Act 517, which goes into effect today, gives incentives to productions that spends money or hires crew members from within a county that the Arkansas Economic Development Commission deems economically distressed, and also lifts incentives for certain production costs from 20% to 25%, tacking on an additional 5% incentive if the production is a “multi-project” endeavor like a TV series.
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Memphis filmmaker Craig Brewer to visit Little Rock
On Friday, Aug. 11 and Saturday, Aug. 12, director Craig Brewer will be at the AMFA for two screenings and a filmmaking workshop.
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ACS will host Ashlie Atkinson for a screening of ‘BlacKkKlansman’
The screening — held in the AMFA’s Performing Arts Theater at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 24 — will be followed by a Q&A with Atkinson.
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ACS is bringing Diane Ladd and Laura Dern to Little Rock next week
Mother/daughter acting duo Diane Ladd and Laura Dern will be in Little Rock at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, May 24 to talk about their new co-written book, “Honey, Baby, Mine: A Mother and Daughter Talk Life, Death, Love (and Banana Pudding),” which was released via Grand Central Publishing in April.
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AMFA partners with Arkansas Cinema Society and Ballet Arkansas
The Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts (AMFA) has announced that the Arkansas Cinema Society (ACS) and Ballet Arkansas will be their “partner companies-in-residence,” along with other yet to be unveiled collaborations that are currently in development.
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ACS to screen coming-of-age drama by Conway filmmaker
“Papaw Land” is a tense yet taciturn coming-of-age drama about Arkansas, made in Arkansas and written and directed by Arkansan filmmaker Justin Blake Crum. When I watched the trailer, which tells of a troubled seventeen-year-old boy sent to his grandfather’s place for a summer of rural edification, the mossy foliage and harsh sun were immediately recognizable as the Ozarks. The film will screen on Thursday, Jan. 26 at Ron Robinson Theater.
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Young Storytellers
On The Observer’s second day of work at the Arkansas Times, while still clueless about such necessities as the location of the office bathroom, I was tasked with covering something called Young Storytellers, which sounded innocuous enough. However, what was quickly revealed by The Observer’s boss, through a grin so tiny it almost didn’t register as mischievous, was that this would be an immersive — nay, participatory — opportunity.
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Filmland 5 lineup announced, including guests David Arquette and Neil LaBute; films from Sam Mendes, Nikyatu Jusu, Kristian R. Hill
Including Kristian Hill’s “God Said Give ’Em Drum Machines,” a documentary about the young Black artists redefining Detroit’s techno scene; Jack Porter Lofton and Jeffrey Dailey’s “The Vous,” about Memphis barbecue joint The Rendezvous; nine shorts and six student shorts to be screened in person, plus more offerings on a parallel virtual version of the fest.
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Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts’ ‘Delta Voices’ goes up on the big screen
In a partnership with the Arkansas Cinema Society, the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts is hosting a screening of a video series called “Delta Voices: Artists of the Mid-South,” 7 p.m. Wednesday, August 31 at CALS Ron Robinson Theater.
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Jordan Mears’ feature comedy ‘New West’ screens at Ron Robinson
Russellville native and Little Rock resident Jordan Mears has years of experience as a videographer, film editor and on lighting and stage crews, but his turn at writer and director comes with “New West,” a 45-minute feature film shot in Little Rock.