The Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival starts early in October. From Oct. 6 to Oct. 14, the festival will hold a ton of screenings and throw some really great parties. Make sure you’re there during opening night to toast the fest in style at The Arlington, and don’t miss the last night, which involves an award ceremony and a great after party sponsored by AY Magazine and Arkansas Money & Politics. You can see some of the events below. Go to www.hsdfi.org for tickets and more information.

Friday, Oct. 6

Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies
Opening Night After Party

Saturday, Oct. 7

Given (Free Screening!)
Samantha’s Amazing Acro-Cats
A Modern Man
Grizzly Man
A Shot in the Dark
A Master Class with Werner Herzog
A Gray State
SHORTS PROGRAM 1: Political Fuse
What Lies Upstream
Dealt

Sunday, Oct. 8

Wasted! The Story of Food Waste
The Groove is Not Trivial
Stumped
Saving Brinton
Cradle of Champions
The Fabulous Allan Carr
Augie
42 Grams
All The Wild Horses
AlphaGo

Monday, Oct. 9

Samantha’s Amazing Acro-Cats
Saving Brinton
SHORTS PROGRAM 2: Alternative Match
Resistance is Life
AETN Student Showcas (Free!)
Finding Home Trilogy
Acorn and the Firestorm
Benini – The Artist’s Journey
Dream Land: Little Rock’s West 9th Street
Kim Swims

Tuesday, Oct. 10

Stumped
Kim Swims
Out of State
The Favored Strawberry
Stranger in Paradise
All the Queen’s Horses
SHORTS PROGRAM 3: Parental Guidance
Dixie Land
Rebels on Pointe
Above the Drowning Sea

Wednesday, Oct. 11

SHORTS PROGRAM 1: Political Fuse
AlphaGo
SHORTS PROGRAM 4: Circle of Life
Shiners
The New Radical
Bill Nye: Science Guy
Mighty Ground
Dare to Be Different
True Conviction

Thursday, Oct. 12

SHORTS PROGRAM 2: Alternative Match
Acorn and the Firestorm
All the Queen’s Horses
SHORTS PROGRAM 3: Parental Guidance
The Cinema Travelers
Waiting for the Sun
Anatomy of a Male Ballet Dancer
The Last Pig
Liyana
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story

Friday, Oct. 13

SHORTS PROGRAM 4: Circle of Life
City of Joy
Score: A Film Music Documentary
No Man’s Land
Frank Serpico
The Last Animals
SHORTS PROGRAM 5: Supply and Demand
78/52
Atomic Homefront
Wait For Your Laugh: Rose Marie the Longest Career in Showbiz

Saturday, Oct. 14

Liyana
Quest
SHORTS PROGRAM 6: FAMILY SHORTS – Vision and Sound
The Workers Cup
Tommy
Tell Them We Are Rising
SHORTS PROGRAM 7: Screening Committee Selects
Davi’s Way (With Robert Davi in Attendance)
Closing Night After Party Sponsored by AY Magazine and Arkansas Money & Politics