Royal Film Festival to Kick Off 3/18

The 3rd Annual Royal Film Festival opens March 18, bringing more than two dozen local, national and international films to the big screen.

The two-day event take places Friday, March 18, from 7 -10 p.m. and Saturday, March 19, from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. at the historic Royal Theatre, 111 South Market Street.

Tickets cost $10 in advance or $15 at the door and include two-day admission. Tickets can be purchased online at www.theroyalplayers.com.

The festival opens at 7 p.m. Friday with the feature film Pipe Dream, followed by a meet-and-greet with director Aaron Singfield. Saturday offers a full day of films - from documentaries and narrative shorts, both foreign and Arkansas made.

"We are proud of the diversity of films we are able to bring to Central Arkansas this year," sad festival organizer Lisa Goodrich. "We've purposely kept the admission price very affordable so more people interested in film and filmmaking can attend. For the price of a movie and popcorn, you can see more than a dozen original films that you can't see anywhere else."

There will also be opportunities to interact with the filmmakers.

The schedule is as follows:

Friday, March 18

7 p.m. Feature Film - Pipe Dream - Aaron Singfield

Saturday, March 19

10 a.m.- Foreign Narrative Shorts

Longing - Nadav Marshall

The Man Who Couldn't Cry - Natalie MacMahon

Laura - Julio Mas Alcaraz

Farewell - Yu Cheng-Chu

I've Just Had a Dream - Javi Navarro

In Ribbons - Marie-Valerie Jeantelot

BLOCK #2 - 11:15 a.m.

Arkansas Made Narrative Shorts

The Town Where Nobody Lives - Al Topich

Little Brother - Eric White

Love at First Sight -James Kendall

'Twas the Night of the Krampus - Donovan Thompson

Arkansas Made Documentary Shorts

Ghost Bones - Jeff Cerino

Project Pleiades - Tanner Smith

BLOCK #3 12:20 p.m.

Domestic Documentary

The Last Tear - Christopher H.K. Lee

BLOCK #4 1:15 PM

Domestic Narrative Short

COVERED -Tawny Sorensen and Colin Fisher

Inspired - Maggie Kaszuba

Scamps & Goons - Giancarlo Diaz

BLOCK #5 2 p.m.

Arkansas Made Narrative Shorts

Simple - Scott McEntire

Don't You Forget About Me! - Anthony Mariani

Spectre-O-Scope - Mark Cluvane

BLOCK #6 3 p.m.

Foreign Narrative Shorts

Parnassus - Robin Boissevain

Enceladus - Omar Moujaes

DSL - Ganesh Sharma

Foreign Documentary Shorts

North Coast 500 - Robbie Laughton

Ukraine will win! - Tymofiy Landriev

BLOCK #7 4:15 p.m.

Short Domestic Narrative

Heart Connected - Saham Hosseini

Chocolate Cake - Benjamin Shweky

Catch-Em Lane - Mark Maness

The Letter - Yifan Xiao

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