking for a film that will appeal to a broad generalized audience, but with a title that represents the talents here. In the past, we’ve had films like '12 Years a Slave' or 'C’mon C’mon,' with Joaquin Phoenix, shot entirely in New Orleans, and featuring a lot of talent in f

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