Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival

The festival screens 100 documentaries each year and is recognized by the International Documentary Association and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as one of seven national Academy Award qualifying venues.{{citation needed|date=September 2020}} The festival has held monthly screenings throughout the year and mini-festivals in Fayetteville, El Dorado, Tulsa, Oklahoma and Memphis, Tennessee. It has also collaborated with the Hot Springs Music Festival.{{Cite web|last=Lovett|first=John|date=October 31, 2004|title=The Rejuvenating Effect of Reality: The Hot Springs Documentary Film Institute|url=https://www.documentary.org/feature/rejuvenating-effect-reality-hot-springs-documentary-film-institute|access-date=2021-10-15|website=International Documentary Association|language=en}}

Notable attendees have included Ken Burns, James Whitmore, James Earl Jones, Diane Ladd, Peter Coyote, Louis Black, Tig Notaro,{{Cite web|last=Smittle|first=Stephanie|date=2021-10-08|title=Surprise! Tig Notaro is hanging out at the Hot Springs Documentary Film Fest tonight|url=https://arktimes.com/rock-candy/2021/10/08/surprise-tig-notaro-is-hanging-out-at-opening-night-of-the-hot-springs-documentary-film-fest-tonight|access-date=2021-10-15|website=Arkansas Times|language=en-US}} Waad Al-Kateab, Nanfu Wan, Garrett Bradley, Samuel D. Pollard,{{Cite web|last=Harrison|first=Eric E.|date=2021-10-08|title=Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival marks 30th anniversary|url=https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2021/oct/08/hot-springs-documentary-film-festival-marks-30th/|access-date=2021-10-15|website=Arkansas Online|language=en}} Freda Kelly, Tess Harper, Chris Strachwitz and Jose Canseco.{{Cite web|last=Wissot|first=Lauren|date=2013-10-28|title=Gangsters, Baseball, Bathhouses and Bill: The 22nd Annual Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival {{!}} Filmmaker Magazine|url=https://filmmakermagazine.com/76936-gangsters-baseball-bathhouses-and-bill-the-22nd-annual-hot-springs-documentary-film-festival/|access-date=2021-10-15|website=Filmmaker Magazine {{!}} Publication with a focus on independent film, offering articles, links, and resources.|language=en-US}}

In 2014, it was chosen to be an Academy Award Qualifier in the Documentary Short Subject category.{{Cite web|last=Clift|first=Zoie|title=Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival Becomes Academy Award Qualifier {{!}} Arkansas.com|url=https://www.arkansas.com/articles/hot-springs-documentary-film-festival-becomes-academy-award-qualifier|access-date=2021-10-15|website=www.arkansas.com}}

• Malco Theatre in Hot Springs, owned by the Hot Springs Documentary Film Institute

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• [http://www.hsdfi.org/ Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival]

Category:Film festivals in Arkansas

Category:Documentary film festivals in the United States

Category:Culture of Hot Springs, Arkansas

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