It’s award season in Hollywood, which can only mean one thing: The 11th annual Oxford Film Festival begins Thursday. The four-day event will showcase film talent from all over the world alongside local filmmakers.
The festival at the Malco Oxford Commons will offer 78 films to be enjoyed by the average moviegoer or the harshest critics. There will be showings of traditional full-length features and documentaries, along with other categories of films including animated short, experimental short, Mississippi narrative and experimental documentary.
Visitors will be provided opportunities to not only watch films, but also meet filmmakers and take an inside look at many aspects of filmmaking.
Each film at the Oxford Film Festival is in competition for the Spirit of the Hoka award. The award was designed by local sculptor Bill Beckwith and represents Princess Hoka, a Chicaksaw, who is important to the history of Oxford, not only for being the namesake of the famed local Hoka Theater (open from 1977-1996), but also for being among the first names on the land deed of Lafayette County, according to the Oxford Film Festival website.
Ticket prices for the festival range from $8 for a single screening or $30 for a three-day pass. Click this link to find out more specific schedule times , and to view the program of events, click here.
If you’re considering pirating any of the films at the Oxford Film Festival, let the University of Mississippi School of Law employ some useful scare tactics and attend the Mid-South Intellectual Property Institute conference. The conference will be held at the Robert C. Khayat Law Center Friday from 8:30 am until 5:30 pm.
Lawyers and other experts will be sharing their knowledge on the latest developments in intellectual property law.
I imagine it’ll be hard to choose with two big events in one small weekend. I recommend going to the law conference, then going see a few films and telling everyone at the film festival you see with a cell phone all of your newfound intellectual property knowledge in an effort to stop piracy.
I don’t know if they’ll mention it at the law conference, but you shouldn’t text during the movies.