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Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival Showcases Oscar Hopefuls, World Premieres And New Doc From Jennifer Lawrence, Hillary And Chelsea Clinton
The Hot Springs Documentary Film festival screened 'Zurawski V Texas,' from exec. producers Jennifer Lawrence, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton.
HSDFF provided a platform for a number of documentaries with Oscar ambitions, including R.J. Cutler’s Martha, about domestic doyenne Martha Stewart; The Remarkable Life of Ibelin, directed by Benjamin Ree; Agent of Happiness, the film from Bhutan directed by Arun Bhattarai and Dorottya Zurbó; Mati Diop’s Dahomey, winner of the Golden Bear, the top prize at the Berlin Film Festival; No Other Land, a film set in the West Bank directed by a coalition of Palestinian and Israeli directors, and Mistress Dispeller, Elizabeth Lo’s documentary that shines a light on a recent trend in China – the emergence of mistress dispellers who offer to break up extramarital trysts when a cheating spouse steps out on their partner. Made in Ethiopia, a highly accomplished documentary directed by Max Duncan and Xinyan Yu, examines China’s economic investment in the country in Northeast Africa – an effort that has brought jobs but displaced farmers. The 2024 edition of HSDFF also hosted a three-day Filmmaker Forum, offering “dynamic programming focused on the business, art and craft of documentary storytelling,” as the festival website puts it.
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