Fertile Ground: The Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival Filmmaker Retreat Is Hoping to Nurture Local Talent

Billed as a “four-day intensive program for filmmakers based in the Mid-South/South,” the inaugural Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival Filmmaker Retreat managed to be both exhaustingly rigorous and refreshingly laid-back. From October 10-13, six filmmakers from around the region, chosen with an eye towards diversity by location, topic, and career stage, gathered to workshop a wide range of projects under the sharp and esteemed mentorship of Nick Price, series producer of Reel South, and New Orleans-based producer Darcy McKinnon of Gusto Moving Pictures (2025’s Natchez, 2021’s The Neutral Ground).

To read all about it visit Documentary magazine.