{"id":1948785,"date":"2025-08-08T07:03:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T07:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1948785"},"modified":"2025-08-08T07:03:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T07:03:07","slug":"fort-smith-film-festival-returns-with-a-twist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/fort-smith-film-festival-returns-with-a-twist\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Smith Film Festival returns with a twist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"\" data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">FORT SMITH, Ark. (KNWA\/KFTA) \u2014 The Fort Smith Film Festival is back for its 5th year with a twist.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The festival is diving deeper into the arts space by combining films with music, pottery, live art and hands-on workshops. There will also be a film market, A VIP lounge and after-hours screenings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/fort-smith-regional-airport-host-210539747.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Fort Smith Regional Airport to host Global Entry enrollment event;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\"> Fort Smith Regional Airport to host Global Entry enrollment event <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It\u2019s all a part of the goal to support the local creative scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThe whole idea is to grow our creative economy, so in order to have a healthy economy you have to have a place where people can exhibit their stuff and have a place where people can sell their work. That\u2019s the two things we try to do here with the film festival and the film market,\u201d said Brandon Chase with the Fort Smith International Film Festival. \u201cWe\u2019re trying to become a resource for regional filmmakers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The film festival runs through Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><i>Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nwahomepage.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KNWA FOX24.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KNWA FOX24. <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FORT SMITH, Ark. (KNWA\/KFTA) \u2014 The Fort Smith Film Festival is back for its 5th year with a twist. The festival is diving deeper into the arts space by combining films with music, pottery, live art and hands-on workshops. There will also be a film market, A VIP lounge and after-hours screenings. 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