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Sat, Oct 24
|The MBS Black Box Theater at the CAC
Heaven Above Rowen at NOFF 2026
Alice Voena's feature film "Heaven Above Rowen" will screen at the 37th annual New Orleans Film Festival
Tickets are not on sale
Time & Location
Oct 24, 2026, 8:15 PM – 9:00 PM CDT
The MBS Black Box Theater at the CAC, 900 Camp St, New Orleans, LA 70130
About the event
Alice Voena's feature film "Heaven Above Rowen" will screen at the 37th annual New Orleans Film Festival
Under the influence of experimental smokable medication, Rowen Amadeus Camor (Alice Voena) is a queer cult leader consumed by psychedelic visions. After forming the Church of Avalon through the guidance of Promise (John Cameron Mitchell), a hallucinated deity, Rowen faces a slow mental breakdown as they search for identity and meaning the day before a prophesied religious doomsday. The story unfolds with the lyricism and style of a glam concept album, through a series of poetic monologues set to the electronic soundscapes of Stephen Trask’s score. Shot on a variety of digital formats (including Hi-8), printed frame-by-frame on paper, and then animated with lipstick and liner, “Heaven Above Rowen” is a cinematic trip all its own.
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