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Presented by the Hot Springs Documentary Film Institute, co-sponsored by the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences and the Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History, the inaugural Northwest Arkansas Documentary Film Festival premieres at the J.B. Hunt Center Friday, Nov. 14, through Sunday, Nov. 16.

The Festival will showcase the award-winning work of regional, national, and international filmmakers. Some of the regional offerings include: The Buffalo Flows (Emmy winners, Dale Carpenter, Larry Foley), Dogpatch, USA (Dixie Kline, Matthew Rowe), Bridge to a New Life, The Story of Miss Malen & the Couch Surfers (Sarah Moore, Cheryl Sybrant).

Also appearing, KURM Radio, The Soapbox of the Air a film produced by Kelley Miller, Hayot Tuychiev and Nikki Wise. The documentary, about local independent radio station KURM, is one of five finalists in the International Documentary Association’s David L. Wolper Student Award competition and potentially a real crowd pleaser. Come watch! It will screen twice at the festival, Saturday at 10:55, with a Q & A to follow and again on Sunday at 12:45, in Theater 1.

This unique educational and cultural experience is an outgrowth of the mission of the Hot Springs Documentary Film Institute to advance the documentary genre as a meaningful art form throughout the state and nation. In the 17 years since its inception, the HSDFI festival has grown into an internationally acclaimed year-round Institute that attracts over 30,000 attendees and filmmakers.

Tickets are $10 for a 1-day pass, $20 for a 3-day pass. Student tickets, with ID, are $1 for a day pass.

Proceeds from this festival and related events will support HSDFI in the establishment of an annual documentary film festival in Northwest Arkansas. For further information on the festival, sponsorships and tickets to all events, contact Julie Preddy, 479-442-2423 or by e-mail at hsdfinwa@aol.com. For information on HSDFI, visit www.hsdfi.org.

The Hot Springs Documentary Film Institute Presents….

Northwest Arkansas Documentary Film Festival

at the University of Arkansas
Novemeber 14-16, 2008

All screenings at the JB Hunt Center

Friday, November 14
5:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Saturday, November 15
10:00 am - 10:00 pm
Sunday, November 16
10:00 am - 6:00 pm

Click here to download full schedule with synopses

Due to last minute circumstances,
the Premiere Party will be rescheduled.
Date to be announced.

There will be a reception at the ddp gallery Thursday, November 13, 6:30-8:00 pm
7 W. Mountain - just off Fayetteville Square for more information call (479) 442-2423

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Four student-produced documentary films will premier at 6 p.m. Monday, Oct. 27, at the Arkansas Union Theatre. The students made the films in graduate-level classes taught by two award-winning University of Arkansas journalism professors, Larry Foley and Dale Carpenter, who have collaborated on documentary films for more than 25 years.

Each documentary presentation will be followed by a question-and-answer session with the student filmmakers. The premiere is free and open to students, faculty, staff and the public.

“The undergraduate and graduate students work for two semesters to create their documentaries,” said Foley. “They learned about every aspect of how to make a documentary from initial concept to research, filming, editing and promoting their production. Dale and I are very pleased with the results and think the University will enjoy seeing these films. They cover a wide range of subjects, and each tells a unique story.”

• Bridge to a New Life: the Story of Miss Malen and the Couchsurfers (filmmakers Sarah Moore and Cheryl Sybrant). Synopsis:The filmtakes a look at the lives of homeless young adults, age 18-22, in Northwest Arkansas who are given a second chance in life when they enter Youth Bridge Transitional Living Program, run by the witty, and sometimes exasperated, Miss Malen Gardner.
• Dogpatch USA (filmmakers Dixie Kline and Matthew Rowe) Synopsis: Arkansas built a theme park around Al Capp’s popular comic strip, Lil’ Abner, in the heart of the Ozarks. In spite of warning signs that it might fail, Dogpatch USA entertained a generation of people. A mountain of challenges finally crushed the park, but its ghost is still hanging around.
• KURM RADIO: The Soapbox of the Air (filmmakers Kelly Millar, Hayot Tuychiev and Nikki Wise) Synopsis: There are only a handful of independent radio stations left in the United States. The film follows Colonel Kermit Womack and his staff as they show just how much a day at KURM radio differs from the average, conglomerate programming.
• What Can Happen in Three Weeks (filmmakers Kevin Estes and Michelle Conty-deGroat) Synopsis: Each semester, the University of Arkansas hosts approximately 20 Japanese students from Shimane University for an intensive crash-course in American language and culture. The film documents the Japanese students and their experiences.

In April, Foley and Carpenter received the Best of Festival Award from the Broadcast Education Association for their documentary about the University of Arkansas, Beacon of Hope. The award was presented in Las Vegas. Carpenter recently picked up his fifth Emmy award, his first in the category of editing for Beacon of Hope at the 2008 Mid-America Emmy Gala in St. Louis.

Marking the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the Film Alliance of the Ozarks presents three short films about the aftermath of the storm, each produced by a local documentarian. The event takes place at 6 pm, October 2, in the Pat and Willard Walker Community Room of the Fayetteville Public Library. Filmmakers will be present for the event, and each screening will be followed by a short Q & A session.

The three films cover several different issues of recovery: art, animal rescue, and education. Sunshine Morgan’s film, “Reawakening,” documents the reopening of the New Orleans Museum of Art six months after Katrina, featuring Pulitzer Prize winning author Richard Ford. Sarah K. Moore’s “Gifts from the Storm” examines the Katrina refugees who ended up at a temporary animal shelter created in Fayetteville. And Derek Jenkins takes a DIY approach to filming students in the Recovery School District with a profile of one of the many teachers who flocked to New Orleans following the storm.

