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Oxford Film Festival Announces 2011 Lineup

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2011 Oxford Film Festival announces Lineup

December 28, 2010

Oxford, MS —The Oxford Film Festival and Thacker Mountain Radio – two of Oxford’s arts and entertainment traditions – have teamed up to celebrate a weekend of movies with an opening night extravaganza on Thursday, Feb. 10 at the Lyric Theatre. The Oxford Film Festival is also proud to announce their Feb. 10-13, 2011 festival films, panels, workshops and conversations to play at the Malco Theater from Feb. 11-13.


Opening the festival on Thursday, Feb. 10 will be a special Thacker Mountain Radio show from 6 to 7 p.m. with special guests Les Blank (documentary filmmaker), Michael Adams (author of Showgirls, Teenwolves and Astro Zombies) and musical guests Robert Belfour, Kenny Brown and more special guests. The evening will continue with a screening of two short films. Les Blank’s “Werner Herzog Eats his Shoe,” and Ray McKinnon’s “Spanola Pepper Sauce Company,” before the feature film “Brother’s Justice,” starring and directed by Dax Shepard (currently a star of the popular television show “Parenthood.”).

“The Oxford Film Festival is pleased to be teaming up with Thacker again for our opening night. We are excited to introduce our guests to one of our local treasures,” Executive Director Molly Fergusson said.

Afterwards, guests may mingle at the after-party with filmmakers and musical guests until closing at 1 a.m. The cost for the entire Thursday evening’s events is $20 and goes to benefit both non-profit events, Oxford Film Festival and Thacker Mountain Radio. Guests will receive a wristband so they may come and go through the evening.

For the festival, tickets are:

Thursday night = $20 for all; no student discount
Multi-day, Fri-Sat-Sun = $30; student discount (with valid ID) $25
Day pass (cannot be used on Thursday) = $15; student discount (with valid ID) $12
Saturday night party = $15, no student discount
Individual film pass = $8; student discount (with valid ID) $6.50

Tickets are now available at www.oxfordfilmfest.com. Screening times will be available in January at www.oxfordfilmfest.com.

The entire film and panel schedule is as follows with premiere status, director and Mississippi connection listed if available:

(* = Non-Competition)

Animation

All in Your Head; regional premiere; Director John Spottswood Moore

Amazonia; Mississippi premiere; Director Sam Chen

The Birds Upstairs; regional premiere; Director Christopher Jarvis

For a Fistful of Snow; regional premiere; Director Julien Ezri

Irasshai; regional premiere; Director Annie Tu

The Life and Times of a Dust Bunny; regional premiere; Director Emily Hamel

Ninjas vs. Guilt; regional premiere; Director David Chai

Prayers for Peace; regional premiere; Director Dustin Grella; subject’s mother is from Pontotoc, Miss.

The Sasquatch and the Girl; regional premiere; Director Trevor Knapp Jones

Stationary Guard Robot; regional premiere; Director Randall Hopkins

The Thomas Beale Cipher; regional premiere; Director Andrew S. Allen

Documentary Feature

Beijing Taxi; Mississippi premiere; director Miao Wang

Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone; regional premiere; directed by Lev Anderson & Chris Metzler.

The Girls in the Band; world premiere; Director Judy Chaikin; subject is from Piney Woods

Mississippi Innocence*; world premiere; Director Joe York; film is based on the Innocence Project and role in Mississippi including board member John Grisham.

The Pruitt-Igoe Myth: An Urban History; co-world premiere with Big Sky Documentary Festival; Director ()

The Secret to a Happy Ending*; regional premiere; Directed by Barr Weissman; based on Drive-By Truckers

Southern Belle; Directors Kathy Conkwright & Mary Makley

What If Cannabis Cured Cancer; regional premiere; Director Len Richmond

Worst in Show; world premiere; Directors Don R. Lewis and John Beck

Documentary Short

The Blues According to Lightning Hopkins*; Director Les Blank

Dry Wood*; Director Les Blank

God’s Square Mile; regional premiere; Director Rachel Julkowski

Grounded by Reality; regional premiere; Directors Phoebe Brown and Elizabeth Strickler

