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 sixth Annual LRFF showcased a strong and diverse film lineup from a pool of more than 1000 film submissions from 30 different countries. The 2012 LRFF official selections from international filmmakers competed 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 awarded the Best Director and Best Actor in the “Made in Arkansas” competition.
2012 Little Rock Film Festival Winners
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Diamond Award for Career Excellence in Filmmaking – Jeff Nichols
Diamond Award for Career Excellence in Filmmaking – Jay Russell
Oxford American Best Southern Film – Pilgrim Song
Golden Rock for Best Narrative Film – Beasts of the Southern Wild
Golden Rock for Best Documentary Film – High Tech Low Life
Arkansas Times Audience Award – Wolf
Charles B. Pierce Award for Best Arkansas Film – Man in the Moon
Best Actor: Arkansas – Samuel Petit
Best Director: Arkansas – Edmund Prince (Imraan Ismail)
Best World Short – The God Phone
Best Music Video Director: World – Eric Epstein -“Yes I know” by Memory Tapes
Best Music Video Director: Arkansas – Alex Penrose - “Some Dreams Come True” by Swimming
2011 Little Rock Film Festival Winners
Oxford American Best Southern Film Award: The Last Mountain
Golden Rock for Best Narrative Feature: Robbie Pickering, Natural Selection
Golden Rock for Best Documentary: Marathon Boy
Arkansas Times Audience Award: The Interrupters
Charles B. Pierce Award for Best Arkansas Film: Daniel Campbell, The Orderly
Diamond Award for Career Excellence in Filmmaking: Hal Needham
Special Jury Prize for Courage in Filmmaking: Hossein Keshavarz, Dog Sweat
Best Actor: Arkansas Dustin Alford, Foot Soldier
Best Director: Arkansas: The Miller Brothers, Pillow
Best World Short: The Man Who Knew How to Fly
Best Music Video: Matt & Todd Wolfe, Pillow Flight
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
Arkansas Times Audience Award: Looking for Lurch
Charles B. Pierce Award for Best Arkansas Film: Antiquities