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Food Trucks at the LRFF2013 – Downtown Little Rock
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
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
LRFF2013 announces Closing Night film: ‘Don Jon’ directed by and starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt
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
7 Questions for These Birds Walk Directors Bassam Tariq & Omar Mullick
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
7 Questions for Short Term 12 Director Destin Daniel Cretton
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
LRFF2013′s Family Special Screening – Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
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
BBC Production looking for Arkansas Cast and Crew
A BBC documentary about blues great Big Bill Broonzy will be shooting reenactments on May 25th, in Little Rock. Seems like a fun project in Arkansas from a great producer, check out details below. Alicia Van Couvering, producer of Lena Dunham’s Tiny Furniture, a 2009 LRFF official selection, is looking for crew, cast and locations for a new BBC … Continue reading
Little Rock Film Festival announces 2013 Golden Rock Documentary Competition Lineup
The 7th Annual Little Rock Film Festival is pleased to announce the competition lineup for the 2013 Golden Rock Documentary Category. “This year’s lineup represents the very best in documentary work being made around the World. Each of these 17 films examine a wide range of issues and characters from secret wars around the globe, ganglife in Baltimore, Maryland to … Continue reading
‘Short Term 12′ to Open Little Rock Film Festival 2013
The 7th Annual Little Rock Film Festival is pleased to announce the SXSW Grand Jury Prize Winner and The SXSW Audience Award Winner, Short Term 12, directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, as its Opening Night Film. Destin Daniel Cretton and break out star Keith Stanfield to attend. This is Short Term 12 director Destin Daniel Cretton’s second time at the Little Rock Film … Continue reading