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The Arkansas Cinema Society's Filmland is a curated annual celebration of cinema with a mission to nurture and inspire filmmakers in Arkansas by exposing Arkansans to filmmakers and their art.
August 23rd - 26, 2018
Tickets to all ACS screenings are sold separately online and at the door if not sold out in online pre-sale. We do not have passes or ticket bundles available at this time.
By becoming a member or sponsor you receive a certain number of free tickets to screenings depending on your level. If you want to become a member, click here. If you want to become a sponsor, click here.
The ACS FILMLAND: Curated Program consists of selections made by our Programming Committee and the attending filmmakers. Selections for the curated program are not chosen through submissions and it is a non-competitive program.
The ACS FILMLAND: Arkansas Program consists of selections made by a group of Arkansas Filmmakers and Film lovers selected by our Arkansas Program Committee to judge open submissions of films made by Arkansans or made in Arkansas. The Arkansas Program is not competitive in nature with the exception of an audience award which will be awarded annually at Filmland.
The story of the Newton gang, the most successful bank robbers in history, owing to their good planning and minimal violence.
Q&A Conversation Hosted by: Jeff Nichols
The Ron Robinson Theater
Doors Open: 6:00pm
Showtime: 6:30pm
Ticket Price: $35 (includes after-party cover)
After-party: Cache 9:00pm - midnight
Sponsor + VIP Lounge will open at 10pm
$10 door cover without screening ticket purchase
Guest Filmmaker: Richard Linklater
A secret love affair between a southern Baptist preacher and a young drifter challenges the equilibrium of a growing church.
Q&A Conversation Hosted by: Jeff Nichols
The Ron Robinson Theater
Doors Open: 12:00pm
Showtime: 12:30pm
Ticket Price: $20 (includes after-party cover)
After-party: Lost 40 9:30pm - midnight
Sponsor + VIP Lounge will open at 10pm
$15 door cover without screening ticket purchase
Musical Guest: Michael Prysock & DJ G-force
Guest Filmmaker: Jennifer Gerber
In the wake of his older brother's death, 13-year-old Dayveon spends the sweltering summer days roaming his rural Arkansas town. When he falls in with a local gang, he becomes drawn to the camaraderie and violence of their world.
Q&A Conversation Hosted by: Jeff Nichols
The Ron Robinson Theater
Doors Open: 3:30pm
Showtime: 4:00pm
Ticket Price: $20 (includes after-party cover)
After-party: Lost 40 9:30pm - midnight
Sponsor + VIP Lounge will open at 10pm
$15 door cover without screening ticket purchase
Musical Guest: Michael Prysock & DJ G-force
Guest Filmmaker: Amman Abbasi
After his father's death, a young man searches to find who his dad was only to stumble onto himself. This project is supported by a grant from the Arkansas Humanities Council and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Q&A Conversation Hosted by: Jeff Nichols
The Ron Robinson Theater
Doors Open: 7:00pm
Showtime: 7:30pm
Ticket Price: $25 (includes after-party cover)
After-party: Lost 40 9:30pm - midnight
Sponsor + VIP Lounge will open at 10pm
$15 door cover without screening ticket purchase
Musical Guest: Michael Prysock & DJ G-force
Guest Filmmakers: Mary Steenburgen, Gary Newton, Graham Gordy, Daniel Campbell
Please join us for our Comedy Panel featuring Rich Blomquist, Will Forte, Mel Rodridguez, Kristen Schaal, John Solomon, & Mary Steenburgen.
The Ron Robinson Theater
Doors Open: 10:30am
Panel Discussion: 11:00am - 12:00pm
Ticket Price: $20 (includes after-party cover)
After-party: LLC and Rev Room 9:30pm - 1:00am
$15 door cover without screening ticket purchase
Musical Guest: Phoenix performing at the Rev Room
Guest Filmmakers: Mel Rodriguez, Kristen Schaal, Rich Blomquist, Will Forte, John Solomon, Mary Steenburgen
Almost two years after a virus wiped out most of the human race, Phil Miller only wishes for some company, but soon gets more than he bargained for when that company shows up in the form of other survivors.