Mozambique; Director Chris Zalla

The Mud and the Blood; regional premiere; Director George Motz

Robert Box-Perfect for the Kitchen; regional premiere; Director James Reford

Robyn Hitchcock in Memphis*; Director Peter Gilbert

Skimming the Surface; Directors Tim Arnold and Landon Lott

Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe*; Director Les Blank

Experimental

Aliki; regional premiere; director Richard Wiebe; director’s mother raised in Bruce, Miss

The Conjure Woman*; national premiere; Director Christen Goguen; John Latartara, a member of the band Cornstar, is an associate professor of music theory and music technology at the University of Mississippi, Oxford

The Dance of Princess Hiroshibelle; national premiere; Director Volker Schütz

Flutter; Director Jaime Johnson; University of Mississippi student

Inside Out/Side One; regional premiere; Director Matt Meindl

A Movie by Jen Proctor; regional premiere; director Jennifer Proctor

Roundabout; regional premiere; Peter Byrne, Carole Woodlock

Sand; regional premiere; Director Cari Ann Shim Sham

Self-Portrait, world premiere; Director So Hyung Choi

Self-Portrait, Director Kory Drahos; University of Mississippi Department of Art student

Voice on the Line; Director Kelly Sears

Wrestling with my Father; regional premiere; Director Charles Fairbanks

Yellow Moon; national premiere; Director Dan Inglis

Family-Friendly *

This category is screening for free at the Lafayette-Oxford Public Library on Saturday, Feb. 12 and is not in competition.

Second Chances

My Dog Skip

The North Star

Opposite Day

Safety Smart: About Fire

This Way Up

The Trampoline

Late Night *

Blood Therapy; Director Valarie O. Morris; Duane P. Craig (actor, makeup f/x artist) lives in Horn Lake, MS.

Happy Face; Director Franklin Laviola

Monster Hunt with James and Kevin; Director Stacey Shirley

Murderabilia; Director David Matthews; Crew from Jackson, Miss which was filming location

Night of the Punks; Director Dan Riesser

River City Dead; Director Daniel Lee; crew is from Blue Springs and Tupelo area which was filming location.

Shock; Director Chris Spear; The film was shot entirely in Jackson, during which all cast and crew lived in the city.

Mississippi Documentary

Bill Lilly Builds a Green House; world premiere; Director Thad Lee; filmed in Oxford, Miss

Brown Family Diary; World Premiere; Directors Eric Griffis, Tyler Keith, and Meghan Leonard; subject and crew are from Oxford, Miss.

The Sad Waltz; world premiere; Director Richard Ward; Director lives in Pass Christian, Miss.

Smokes and Ears*; Director Joe York, filmmaker from Oxford, Miss and on festival staff, subject from Jackson, Miss.

The South Will Rise Again; Director Ben Guest; filmed in Oxford, Miss and at the University of Mississippi.

Valentease; world premiere; Director Tobie Baker; filmed in Oxford, Miss.

Mississippi Music Video (listed by band)
All will screen Saturday, 11:10am (S1)

Jeff Allen (Oxford) / There Goes Santa Claus
Astrocasket (Tupelo) / 976-EVIL; world premiere; directed by Daniel Lee
Avenue Hearts (Oxford) / Hold On
The Cooters (Oxford) / Carpetbaggers
Cory Taylor Cox (Oxford) / If Snakes Were On Your Plane, I’d Be The First In Line To Administer The Anti-Venom
Good Paper (Oxford) / Line Up
Junk Culture (Oxford) / West Coast
Nash Street (Starkville) / Mississippi Queen
Stacy Robinson (Southaven) / Acting Out for Love
Stork & Nick B. (Oxford) / Intent to Distribute
TTOCS Rekarp (Jackson) / Coma Boy
Tyler Keith and The Apostles (Oxford) / Shadow of a Cross

Mississippi Narrative
25K *; world premiere; director Billy Chase Goforth; filmed on location in Oxford and Holly Springs, Miss. Cameo from UM Football Coach Houston Nutt.

All Work; regional premiere; Director Robert Davis, Produced by Alexander Mullen; Cast and crew were students at Oxford High School when filmed. Filmed on location in Oxford, Miss.

Blood Feud; Director Johnson Thomasson; Crew was from Mississippi and some portions of the film were shot on location in state.
The Hanging of Big Todd Wade*; world premiere; Director Micah Ginn; film created by Oxford Film Festival as a community film.

