The Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival (HSDFF) is an annual nine-day event held each October in Hot Springs, Arkansas, dedicated exclusively to screening and celebrating documentary films from around the world. Founded in 1992, it is recognized as the oldest and longest-running all-documentary film festival in North America. The festival screens over 100 documentaries annually from nearly 1,000 global submissions and qualifies as one of approximately three dozen worldwide events for Academy Award nominations in the Best Documentary Short Subject category. It offers daily film screenings, panels, workshops, and special events, emphasizing nonfiction storytelling to entertain, educate, and broaden perspectives.