LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Natural State is a place that is full of many talented filmmakers.
To showcase some of the great works of Arkansas filmmakers, the Arkansas Cinema Society's Filmland: Arkansas 2024 program will be bringing their works to the big screen at the Performing Arts Theater at the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts on August 15-18, 2024.
The selected films that will be showcased were chosen by a committee of both filmmakers and film lovers.
Arkansas Cinema Society Executive Director Kathryn Tucker explained how the submissions for the line-up have grown each year and she is thrilled about the growth that they have seen.
“It’s so encouraging to see the number of submissions for Filmland: Arkansas grow every year, ” said Tucker. “There’s so much happening across the state now to inspire and provide opportunities for up-and-coming Arkansas filmmakers. That is and has always been the ACS mission - all ships rise when we have a connected, unified film community that supports one another and all of our collaborative efforts. We are happy that Filmland: Arkansas can play a part in that and provide the opportunity for filmmakers to network and exhibit their work in the beautiful state-of-the-art cinema at AMFA.”
Though Filmland: Arkansas is non-competitive, all of the selected August films are eligible for the Audience Award in their category. Thanks to Panavision, each year the winners of the Professional Shorts and Feature Film Audience Awards earn a Panavision New Filmmaker Program equipment grant which is about $15,000 for the audience favorite short film, and then a $60,000 grant is given to the audience favorite for feature film.
The selections for the 2024 ACS Filmland: Arkansas are listed below:
Features:
I Do This for a Living - directed by Noah Arthur Woods
Rise Above: The Carl Jackson Story - directed by Maryilene Blondell
All Happy Families - directed by Haroula Rose
I’ll Be There - directed by Andrew Shea
Professional Shorts:
“Anemoia” - directed by Hannah Alline
“Carving” - directed by Russell Sharman and Laura Shatkus
“Caught on Tape” - directed by Alexander Jeffery and Chris Alan Evans
“Clownfish” - directed by Clayton Henderson
“Goose” - directed by Ethan Edwards
“Mudpuppy” - directed by Cole Borgstadt
“Oh, Hi” - directed by Kathryn Francis Tucker
“Oscar Zulu” - directed by John Backstrom
“Smoothie” - directed by Chris Churchill
“That One Little Thing” - directed by Emmanuel Joel Rodriguez
“The Book Club” - directed by Johnnie Brannon
“The Tickle Monster” - directed by Brett Helms
Student Shorts:
“AfterSchool” - directed by Lexie Mosby
“Dandy, the Flower” - directed by Jonathan Michael Peterson
“Gluttony” - directed by Christine Waterman
“Greed” - directed by Paula Blanco Perez
“Miracle of Life” - directed by Vita Long
“Moonspeak” - directed by Sophie Barnes
“Oh Sh*t!” - directed by Janie Gentry
“Show Pub Queen” - directed by Ren Tsukamoto
“Strawberry” - directed by Nathaly M. Moreno
“The Space Between” - directed by Michelle Burney
“The Ambassadors” - directed by Brinson Davenport
“Wataté” - directed by Aidan Kolokithas
A Filmland: Arkansas Showcase that will feature even more films by Arkansas filmmakers will also be happening later this year.
The films that will be showcased later are:
Professional Shorts
“Banana Triangle Six” - directed by Marc Crandall
“Doom and Despair” - directed by Jonathan Childs
“How Do I Tell You This” - directed by Lara Hill
“(I’m Not) Your Negroni” - directed by Antonio Terrell
“Mom.ent of Peace” - directed by Raelyn Munneke
“Self Tape” - directed by Eric White + Terrell Case
“Where Is It?” - directed by Brady C. Ness
Student Shorts
“American Heterosexual Story” - directed by Victor Keas
“Limbo” - directed by Sophie Barnes
“Perséfone” - directed by Nathaly M. Moreno
“Rise Share” - directed by Samuel Forst
“Second Childhood” - directed by Charles Bane (with Harding University students)
“Stargazer” - directed by K.J. Hatch
Tickets for Filmland: Arkansas will go on sale within the next few weeks. Arkansas Cinema Society Members can receive advanced notice of when tickets go on sale, 15% off their event ticket, and 25% off to each workshop.
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