Admission is FREE.

Local artists
Local filmmakers
Locals Night

An film installation and viewing experience
Thursday, August 21 / 6pm / New Design Center

In collaboration with Film Alliance of the Ozarks

Visit www.ozarkfilm.org/ for list of artists and films

Wednesday, August 6th at 7pm

The Garden Room

Ozark Mountain Smokehouse

205 West Dickson Street

Fayetteville

Reception immediately following the screening

Hors D’Oeuvres

Cash Bar

Tickets: $20

Proceeds benefit The Oxford American Literary Project, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

The Film Alliance of the Ozarks and the New Design Center are teaming up this summer to bring you the “Feed Mill Film” series on the third Thursdays of each month. The purpose of the series is to explore the many ways in which artists create and share their work.

The first film will be this Thursday (June 19th) at 8:30pm. Rivers and Tides is a documentary about artist Andy Goldsworthy, who is known for his sculptures that incorporate elements of nature that blend seamlessly into their landscape environment.

The films will be screened at the New Design Center, located in the basement of the Mill Building at 525 South School Avenue. The cost of admission is $5. A reception will be held before the screening at 7pm on the first floor of the Mill Building. Please call (479) 587–9925 for directions or more information.

The next screening will be held on Thursday July 17th. The film, The Five Obstructions, a documentary about the filmmaking process, will be shown.

Art Amiss Hosts Test Screening of “Paranoia”

Q&A Session with Local Writer/Director Following the Screening

NORTHWEST ARKANSAS – January 25, 2008 - Art Amiss Inc., a local artists’ collective, will hold a test screening of the film “Paranoia” by local filmmaker R.J. Daniel Hanna. The event will take place on February 4th at the Dickson Street Theater, located at 227 W. Dickson Street in Fayetteville. The screening will begin at 7:00pm. The test screening is free and open to the public.

Art Amiss was created four years ago as a Fayetteville based, not-for-profit, art collective with the express purpose of giving opportunity to Arkansas Artists. Since its birth, Art Amiss has had six semi-annual shows and several smaller events, sponsoring the work of more than 100 Arkansas artists, writers, designers, and musicians. The organization’s website, www.artamiss.org, features the work of 205 and counting artists living in, working in, or from Arkansas.

Art Amiss Inc has been a fluid organization thriving on the participation of a diverse group of local art supporters over the last four years. The organization was incorporated two years ago in the state of Arkansas and is now working towards earning its 501(c) 3 to achieve official non-profit status. The goal of Art Amiss Inc is to be able to provide as many opportunities as possible to emerging artists in the northwest Arkansas area, as well as the state as a whole.

For more information on Art Amiss or the “Paranoia” test screening event, please call 479-422-7305, or log on to www.artamiss.org

Nadi Cinema Announces Spring Schedule

Nadi Cinema, the Middle East Film Club has announced its Spring 2008 lineup. Nadi Cinema features films from the Middle East and Islamic world - comedies, tragedies, political films, thrillers, social satires - classics, art films and recent blockbusters. All films are free, open to the public and subtitled in English. Films are screened at 7 p.m. Wednesdays in 104 Mullins Library. All films are free and open to the public. For further information, contact Joel Gordon, department of history, joelg@uark.edu

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Fayetteville Gets A First Look @ Film

On Saturday, April 1, and Sunday, April 2, film projectors roll for two days showcasing the work of Arkansas filmmakers when FPL hosts a First Look @ Film event. During the event, amateur and professional filmmakers, exploring a breadth of subject matter in various narrative forms, will present and discuss their works with a general audience. Films are all family-friendly and fall into the categories of children, documentary, feature and short film.

“A team of local film community insiders and pundits have selected engaging films that offer a dramatic, privileged glimpse into filmmaking efforts in this neck of the woods,” said Justin Blum, First Look @ Film co-chair and FPL librarian. “So often independent filmmakers have trouble getting their work into the public eye and building a buzz behind it, which makes this First Look @ Film an especially appealing event since both novices and those experienced can meet and exchange ideas.”

“Our home-grown filmmakers are an eclectic group, which makes these screenings uniquely fascinating,” said Kelly Kirk, First Look @ Film co-chair and FPL librarian.

First Look @ Film is designed to be a safe haven and idea exchange for novice and experienced filmmakers. For the past year, the FPL Writers’ Center has offered screenwriting workshops and roundtable discussions that underscore the niche being established by the film industry in the area. Movies begin at 2:00 pm, Saturday, April 1 (no fooling!) and 2:00 pm, Sunday, April 2, in the Walker Meeting Room. The movies and popcorn are free. Need more information? Check out faylib.org then see First Look @ Film, underneath News & Events. Or, call the reference desk, 479-571-2222 ext. 4450.

When: 2:00 pm, Saturday, April 1, 2006
2:00 pm, Sunday, April 2, 2006
Where: Fayetteville Public Library, Willard and Pat Walker Meeting Room
Speakers: First Look @ Film contributors

Take a First Look at the Work of Arkansas Film Makers

April marks the kickoff of the First Look series with a two-day film event. FPL is showcasing the work of Arkansas filmmakers, both amateur and professional, exploring a breadth of subject matter in various narrative forms. We put together a diverse team of local film community experts who will bring a dramatic, privileged glimpse at some engaging filmmaking efforts from your neck of the woods. Join us Saturday, April 1, at 2 pm and Sunday, April 2, at 2 pm for your first look at Arkansas film. We’ll see you at the movies! For more information call the Reference Department at 571-2222 ext. 4450.