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LRFF2013 Day 2 review – written by Tracy Whitaker

It’s hard to keep track of the days while festival events have my schedule spinning. The films and panels discussions have me hopping all day and the parties…well the parties are just too much fun. The problem is that I want to see all the films, meet all the makers, attend all the events and it is definitely impossible. All … Continue reading

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Food Trucks at the LRFF2013 – Downtown Little Rock

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  Along with an amazing line-up of films, music and parties at the 7th Annual Little Rock Film Festival this year, the LRFF in association with FOOD XING has a mouth watering line-up of Little Rock’s finest mobile eateries (a.k.a. FOOD TRUCKS!) open and available from during the festival weekend Friday  through Sunday -10:30 a.m. until 10 p.m. Take your pick from … Continue reading

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7 Questions for Steve Hoover director of the Sundance Grand Jury Prize Winning Blood Brother

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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

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Little Rock Film Festival 2013: LRFFTalks Panel Series

The Little Rock Film Festival brings together award winning filmmakers, writers, film critics, producers and distributors for the 2013 LRFFTalks program. LRFFTalks aim to nurture conversations and create a platform for discussions, providing audiences the opportunity to gain an insight into both the creative and the business world of filmmaking.   AMPI Producers Forum – Moderated by Arkansas Motion Picture Institute Director … Continue reading

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LRFF2013 announces Closing Night film: ‘Don Jon’ directed by and starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt

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  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

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7 Questions for These Birds Walk Directors Bassam Tariq & Omar Mullick

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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

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7 Questions for Short Term 12 Director Destin Daniel Cretton

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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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LRFF2013′s Family Special Screening – Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules

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The Little Rock Film Festival Family Day – May 18th, 2013 This year the LRFF2013 will bring child actors Zachary Gordon, who plays Greg Heffley, and Robert Capron , who plays Rowley Jefferson, in Diary of Wimpy Kid-Rodrick Rules to Little Rock along with producer Brad Simpson. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules will screen at the Arkansas Repertory … Continue reading

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Little Rock Film Festival Announces 2013 Golden Rock Narrative Competition Lineup

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The Little Rock Film Festival is pleased to announce the following films as Official Selections for the 2013 Golden Rock Narrative Competition lineup. (More announcements to come). The Narrative Feature film lineup this year brings to Little Rock an impressive list of award winning filmmakers including David Riker, Justin Schwarz, Sean Gallagher, Destin Daniel Cretton, Brad Simpson and Adam Rifkin among others and … Continue reading

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LR Horror Picture Show Spotlight Screening & Recap

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At the end of March the Little Rock Film Festival held the 2nd Annual Little Rock Horror Picture Show at the Argenta Community Theater and The Joint in North Little Rock.  We opened with the great Saturday Morning Massacre from director Spencer Parsons and starring Jonny Mars and Ashley Rae Spillers who all three attended the festival.  The weekend continued … Continue reading

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