Oxford Film Festival 2022’s Opening Night red carpet celebrated SOUL KIDS, CAT DADDIES, and more!

The Oxford Film Festival returned with a new Interim Executive Director and Director of Programming to bring the world of film, as only it can, to Mississippi. Celebrating the Opening Night screening of Hugo Sobelman’s SOUL KIDS, and Mye Hoang’s festival favorite CAT DADDIES, the socially distanced red carpet included filmmakers, jury members, and representatives from the Oxford Film Festival programming team.

CAT DADDIES director Mye Hoang with a friend (Photo by John Strange)
Mye Hoang, Director, CAT DADDIES (Photo by John Strange)
REKONSTUKTIO’s Pia Andell being photographed (Photo by Wildman)
Pia Andell, Director, REKONSTUKTIO (Photo by John Strange)
REKONSTUKTIO’s director Pia Andell with some swagger on the carpet. (Photo by John Strange)
Pia Andell being interviewed (Photo by Wildman)
CAT DADDIES’ Mye Hoang being interviewed (Photo by Joey Brent)
Don Smith, BIG BLUE AND THE SHEPARD’s director returns to the Oxford Film Festival with his latest film. (Photo by John Strange)
Don Smith, Director, BIG BLUE AND THE SHEPARD (Photo by John Strange)
Don Smith being interviewed (Photo by Wildman)
Victoria Negri being photographed. (Photo by Wildman)
Victoria Negri, Mississippi Films Programmer, Oxford Film Festival (Photo by John Strange)
Victoria Negri (Photo by Joey Brent)
Lake County FF’s Nat Dykeman was on Oxford FF’s documentary jury (Photo by Joey Brent)
Brian Whisenant, Oxford FF’s LGBTQ Programmer taking a final victory lap on the red carpet before he hands the reins over to someone else for next year’s fest. (Photo by John Strange)
Brian Whisenant, LGBTQ Programmer, Oxford Film Festival (Photo by John Strange)
Here I am talking to Brian Whisenant about our experiences having been on game shows. Brian killed it on The Price is Right recently. (Photo by John Strange)
Ayesha Adamo being photographed. (Photo by Wildman)
DANCE TILL DAWN’s screenwriter Ayesha Adamo (Photo by John Strange)
Ayesha Adamo, Screenwriter, DANCE TILL DAWN (Photo by John Strange)
Ayesha Adamo being interviewed. (Photo by Wildman)
Adam Bova being photographed. (Photo by Wildman)
Adam Bova, Producer, A PLACE CALLED HOME (Photo by John Strange)
Adam Bova, Producer, A PLACE CALLED HOME (Photo by John Strange)
Adam Bova being interviewed. (Photo by Wildman)
Alliance of Women Film Journalist’s Jennifer Merin was on the Short Films jury for Oxford FF. (Photo by Joey Brent)
Brandon and Lane Kramer being photographed. (Photo by Wildman)
THE FIRST STEP filmmaking brothers: Brandon and Lance Kramer (Photo by Joey Brent)
Brandon Kramer (Director) and Lance Kramer (Producer), THE FIRST STEP (Photo by John Strange)
Brandon and Lance Kramer being interviewed. (Photo by Wildman)
Oxford Film Festival ambassador and filmmaker, Wally Chung, Director of IN THE MOUNTAINS (Photo by John Strange)
Wally Chung, Director, IN THE MOUNTAINS (Photo by John Strange)
Wally Chung being interviewed (Photo by Wildman)
The socially distanced red carpet. (Photo by Wildman)
Fantastic Fest’s Jean Anne Lauer was on Oxford Film Festival’s documentary jury. (Photo by Joey Brent)
Sarah Rochis and Hugo Sobelman being photographed. (Photo by Wildman)
Representing SOUL KIDS, the Opening Night film, was Sarah Rochis and director Hugo Sobelman (Photo by John Strange)
Sarah Rochis and Hugo Sobelman (Director), SOUL KIDS (Photo by John Strange)
Wally Chung (IN THE MOUNTAINS) and the Kramer brothers (THE FIRST STEP) being interviewed (Photo by John Strange)