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 →

1. Are you an Arkansas Native? If so, where are you from? If not, How did you get here? I was born and raised in Arkansas. I’ve worked on films and documentaries out of state, but Arkansas is definately home. I grew up in Benton and went to school at Harmony Grove High. I then spent some time in south … Continue reading →

1. Are you an Arkansas Native? If so where are you from? If not, How did you get here? Although I was born in upstate New York, I consider myself an Arkansan. My family settled in Little Rock when I was around 11 years old.    I grew up here, went to Joe T, and attended Hendrix College.  After graduation, I … Continue reading →

1. Are you an Arkansas Native? If so where are you from? If not, How did you get here? I am. I was born in Springdale and I grew up in Fayetteville and Springdale. I live in Springdale again as of a couple of weeks ago, but for the past seven years I had been living in Conway working on … Continue reading →

1. Are you an Arkansas Native? If so where are you from? If not, How did you get here? Searcy, Arkansas was home from birth to High School graduation. I lived in Conway for over ten years; first as a digital film making student at U.C.A., and later as a documentary producer for the Arkansas Educational Television Network. Little Rock … Continue reading →

Over the years I have been fortunate enough to attend many film festivals around the country as a filmmaker. While all film festivals have their own unique flavor and offerings I have learned two universal strategies for enjoying a film festival. Show up early. Screenings, parties, panels. Any event at a festival has the potential to fill up fast. Show … Continue reading →

1. Are you an Arkansas Native? If so where are you from? If not, How did you get here? I see myself as a “southern yankee”. I moved to Arkansas from New Jersey in 1983 when I was 12 years old. I just recently turned 40… so I’ve been living in Arkansas for 28 years. I consider myself a true … Continue reading →

The Arkansas film community lost one of our own this evening. Rick Dial a successful actor and all around great man passed away this afternoon surrounded by friends and family. We will all miss him not only for his art, but for his kind and generous nature. The following is a letter from Harry Thomason on his friend and collaborator. … Continue reading →

1. Are you an Arkansas Native? If so where are you from? If not, How did you get here? I’m not an Arkansas native.  I grew up in Florida, but I’ve lived a lot of places–Washington D.C., Kansas (go Jayhawks!), Atlanta, Alaska.  I moved here in 2003 from Alaska after my graduate school mentor Joe Anderson called and said he … Continue reading →

1. Are you an Arkansas Native? If so where are you from? If not, How did you get here? I am. I was born and raised in the Delta, so I spent my childhood in McGehee and Dumas, Arkansas. I’ve been in Conway for the last seven years working on my undergraduate and graduate degrees at the University of Central … Continue reading →