Lukos; Director Michael Williams; Cast and crew from Mississippi and filmed in state.
The Mistake; Director April Wren; cast and crew from Mississippi and filmed in state.
Treat or Eat; Director April Wren; cast and crew from Mississippi and filmed in state.
When Cotton Blossoms; Director Scott Magie; subject is Piney Woods School in Mississippi.

Where I Begin*; work in progress screening; Director Thomas L. Phillips; co-producer and co-writer Melanie L. Addington is from Oxford, Miss and the film was shot on location in Oxford, Scobie and Sardis, Miss.

Narrative Feature

Brotherhood; Mississippi premiere; Director Will Canon

Brother’s Justice*; regional premiere; Directors Dax Shep…

The Happy Poet; Mississippi premiere; Director Paul Gordon

Passenger Pigeons; Mississippi premiere; Director Martha Stephens

S&M Lawn Care; regional premiere; Director Mark Potts

Two Gates of Sleep; regional premiere; Director Alistair Banks Griffin; filming done in Poplarville, Miss.

Narrative Short

All Access; world premiere; Executive Producers Diallo Riddle and Bashir Salahuddin family is from Canton, Miss.

Antiquities; Mississippi premiere; Director Daniel Campbell; star Jennifer Pierce Mathus lives in Oxford, Miss.

April; regional premiere; director Mike Piccirillo; Producer Barry Barclay from Jackson, MS.

Arkansas Traveler*; Mississippi premiere; directors Sean Bridgers & Michael Hemschoot

Conlang; Director Marta Masferrer

First Sunrise; regional premiere; Director Kenneth Price

God of Love; Mississippi premiere; Director Luke Matheny

Our Time Together; world premiere; Director David Lipson

Pillow; world premiere; Directors Miles B. Miller and Joshua H. Miller

Queen’s Day; regional premiere; Director Jeffrey Ruggles

Seeing; regional premiere; director Tony Bloodworth; Producer Barry Barclay from Jackson, MS.

Sexting; regional premiere; Director Neil LaBute

Skip Town; Director Banner Gwin; Actor Jimmy Hall is a University of Mississippi alumni and former football player for the Rebels.

Spanola Pepper Sauce Company*; Mississippi premiere; Director Ray McKinnon

Untitled; regional premiere; Director Chad Hartigan

When The Hurlyburly’s Done; Directors Hanna Maria Heidrich, Alex Eslam

The World of Film Festivals; Mississippi premiere; Director Jim Jacobs

Panels and Workshops

Conversation with Tracy Kilpatrick (casting agent)

Conversation with Andrew Meyer (film and music producer)

Conversation with Michael Adams (film critic and author)

How to Cut a Great Trailer and Promote Your Film on the Festival Circuit (Master class)
Speed Pitch Panel (distribution and production help)

The Oxford Film Festival program will soon be available on the oxfordfilmfest.com Web site.

2011 Oxford Film Festival Sponsors

The 2011 Oxford Film Festival Sponsors help sustain not only the Festival but also the year-round programs of the non-profit festival. Their support is crucial to the mission of celebrating independent film. This year’s Festival Sponsors include: Malco Theatres, Nautilis Publication, Oxford Convention and Visitors Bureau, Panavision and Magnolia Hill Entertainment and many more.

Oxford Film Festival

Founded in 2003 as a project of the Yoknapatawpha Arts Council, the Oxford Film Festival is an independent non-profit 501c3 organization committed to celebrating the art of independent cinema. The Oxford Film Festival entertains and educates its participants, providing residents and visitors with the opportunity to watch independent films as well as to meet the filmmakers and learn from industry professionals. The variety of films and panels attracts filmgoers of all ages and backgrounds.

Thacker Mountain Radio

Thacker Mountain Radio is a live, unrehearsed broadcast out of Oxford that features author readings and a wide array of musical performances. For more than ten years, ThackerMountain Radio has broadcast literary readings and an eclectic mix of musical performances to “cheering, foot-stomping, applauding spectators” at Off Square Books, an annex of Square Books, one of America’s most prestigious independent bookstores.The FREE show is taped and broadcast every Thursday at 6:00 p.m. during the fall and spring before an audience of 200, who are seated in wooden chairs inside Off Square Books. Tune into the local live broadcast on Rebel Radio 92.1 FM, or listen to the rebroadcast on Saturdays on Mississippi Public Radio at 7 p.m.

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