Q&A Conversation Hosted by: Jeff Nichols
The Ron Robinson Theater
Doors Open: 12:30pm
Showtime: 1:00pm
Ticket Price: $35 (includes after-party cover)
After-party: LLC and Rev Room 9:30pm - 1:00am
$15 door cover without screening ticket purchase
Musical Guest: Phoenix performing at the Rev Room
Guest Filmmakers: Kristen Schaal, Rich Blomquist, Will Forte, John Solomon, Mary Steenburgen
Former special operative MacGruber is called back into action to take down his arch-enemy, Dieter Von Cunth, who's in possession of a nuclear warhead and bent on destroying Washington, D.C.
Q&A Conversation Hosted by: Mary Steenburgen, Jeff Nichols, & Ted Danson
The Ron Robinson Theater
Doors Open: 3:30pm
Showtime: 4:00pm
Ticket Price: $35 (includes after-party cover)
After-party: LLC and Rev Room 9:30pm - 1:00am
$15 door cover without screening ticket purchase
Musical Guest: Phoenix performing at the Rev Room
Guest Filmmakers: Jorma Taccone, Will Forte, John Solomon
Today, you're more likely to go to prison in the United States than anywhere else in the world. So in the unfortunate case it should happen to you - this is the Survivors Guide to Prison. The Clinton School of Public Service is an event partner for this film.
Q&A Conversation Hosted by: Jeff Nichols
The Ron Robinson Theater
Doors Open: 7:00pm
Showtime: 7:30pm
Ticket Price: $35 (includes after-party cover)
After-party: LLC and Rev Room 9:30pm - 1:00am
$15 door cover without screening ticket purchase
Musical Guest: Phoenix performing at the Rev Room
Guest Filmmakers: Matthew Cooke, David Arquette, Christina Arquette
After his father's death, a young man searches to find who his dad was only to stumble onto himself.
Q&A Conversation Hosted by: Jeff Nichols
The Ron Robinson Theater
Doors Open: 10:30am
Showtime: 11:00am
Ticket Price: $25 (includes after-party cover)
After-party: Stickyz 9:30pm - 11:00pm
$15 door cover without screening ticket purchase
Musical Guest: Ben Nichols
Guest Filmmakers: Roger Scott, Gary Newton, Graham Gordy, Daniel Campbell
The following shorts were chosen and will be screened in this order: Gwen by Madeline Snapp, Splitting Maul By Trenton Mynatt, Green by Matthew Magdefrau, Expecting by Jen Gerber, Arkansas Wild Man by Nathan Willis, Does James Brown have a Penis? by Jason Morphew, & Americana by Jacob Allinson.
Q&A Conversation Hosted by: Jeff Nichols
The Ron Robinson Theater
Doors Open: 1:30pm
Showtime: 2:00pm
Ticket Price: $20 (includes after-party cover)
After-party: Stickyz 9:30pm - 11:00pm
$15 door cover without screening ticket purchase
Musical Guest: Ben Nichols
Guest Filmmakers: Jacob Allinson, Jen Gerber, Matthew Magdefrau, Jason Morphew, Trenton Mynatt, Madline Snapp, Nathan Willis
After the death of his overbearing Mother, a sheltered man attempts to win the affection of a degenerate waitress by caring for her terminally ill and abusive husband. Soon all three lives begin to unravel as obsession and disease consume them all.
Q&A Conversation Hosted by: Jeff Nichols
The Ron Robinson Theater
Doors Open: 4:00pm
Showtime: 4:30pm
Ticket Price: $20 (includes after-party cover)
After-party: Stickyz 9:30pm - 11:00pm
$15 door cover without screening ticket purchase
Musical Guest: Ben Nichols
Guest Filmmakers: Josh Miller, Miles Miller
A team of secret agents set out to track down the Nazi officer who masterminded the Holocaust.
