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One of the most professional and carefully executed festivals.  I was  treated like Hollywood royalty.  The founder/director of festival Bill  Volland was so kind and treated everyone with exceptional southern  hospitality. Thank you HSIWFF for a memorable experience. I will definitely be submitting/attending next year!


Alicia Hayes

Filmmaker


Karen and I really enjoyed our visit - and thought you did such a nice job of selecting films and were so kind.

We were very glad to attend - and thank you for the honor of this award.  


Best Regards, Becky Smith

Professor UCLA MFA directing program. Member of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. 



It was an honor to be the Keynote speaker and then unexpected recipient of Best Documentary Feature at the inaugural Hot Springs International Film Women’s Film Festival.  With all of the other festivals out there, it would seem a fool’s folly to want to start a festival, but the need and desire for such a festival was apparent in this history-filled little town.  So many classic genre films such as the gangster and baseball movies have scenes taken from the pages of Hot Springs history. The Central Theater is as much a museum of film history as it is a movie theater. Even on display across the street from the theater was the crane Hitchcock used in many of his films. It's a destination for a movie fan and thrill to feel connected to it all as a filmmaker.  As this festival grows in prominence, I hope it will retain the personal and intimate feel of someplace special.


Sandra Luckow

Professor of documentary and narrative film production at Yale University, School of Art, Barnard College, and Columbia University.




The mission of HOT SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S FILM FESTIVAL is  visionary! We’re deeply inspired by what Festival Director, Bill  Volland, and the whole HSWIFF team have built / are continuing to build:  an innovative space for Indie films and female filmmakers. They curate a  slate of diverse pictures from all over the world. HSWIFF doesn’t go  for uninteresting, cookie-cutter fare. They champion unique, cutting  edge, revolutionary, out-of-the-box movies of all genres. They highlight  underserved and underrepresented voices…. The festival addresses the  inequality in the film Industry. 

We applied because we felt it would be a perfect fit for our project.  We loved the mission statement and philosophy of highlighting movies,  which have been either directed, produced, edited, shot by, or include a  cast driven by women. 

Every event was crafted and carried out with care. The communication prior, during and after the festival was stellar!

HOT SPRINGS WOMEN’S INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL builds community.  Meeting fellow filmmakers and seeing their work was inspiring,  enlightening and so much fun! 

We are so honored that A PLACE AMONG THE DEAD took home the trophy for BEST FEATURE - FIRST TIME FILMMAKER. 

Festival Director, Bill is a passionate cinephile. He utilizes his  experience in the Industry and his knowledge as an International  Award-Winning Producer, who worked in many departments in TV and Motion  Pictures, to make the festival something truly special. We had the best  time and cannot recommend this festival enough! Filmmakers apply! 


Juliet Landau

Director Producer / Actress 

Drusilla on Buffy the Vampire Slayer



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AWARDS

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HSWFF 2023 Awards


Best Feature Film (Fiction)

"The Sisters Karras" 

Director Micah Stathis

Producer Clare Louise Frost

United States


Best Feature Film (Documentary)

"Bella" 

Bridget Murane Director/Producer

United States


Best Short Film (Fiction)

“Fetish”

Rhian Williams, Director

Jennifer Zhang, Jo Podmore Producers

United States


Best Short Film (Documentary)

"You Arrive"

Mark A Krupa Director

Bonnie Harnden Producer

Canada


Best Student Film

"Backlog"

 Jacqueline Elyse Rosenthal Director

 Maron Cook, Josh Powell, Robert Wang

 Producers

 United States


Best First Time Filmmaker

"At your Cervix"

A'Magine Director

Renee Bergan Writer 

Lynn Ballantyne, Stephanie Dawson, Julie Carlson Producers

United States


Joey Lauren Adams 

JLA award for Best Arkansas Made Film

"First River"

Michelle West, Director

Guy Giaimo-McClung, Producer

United States

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HSWFF 2022 AWARD WINNERS

BEST FEATURE FILM - YOU RESEMBLE ME 

BEST FEATURE FILM FIRST TIME FILMMAKER - A PLACE AMOUNG THE DEAD 

BEST FEATURE COMEDY - MARVELOUS AND THE BLACK HOLE 

BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY - HOT MONEY 

BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY - THIS MORTAL PLASTIC 

BEST SHORT - TIME IS ETERNAL 

BEST STUDENT SHORT- DON’T LET GO 

BEST ARKANSAS MADE - PATIENT JUSTICE 

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HSWFF 2021 AWARD WINNERS


“ANGIE: LOST GIRLS” 

Best Feature Film

Julia Verdin Director

Julia Verdin Writer

Janet Odogwu Butters Writer

Julia Verdin Producer 

Sean Michael Acosta Producer

Jason Piette Producer

Cady McClain Producer

Morris S. Levy Producer


“About German Women” 

Best Short Film

Kevin Schmutzler Director

Tobias Schmutzler Director

Michael Croce Writer

Caroline Muhl Producer

Elisa Schlott Key Cast “Frieda Geier”


"Behind the Name SHAKESPEARE: 

Power, Lust, Scorn & Scandal" 

Best Documentary Feature Film

Robin Phillips Director

Christina di Marlo (aka Robin Phillips) Writer

Christina di Marlo (aka Robin Phillips) Producer

Art Harman Producer


“Reclamation: The Rise at Standing Rock” 

Best Documentary Short Film

Michele Noble Director

Michele Noble Producer

Paul Alberghetti Producer


“High Flying Jade”

Rising Star Award

Katherine Sweetman Director

Jayjit DasGupta Producer

Jade White Key Cast


“Lessons from a Moonwalk” 

Best Film based on a True Story

Brad Ellis Director

Owen Phillips Writer

Ellen Phillips Producer 

Owen Phillips Producer



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2020


  BEST FEATURE FILM

5-CENT LIFE


  BEST SHORT FILM

ANNA


  BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY

BREAKING THIER SILENCE


  BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY

AMA 


BEST ANIMATION

SHATTERED


AUDIENCE AWARD

CANNON GIRL



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2019


  BEST FEATURE FILM

THE CUTLASS


  BEST SHORT FILM

A LAND SHAPED BY WOMEN


  BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY 

FLY LIKE A GIRL 


  BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY 

BEYOND SIXTY PROJECT


  RISING STAR AWARD

FEAR NO GUMBO



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2018


DAYS OF POWER

- BEST FEATURE FILM  


ALFRED J HEMLOCK

- BEST SHORT FILM


THAT WAY MADNESS LIES...

- BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY  


LEFT ON PEARL

- BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY   


AUGUST IN BERLIN

- BEST DIRECTOR


THE THINGS THEY LEFT BEHIND

- BEST ACTRESS JULIANA HARKAVY 


MELODY MAKERS

- AUDIENCE AWARD 



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