Hot Springs International Women's Film Festival

07/02/2025

06/30/2025

🌟 Exciting News from the Hot Springs International Women's Film Festival! 🌟

Congratulations to all the incredible winners:

🎥 **Best Feature Film:**
**Here’s Yianni**
Director/Producer: Christina Eliopoulos, Valerie McCaffrey

🎬 **Best Student Short:**
**Two Breaths**
Director/Producer: Kateryna Kurganska

🎥 **Best Feature Documentary:**
**Norita**
Director/Producer: Jayson McNamara, Jane Fonda

✨ **Best Animation Short:**
**Flocky**
Director/Producer: Esther Casas Roura

🎬 **Best Short Film:**
**The Poet’s Daughter**
Director/Producer: Hannah Eakin

⭐ **Rising Star Award:**
**Sienna and the Sit**
Director/Producer: Scottie Thompson

🏆 **Best Arkansas Student Film (First Time Filmmaker):**
**Forgetting Naevy**
Director/Producer: Hendrix Kate Yancey

Huge congratulations to all the talented filmmakers! 🎉👏 Stay tuned for more inspiring stories and future premieres!

06/30/2025

🌟 A heartfelt thank you to all our new friends from New York to California! 🌟

To the incredible filmmakers, award winners, vendors, volunteers, and everyone who was there — you made this festival truly unforgettable. A special shout-out to the Fort Smith International Film Festival for their support, and to our distinguished guests Miss Arkansas Molly Dunaway and Brandon Goldsmith — your presence meant the world to us.

Thank you to everyone who participated and supported Women in Film at the 10th Annual Hot Springs International Women's Film Festival.

Together, we celebrated the outstanding contributions of women in film from around the world in beautiful downtown Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas. Here's to many more inspiring moments! 🎥✨

06/29/2025

Our beautiful award presenter Molly Dunaway who is our current Miss Arkansas Worldwide.

06/29/2025

Come join us for a day of women led films... and mimosas!

06/29/2025

06/28/2025

Take a heat break from pride! Cool down in the A/C with a cold beverage and catch a film! We are just off bathhouse row.

Don't tell Bill......ask about Gayle Krahn 's Pride Special

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06/28/2025

Don't miss the awards on Sunday

06/28/2025

Special Guest Molly Dunaway an Arkansas River Valley resident and reigning Miss Sebastian County is now the Arkansas delegate to the Miss Worldwide pageant. Molly will be co-hosting the Hot Springs International Women's Film Festival June 29th at the Vapors Live 315 Park Ave. A single mother of nine and foster mom to more than 160 at-risk children, she is a spokesperson for 100 Families, her platform centers on empowering families in crisis through coordinated community resources.
More information go to
https://filmfreeway.com/MyFilmFestival-888769/tickets

06/28/2025

Get discounted tickets online. Hot Springs Arts & Film Institute proudly presents the 10th Annual Hot Springs International Women's Film Festival! Join us at 315 Park Ave., Vapors Live, in Hot Springs National Park, AR, on June 28-29. Doors open at 10:30 AM, with film screenings throughout the day and into the evening.
Enjoy a diverse lineup of movies, shorts, documentaries, comedies, and animations. Explore our brand-new Vendors Area, featuring delicious BBQ from Memphis, Stormy's Seafood & Burgers, and more! This event is supported in part by Women in Film Arkansas (WIFA).
Get your discounted tickets online now and support this inspiring celebration of women in film
https://filmfreeway.com/MyFilmFestival-888769/tickets