The inaugural Hot Springs International Women's Film Festival is set for Saturday and Sunday at the Central Theater, 1008 Central Ave.
The festival features a variety of feature-length films, shorts and documentaries from across the globe. A weekend festival pass is $45 but single-day passes and tickets for single screenings are available.
Festival schedule
Saturday
• 9:30 a.m. -- Filmmakers meet and greet at Will's Cinnamon Shop
• 10 a.m. -- "Into the Green," a short student film directed by Arkansas filmmaker Mary McDade Casteel. Run time: 15 minutes.
• 10:15 a.m. -- "Alfred J. Hemlock," a short horror film directed by Edward Lyons. Run time: 15 minutes.
• 10:30 a.m. -- "Happy Birthday, Mango!" a short film directed by Eva Colmers. Run time: 15 minutes.
• 10:45 a.m. -- "Zebrafish: Practically People, Transforming the Study of Disease," a short documentary film directed by Jennifer A. Manner. Run time: 10 minutes.
• 11:05 a.m. -- "August in Berlin," a feature-length film directed by Becky Smith, who will hold a short Q&A session following the film's premiere. Run time: 1 hour 30 minutes.
• 12:35 p.m. -- "Cocktails for Two," a short film directed by Arkansas filmmaker John Cooksey. Run time: 3 minutes.
• 12:40 p.m. -- "Women are the Answer," a feature-length documentary film directed by Fiona Cochrane. Run time: 1 hour 31 minutes.
• 2:15 p.m. -- "Hearts of Steel," a short documentary film directed by Gayle Wilmot. Run time: 21 minutes.
• 2:36 p.m. -- Intermission
• 3:30 p.m. -- "Nasty Woman," a short student film directed by Hayleann Evers. Run time: 4 minutes 25 seconds.
• 3:35 p.m. -- "A Year with Betty Gold," a feature-length documentary film directed by J. McMerty. Run time: 1 hour.
• 4:35 p.m. -- "Me Too," a short film directed by Tony Paulley. Run time: 5 minutes.
• 4:40 p.m. -- "Catching Sight of Thelma & Louise," a feature-length documentary directed by Jennifer Townsend. Run time: 1 hour 30 minutes.
• 6:10 p.m. -- "The Things They Left Behind," a short horror film directed by Sara Werner. Run time: 30 minutes.
• 6:45 p.m. -- "Left on Pearl," a short documentary film directed by Susan Rivo. Run time: 55 minutes.
• 7:40 p.m. -- Intermission for St. Patrick's Day Parade
• 8:45 p.m. -- "Black Wake," a feature-length experimental film directed by Jeremiah Kipp, who will hold a short Q&A session following the film's premiere. Run time: 1 hour 31 minutes.
• 10:15 p.m. -- "Fattitude," a feature-length documentary film directed by Lindsey Averill and Viridiana Lieberman. Run time: 1 hour 30 minutes.
Sunday
• 10:30 a.m. -- "The Scarecrow," a short experimental film directed by Leah Pollack. Run time: 3 minutes.
• 10:35 a.m. -- "Living Colors," a short film directed by Alicia Hayes. Run time: 21 minutes.
• 11 a.m. -- "Fighting to be Free," a short documentary film directed by Cheryl Halpern. Run time: 30 minutes.
• 11:30 a.m. -- "Cracking Aces," a feature-length documentary film directed by H. James Gilmore, who will hold a short Q&A session following the film's premiere. Run time: 1 hour 6 minutes.
• 1 p.m. -- "Melody Makers," a feature-length documentary directed by Leslie-Ann Coles, who will hold a short Q&A session following the film's premiere. Run time: 1 hour 35 minutes.
• 2:55 p.m. -- "Erase and Forget," a feature-length documentary directed by Andrea Luka Zimmerman. Run time: 1 hour 22 minutes.
• 4:15 p.m. -- Intermission
• 4:30 p.m. -- "Weird," a short animated film directed by Fausto Montanari. Run time: 2 minutes.
• 4:35 p.m. -- "The Way Madness Lies," a feature-length documentary directed by Sandra Luckow, who will hold a short Q&A session following the film's premiere. Run time: 1 hour 41 minutes.
• 6:45 p.m. -- "Straight from the Pen," a short documentary film directed by Paul Sutton, who will hold a short Q&A session following the film's premiere. Run time: 52 minutes.
• 8 p.m. -- "Days of Power," a feature-length horror film directed by Jason Pagnoni, who will hold a short Q&A session following the film's premiere. Run time: 1 hour 41 minutes.
• 10:10 p.m. -- "In Lorton's Darkroom," a short documentary film directed by Karen Ruckman. Run time: 40 minutes.
Show times vary depending on Q&A sessions.
Entertainment on 03/14/2018