Filmland 2026 Brings Matthew McConaughey, Reagan and a Messy Love Triangle to Arkansas

Arkansas Cinema Society presents Filmland, an annual film festival in Little Rock, Arkansas, running from August 12-16 and featuring Matthew McConaughey as well as the anticipated films “Chasing Summer,” “The Sun Never Sets” and “The Brink of War.”

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The stars are descending upon Little Rock.

Today, the Arkansas Cinema Society announced its anticipated lineup for Filmland, an annual film festival in Little Rock, Arkansas, running from August 12-16. Presented by the Tyson Family Foundation, Filmland will include “Chasing Summer,” the latest from acclaimed filmmaker Josephine Decker (“Madeline’s Madeline”) and starring comedian Iliza Schlesinger as a woman who returns home to Texas to confront her high school demons, as its Closing Night Selection; a special 40th anniversary presentation of the Zucker brothers’ celebrated comedy “Ruthless People,” starring Danny DeVito, Bette Midler and Judge Reinhold; screenings of Michael Russell Gunn’s “The Brink of War,” a thriller featuring Jeff Daniels as Ronald Reagan squaring off against the Soviets and “The Sun Never Sets,” Joe Swanberg’s ensemble film about a messy Alaskan love triangle between Dakota Fanning, Jake Johnson and Cory Michael Smith.

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