Monthly Archives: June 2011
www.Have-You-Been-There.com Interviews Prairie Love Filmmakers
www.Have-You-Been-There.com interviewed the filmmakers of Prairie Love this weekend, a film that was nominated for the Golden Rock for best narrative film at the festival. They are a fun bunch and you can look for their film in a little over a month on Netflix! Prairie Love premiered at Sundance and took the top prize at the Oxford Film … Continue reading
www.Have-You-Been-There.com Interviews Festival Goers
Not only did www.Have-You-Been-There.com interview filmmakers this year, but they also tried to interview a few patrons of the festival as well. They were able to interview Angela Burgess and Courtney Taylor, the owners of AngelCourt Jewels. This was their second year to come to the festival and they plan on coming back every year from now on. The spoke … Continue reading
7 Questions with Tyler Tarver, Director of Rappers Delightful Remix
Director Tyler Tarver 1. Are you an Arkansas Native? If so where are you from? If not, How did you get here? Yes sir, graduated from Bauxite. Did college at Arkansas Tech University and my Masters’ at UCA and ASU. Currently living in Vilonia and teaching in Beebe. I’ve got all kinds of Arkansas going on. 2. What is the … Continue reading
www.Have-You-Been-There.com Interviews Daniel Campbell
www.Have-You-Been-There.com interviews another winner for us. For the first time in the history of the Little Rock Film Festival a person has won the Best in Arkansas Award a second time. Last year Daniel Campbell won for the short Antiquities and this year he’s won the Ishares Charles B Pierce Award for Best “Made in Arkansas” Film for The Orderly. … Continue reading
Formation of the Arkansas Film Studies Insititute Announced at the 2011 LRFF GALA at the Clinton Presidential Library
As announced at the 5th Annual Little Rock Film Festival awards ceremony held at the Clinton Presidential Center, the festival’s Board of Directors has finalized the formation of a new film Institute. Award-winning documentary filmmaker and Little Rock Film Festival, Inc. Co-Founder, Brent Renaud, has been appointed Executive Director to lead the effort. This new Institute is a state wide … Continue reading
www.Have-You-Been-There.com Interviews Robbie Pickering
Have You Been There? interviewed Golden Rock Winner, Robbie Pickering at the Little Rock Film Festival this weekend. His film, Natural Selection came to Little Rock after winning 7 awards including the Grand Jury Prize at SXSW. Congratulations to Robbie on all of his success and we can’t wait to see his next films!
LRFF Programmer Levi Agee talks to 2011 Golden Rock winner director Robbie Pickering
I was lucky enough to get to sit behind Robbie Pickering, director of the film Natural Selection, during his first screening at the Little Rock Film Festival. I could see him mouthing the words as the film played. He knew every beat of the film like a favorite song. I believemany of the audience members will have the same feeling after seeing … Continue reading
www.Have-You-Been-There.com interviews Jeff Nichols
At the Little Rock Film Festival this weekend www.Have-You-Been-There.com had the opportunity to interview director Jeff Nichols. He came to the festival to show his first feature Shotgun Stories, do a Q & A with local film critic Phillip Martin, and then show the first 4 minutes of his latest film Take Shelter. It just won the Grand Prix at Critics Week at … Continue reading
The gallery closes. Thoughts on this years festival.
Film festivals are a whirl wind of excitement. In five short days I found it to be impossible to see everything I wanted to see, meet every filmmaker, and attend every event. Now that I am home and catching up on rest and the work I let slide last week I have made one observation on the LRFF both this … Continue reading
And the Winners Are….
Diamond Award for Career Excellence in Filmmaking Hal Needham Best Music Video Matt and Todd Wolfe, Pillow Fight Best World Short The Man who Knew How to Fly Arkansas Times Audience Award The Interrupters Special Jury Prize for Courage in Filmmaking Hossein Keshavarz, Dog Sweat “Made in Arkansas” Best Actor Dustin Alford, Foot Soldier “Made in Arkansas” Best Director The … Continue reading