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OXFORD Oxford Film Festival showcases the talents of local and international filmmakers Story by CASEY HILDER
A
viscious Mississippi vine come to life, an awkward fatherly interloper and the
trials and tribulations of an overworked restaurant owner are just of few of the subjects that will be showcased at this year’s 11th annual Oxford Film Festival. A quick glance at the program reveals
a
international
bevy films
of
local
for
and
audiences
to enjoy over one cinema-packed weekend. This year’s festival packs something for just about every viewer, from four-minute experimental short features made with an eerie stopmotion filming style to feature-length comedies. “We try to support Mississippi and local filmmakers, but we’ve got filmmakers from all over the country and even the world,” says Melanie Addington, development director of the festival. “We’ve seen a surge of great Spanish films lately.”
and Square Pizza owner Tate Moore. “So he has all kinds of memorabilia Kudzu
Kings
and
and began posting the thieves on
various
Facebook. Down here, there’s always
This year, Addington directs the
things he’s picked up in his travels
somebody who knows somebody –
feature Pi Squared. In this seven-
hanging from the walls at Square
one time it was a frat boy whose frat
minute short, she chronicles the
Pizza,” Addington says. “These things
forced him to come back down here.
frustration of Kudzu Kings frontman
would often come up missing, so he
I pitched the idea to the magazine I
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eventually set up security cameras