Monthly Archives: June 2011
7 Questions with Scott Edge, Director of The Jester
1. Are you an Arkansas Native? If so where are you from? If not, How did you get here? I’m native Arkansas through and through. I’ve been here for 33 years. I grew up in Ferndale about 20 miles outside the city limits. Its decisively country. Creeks, woods, fields things of that sort were my playground! And I had to … Continue reading
Paste Magazine Coverage of the 2011 LRFF
Tim Basham from Paste Magazine has covered the Little Rock Film Festival since 2008. This year he traveled to Little Rock to review films and conduct panels, and also to present Hal Needham with a Diamond Award for Career Excellence. He is seen here with Justin and Mallory from Have- You-Been-There.com. Click on the photo to Read Tim’s coverage of … Continue reading
7 Questions with Kim Risi, Director of Disillusioned
1. Are you an Arkansas Native? If so where are you from? If not, How did you get here? I was born in Orlando, Florida but my family moved to Jonesboro, Arkansas about 10 years ago. This is essentially where I grew up. I moved to Conway when I graduated High School to enroll in the Digital Filmmaking program here … Continue reading
Little Rock’s Bonnie Montgomery unveils new Bill Clinton Opera in NYC
Many of us know Bonnie Montgomery, as the lead singer for Bonnie Montgomery Trucking, a really great country band based in Little Rock. This year they played the AfterThought Party at the LRFF. Not surprisingly Bonnie is also a writer and in that capacity she has developed a new opera about the childhood of Bill Clinton, growing up in Hope … Continue reading
Little Rock Film Festival Feature Docs head to Silverdocs
Silverdocs in Silver Spring, Maryland is considered to be one of the top two or three documentary film festivals in the country. This years program which takes place June 20-26 is flush with titles right out of the Little Rock Film Festival. We are happy to have featured these films first, but congratulate all of the filmmakers on the honor … Continue reading
2011 LRFF Alum Hit NYC
After the Little Rock Film Festival, there really is only NYC. This week three great films from the 2011 LRFF made their New York premieres. The Last Mountain, winner of the 10,000$ LRFF Oxford American Best Southern Film Award, openend theatrically at The Sunshine Cinema on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Hopefully the theatrical run will lead to an … Continue reading
LRFF Founders announce new details on a Statewide Film Institute Initiative
Contact: Angie Stoffer FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Email: Angela@littlerockfilmfestival.org June 15, 2011 Details on new State Film Institute led by LRFF Artistic Director Brent Renaud At this year’s Little Rock Film Festival Awards Gala attended by Governor Mike Beebe and State Treasurer Martha Shoffner, LRFF Founder Owen Brainard announced the formation of a statewide film institute to promote moviemaking and the … Continue reading
Thank you Hal Needham from the Little Rock Film Festival
If you were at the discussion at this years LRFF between Paste Magazine writer Tim Basham and Legendary hollywood stuntman and director Hal Needham, it is something you will probably never forget. Hal Needham has accomplished more in a lifetime in the movies than most of us will ever dream of. I am reading my signed copy of his new book … Continue reading
7 Questions with Bryan Stafford, Director of Ballerina
1. Are you an Arkansas Native? If so where are you from? If not, How did you get here? No, i was born in Memphis TN. I was adopted by a family from Arkansas when I was 6 months old. I grew up in Pine Bluff and then went to design school in Texas, eventually after working in advertising and … Continue reading
Hal Needham Highlights
One of the best events of the entire Little Rock Film Festival was the event with Hal Needham, director of the classic film Smokey and the Bandit. Tim Basham from Paste Magazine interviewed Mr. Needham who has had probably one of the most interesting lives in Hollywood. He started out as a stunt man, and later a stunt coordinator, before … Continue reading