Welcome

Thank you for your ticket purchase to the virtual Fort Smith International Film Festival. Your purchase enables the River Valley Film Society to continue bringing new ideas and perspectives through the lens of film to our community. Enjoy the show. 🍿📽

2023 Winners

Congratulations to the team at Fort Smith International Film Festival for putting together another successful festival!

Congratulations to all the winners as well! Can’t wait to see what 2024 brings you!

The winners of the 2023 Fort Smith International Film Festival: 🏆

COVER YOUR EARS
Best Overall Film
 
SOMEWHERE IN NOWHERE
Best of the River Valley
 
GHOSTS OF THE VOID
Best Narrative Feature Film
 
HOW TO THRIVE
Best Documentary Feature Film
 
THE HILL WE CLIMB
Best Documentary Short Film
 
WALLOWING BULL
Best Indigenous Film
 
ONE PINT AT A TIME
Best People of Color Film
 
COVER YOUR EARS
Best International Film
 
ROCKIN BAKER
Best Local
 
THE LONG RAIN
Best Animated Film
 
New West
Best Regional Film
 
WALLOWING BULL
Best Indigenous Film
 
ONE PINT AT A TIME
Best People of Color Film
 
COVER YOUR EARS
Best International Film
 
ROCKIN BAKER
Best Local
 
THE LONG RAIN
Best Animated Film
 
New West
Best Regional Film
 
Overall High School Film
THE BOX
 
Third Overall High School Film
DIFFERENT, NOT LESS
 
Runner-up Overall High School Film
6 MINUTES: LIFETIME OF HONOR
 
Best Overall High School Film
Regional High School Film
 
UNTO THE MOUNTAINS
Runner-up Regional High School Film
 
DIFFERENT, NOT LESS
Best Regional High School Film
 
L.I.F.E. IT’S WONDERFUL
Best Short Film – Sci-Fi
 
UNSOLVABLE
Best Short Film – Drama
 
WHO ARE THEY?
Best Short Film – Experimental
 
A QUARTER OF SILENCE
Best Short Film – Romance – Bookish Award
 
SEVERE FEAR OF DROPPING EAR
Best Short Film – Comedy
 
ALL IN
Best Short Film – Action
 
MAGPIE
Best College Short Film
 
TANKARD
Best Music Video
 
I Wanted to be Vittorio GASSMAN
Best Short Film – International

Festival Streams

Program of Events

All virtual showings will play at their scheduled festival time, but on September 2nd.

Main Stage
10 am – Animation
11:40 am – Romance/Drama
2:15 pm – Experimental / Comedy
4:35 pm – Indigenous
6:40 pm – People of Color
8:25 pm – Action / Sci-Fi

Commandry Room
10:30 am – LGTBQ
11:50 am – Alum
1:40 pm – Please Marry our Daughter
3:30 pm – Regional
5:50 pm – Regional College
7:20 pm – Local w/ Somewhere in Nowhere
9:35 pm – Ghost in the Void

Lodge Room
10 am – Poetry Zaban
11:15 am – How to Thrive
1:10 pm – Evolution of Style
4:05 pm – Amuka
7:25 pm – No Shadows Left
9:00 pm – Cover Your Ears

Sphinx Club
10:30 am – Short Docs
12:30 pm – Sound of Identity
2:15 pm – One Pint at a Time
4:05 pm – No Trespassing
5:40 pm – Music Videos
7:05 pm – Crown
8:15 pm – We Will Speak
10:05 pm – Thriller

Fort Smith History Museum
5:00 pm – Birth and History of Western Swing

King Opera House
6:00 pm Indiana Jones
7:00 pm High School Shorts

Opening Night
6:20 pm Belinga Foundation
6:40 pm I Wanted to be Vittorio Gassmann
7:00 pm Cisterna interview
7:15 pm Cherokee Nation Film Office
8:05 pm Regional Showcase

Original Festival Program.

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