Q&A Conversation Hosted by: Jeff Nichols
The Ron Robinson Theater
Doors Open: 7:00pm
Showtime: 7:30pm
Ticket Price: $35 (includes after-party cover)
After-party: Stickyz 9:30pm - 11:00pm
$15 door cover without screening ticket purchase
Musical Guest: Ben Nichols
Guest Filmmakers: Fred Berger, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones
Cache 9:00pm - midnight
Sponsor + VIP Lounge open at 10pm
$10 door cover without screening ticket purchases
Lost 40 9:30pm - midnight
Sponsor + VIP Lounge open at 10pm
$15 door cover without screening ticket purchases
Musical Guest: Michael Prysock and DJ G-force
LLC and Rev Room 9:30pm - 1:00am
$15 door cover without screening ticket purchases
Musical Guest: Phoenix performing at the Rev Room
Stickyz 9:30pm - 11:00pm
$15 door cover without screening ticket purchases
Musical Guest: Ben Nichols
Members of the ACS receive 4 free tickets to screenings of your choice as well as entry to the LOUNGE during Filmland and free swag!
Questions on how to claim your tickets? Email: members@arkansascinemasociety.org
Want to become a member? Click the button below!
Sponsors of the ACS receive the following perks during FilmLand:
Depending on your level of contribution, sponsors can also receive:
Questions on how to claim your tickets? Email: sponsor@arkansascinemasociety.org
Want to become a sponsor? Click the button below!
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The Arkansas Cinema Society's FILMLAND is a curated annual celebration of cinema with a mission to nurture and inspire filmmakers in Arkansas by exposing Arkansans to filmmakers and their art.
FILMLAND hosts producers, writers, actors and directors, productions designers, cinematographers, etc. to help showcase their work. Screenings are followed by an in depth on-stage Q&A conversation led by ACS founder and filmmaker Jeff Nichols.
Every August, the ACS will screen a collection of filmmaker accompanied curated films and television shows as well as a selection of Arkansas films - either made by an Arkansan or made in Arkansas. Submissions for FILMLAND: Arkansas are open to both feature length short films as well as documentaries and television episodes. We make selections based on the content that is submitted every year - we don’t have any minimums or maximums.
During FILMLAND, the ACS also hosts Happy Hour networking events as well as RAD after-parties to celebrate the growing film culture in Arkansas.
All the Filmland films screen in the beautiful, updated Ron Robinson Theater in downtown Little Rock.
Yes! You can get involved by helping us prepare for the festival or by working at the actual event. Please feel free to email us at volunteer@arkansascinemasociety.org for more information.
At our first annual event PREMIERE, we hosted actor Adam Driver with screenings of The Force Awakens and Paterson, director David Lowery with screenings of Pete's Dragon and A Ghost Story, and producer Noah Stahl with Patti Cake$.
ACS will screen a collection of filmmaker accompanied curated films and television shows as well as a selection of Arkansas films - either made by an Arkansan or made in Arkansas.
We opened submissions during the month of June, to feature-length and short films as well as documentaries and television episodes with Arkansans in the writing, directing or producing roles.
Our three-day inaugural event PREMIERE. Hosted with Central Arkansas Library System in their state-of-the-art 315-seat Ron Robinson Theater. All three nights we offered a VIP lounge for our sponsors, filmmakers, and board members. Our filmmaker guests included: Jeff Nichols who hosted all of the Q&A conversations, Producer, Noah Stahl, Director/Writer, David Lowery, and actor Adam Driver. Meals were provided by The Root Café, Local Lime, and Tazikis. A full, open bar with signature drinks for the weekend were provided by Beam Suntory and Lost Forty Brewing. Coffee and pastries were provided by The Meteor, and signature ACS branded cookies were provided by Lavender Bakes. The very talented Rett Peek, Jason Shivers and Bespoke Media Group hung out in the lounge to take portraits and capture interviews.
The Arkansas Cinema Society’s work and mission would not be possible without the support of our patrons and sponsors. Thank you for believing in the power of film to transform our community.