2011 Little Rock Film Festival Prizes & Awards
With more than 25,000 people in attendance and more than 100 films, workshops, panels, and parties over the five-day Southern film festival, the Fifth Annual LRFF will showcase a strong and diverse film lineup from a pool of more than 1000 film submissions from 30 different countries. The 2011 LRFF official selections from international filmmakers will compete for fabulous film festival prizes and awards in the Oxford American Award for Best Southern Film with a $10,000 cash prize, Golden Rock Best Narrative Feature, Golden Rock Best Documentary Feature, Best Short Film, Arkansas Times Audience Award, Best Arkansas Music Video, LRFF Youth!, and the Best Film “Made in Arkansas” categories. In addition, the LRFF will award the Best Director and Best Actor in the “Made in Arkansas” competition.
The Fifth Annual Little Rock Film Festival winners will be announced on Sunday June 5 during the Closing Night Gala and Awards Ceremony presented by the Arkansas Times at the Great Hall in the Clinton Presidential Center.
2011 Little Rock Film Festival Winners
Diamond Aware for Career Excellence in Filmmaking Hal Needham
Best Music Video Matt & Todd Wolfe, Pillow Flight
Best World Short The Main 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 Miller Brothers, Pillow
Ishares Charles B. Pierce Award for Best “Made in Arkansas” Film The Orderly Daniel Campbell
The Golden Rock for Best Documentary Marathon Boy
The Golden Rock for Best Narrative Feature Natural Selection, Robbie Pickering
Oxford American Best Southern Film Award The Last Mountain
2010 Little Rock Film Festival Winners
Oxford American Best Southern Film The Bill Hick’s Story
Golden Rock for Best Narrative Film Winter’s Bone
Golden Rock for Best Documentary Film Restrepo
Charles B. Pierce Award (Best of Arkansas) Antiquities
Audience Award Looking for Lurch