Blog from LRFF Artistic Director Brent Renaud

2012 Golden Rock Narrative and Documentary Films Announced

The Little Rock Film Festival (LRFF) has announced its first round of films which will compete for the 2012 Golden Rock Awards for best narrative feature and best documentary feature. This has been by far our most competitive year ever. These selections from the United States, Iraq, Africa, India and beyond, represent the very best in what is happening in … Continue reading

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Arkansas Literary Festival is for Filmmakers too

One of the many great things about filmmaking is that it’s such a collaborative art form. You rarely ever do a film with just one discipline involved. Even animations have writers, directors, and sound editors. In the same way the Little Rock Film Festival is collaborative and it shares a certain bond with other festivals throughout the state and region. … Continue reading

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Feb 16: The Wise Kids with Actress Sadieh Rifai

Little Rock, ARK- The Little Rock Film Festival (LRFF) and the Argenta Arts Foundation (AAF) will screen TheWise Kids Thursday, February 16th at 7:00 p.m. at the Argenta Community Theater as part of the Argenta Film Series. One of the film’s stars, stage and screen actress Sadieh Rifai, will be present and LRFF programmer, Levi Agee, will moderate a Q&A with Rifai … Continue reading

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Little Rock Horror Picture Show Line Up & Schedule

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The Little Rock Horror Picture Show is a new genre festival of the Little Rock Film Festival.  The Opening Night film is Madison County from Arkansas writer/director Eric England (England and actor/producer Ace Marrero will be on hand for a Q & A session).  The Closing Night film is Neil Marshall’s modern horror classic Dog Soldiers which Squidoo.com named the … Continue reading

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HAPPY HALLOWEEN! LITTLE ROCK HORROR PICTURE SHOW COMING SOON!

Coming February 17 – 19th at Market Street Cinema!

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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!

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