Little Rock Film Festival
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| Location | Little Rock, Arkansas, United States |
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| Language | International |
| Website | http://www.littlerockfilmfestival.org |
The Little Rock Film Festival (LRFF) was an annual film festival held in Downtown Little Rock, Arkansas each spring. Based in the historic River Market District, home to the William Jefferson Clinton Presidential Library, the Little Rock Film Festival has showcased the best in Narrative, Documentary, and Short films from around the World. It hosts parties, panels, workshops, and youth programs for aspiring filmmakers. The LRFF devotes screenings and programs specifically for Southern and Arkansas films. In 2010, citing prize money, distribution opportunity, and a chance to be a part of a large event, MovieMaker Magazine included the Little Rock Film Festival on its annual list of The Top 25 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee.[1]
Founded in 2005 by Little Rock natives and documentary filmmakers Brent and Craig Renaud, along with Owen Brainard and Jamie Moses to promote the film industry in Arkansas, the first three years of the Little Rock Film Festival screened more than 250 films from three dozen countries, conducted filmmaking workshops, held panels with industry leaders, and hosted notable actors, directors, and producers from around the globe.
In 2010 the Little Rock Film Festival hired Executive Director and Arkansas native Jack Lofton and programmed many of the most high-profile films at the festival. Under the Renauds' and Lofton's guidance, the festival grew exponentially with more than 25,000 people in attendance and over 100 films screened, with workshops, panels, and parties included over the increased five-day festival. The 2010 LRFF showcased a strong and diverse film lineup from a pool of over 600 film submissions from 30 different countries.[2]
Little Rock Film Festival Awards & Prizes
Official selections compete for awards and cash prizes including the Oxford American Best Southern Film Award w/ $10,000 cash prize, the Charles B. Pierce Award for Best Film “Made in Arkansas,” the Arkansas Times Audience Award, the LRFF Youth! Award, as well as awards for Best Narrative Feature, Best Documentary Feature, Best Short Film, and the Best Arkansas Music Video. Awards presented by the Little Rock Film Festival are known as "Golden Rocks." The festival announces the award winners during the Closing Night Gala and Awards Ceremony held in the William Jefferson Clinton Presidential Library.[3]
2007 Little Rock Film Festival
Best Feature Film: Offside
Best Documentary Film: Little Birds
Best Short Film: Ein, Zwei Dinge
Best of Arkansas: Where’s My Closeup, Mr. Thornton? (Dir. Tim Jackson)
2008 Little Rock Film Festival
Best Narrative Feature Film Award: The Promotion (Dir. Steven Conrad)
Best Documentary Feature Film Award: Behind Forgotten Eyes (Dir. Anthony Gilmore)
Best Short Film Award: The Adventure (Dir. Mike Brune)
Charles B. Pierce Filming Arkansas Award: War Eagle, Arkansas (film) (Dir. Robert Milazzo, Pro. Vincent Insalaco, Wri. Graham Gordy)
Best Music Video Award: Like Zombies by The Moving Front. (Dirs. Kevin Stanbury and Bryan Stafford, collectively known as Deluxe36)
Lifetime Achievement Award: Charles B. Pierce
2009 Little Rock Film Festival
Best Narrative Feature: That Evening Sun (film) (Dir. Scott Teems, Wris. Scott Teems, William Gay (author))
Best Documentary Feature: The Way We Get By (Dir. Aron Gaudet)
Best Short Film: Manual Práctco del Amigo Imaginario (abreviado) (Dir. Ciro Altabás, Wris. Ciro Altabás, Iñigo Díaz-Guardamino)
Charlie B. Pierce Award–Best Film “Made in Arkansas”: Slumberland (Dir. Jarek Kupsc)
Best Arkansas Music Video: Dear Daniel by The Good Fear
Audience Award: Breaking Upwards (Dir. Daryl Wein, Wris. Peter Duchan, Zoe Lister Jones, Daryl Wein)