Brent Renaud
Brent Renaud is the co-founder and artistic director of the Little Rock Film Festival. He owns 501Film, a documentary production company based in New York City, with his brother Craig. The Renaud Brothers have won an IDA Award, two Columbia Dupont Awards, two Overseas Press Club Awards, and have been nominated for an Emmy and a DGA award. Brent splits his time between Little Rock and NYC.-
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7 Questions for Steve Hoover director of the Sundance Grand Jury Prize Winning Blood Brother
Blood Brother, which won the Grand Jury and Audience Awards at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, sneaks up on you. What at first seems like a fairly typical personal documentary, quickly becomes something else entirely, as Steve Hoover is dragged into the complicated life of his best friend Rocky who has devoted his life to serving HIV positive children in … Continue reading
LRFF2013 announces Closing Night film: ‘Don Jon’ directed by and starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt
The Little Rock Film Festival will close it’s 7th Annual event with Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s directorial debut — ‘Don Jon‘, a comic film about a guy who is addicted to online pornography and works to find intimacy with his potential true love. The film screens May 19th, 9pm at The Rep. Principal Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore, Tony Danza Written … Continue reading
7 Questions for These Birds Walk Directors Bassam Tariq & Omar Mullick
One of a handful of innovative new documentaries will be featuring at the LRFF this year is These Birds Walk, from Bassam Tariq and Omar Mullick about a poor runaway boy and a reluctant ambulance driver in Karachi, Pakistan who are brought together by a dying humanitarian leader upon whom so much of their daily lives depend. I spoke with … Continue reading
7 Questions for Short Term 12 Director Destin Daniel Cretton
Destin Daniel Cretton is on a roll after winning both the Grand Prize and Audience awards at SXSW with his film Short Term 12 this Spring. Short Term 12 will open the 2013 Little Rock Film Festival on May 15. This is Cretton’s second time at the LRFF his film I am not a Hipster was a 2012 Official Selection. … Continue reading
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Tagged Destin Daniel Dretton, Little Rock Film Festival, LRFF, LRFF2013, Short Term 12, SXSW Grand Jury Winner
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Filmmaker/Film Critic Robert Greene to attend LRFF2013
We are excited to welcome our friend, writer, critic and filmmaker Robert Greene back to the LRFF this year. At LRFF2013 Greene will present a program on the Making of the Oscar Nominated and 2012LRFF Grand Prize winning, Beasts of the Southern Wild. The program will include two short films made by New Orleans filmmaker Bill Ross (LRFF2012). Greene will … Continue reading
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BBC Production looking for Arkansas Cast and Crew
A BBC documentary about blues great Big Bill Broonzy will be shooting reenactments on May 25th, in Little Rock. Seems like a fun project in Arkansas from a great producer, check out details below. Alicia Van Couvering, producer of Lena Dunham’s Tiny Furniture, a 2009 LRFF official selection, is looking for crew, cast and locations for a new BBC … Continue reading
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Tagged Alicia Van Couvering, Arkansas, BBC Project, Lena Dunham, Little Rock Film Festival, LRFF, Tiny Furniture
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Little Rock Film Festival announces 2013 Golden Rock Documentary Competition Lineup
The 7th Annual Little Rock Film Festival is pleased to announce the competition lineup for the 2013 Golden Rock Documentary Category. “This year’s lineup represents the very best in documentary work being made around the World. Each of these 17 films examine a wide range of issues and characters from secret wars around the globe, ganglife in Baltimore, Maryland to … Continue reading
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Tagged 12 O'Clock Boys, Ain't In It for my Health, Bayou Maharaja, Blood Brother, Bridegroom, Dirty Wars, Documentaries, Golden Rock, Heifer International Award, Little Rock Film Festival, LRFF, LRFF2013, Muscle Shoals, Our Nixon, Oxford American, Pussy Riot - a Punk Prayer, Spies of Mississippi, Sundance Film Festival, Sundance Grand Jury Winner, SXSW Winner, These Birds Walk, Village at the End of the World, We Always Lie to Strangers, William and the Windmill
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‘Short Term 12′ to Open Little Rock Film Festival 2013
The 7th Annual Little Rock Film Festival is pleased to announce the SXSW Grand Jury Prize Winner and The SXSW Audience Award Winner, Short Term 12, directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, as its Opening Night Film. Destin Daniel Cretton and break out star Keith Stanfield to attend. This is Short Term 12 director Destin Daniel Cretton’s second time at the Little Rock Film … Continue reading
Country Music Legend Glen Campbell at fundraiser for Arkansas Motion Picture Institue Sept 6
The Little Rock Film Festival is proud in helping to create the new Arkansas Motion Picture Institute (AMPI). AMPI is a statewide, non-profit organization providing leadership in film education, while supporting growth and excellence in film, television and digital media. Join us on September 6, 2012 for our kickoff event, a fundraiser with the legendary country singer, Glen Campbell. Proceeds … Continue reading
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