Persistence of Vision Film Festival

01/12/2026

01/10/2026

We’re in full festival orbit today at POV — stacked from daytime discoveries to late-night celebrations. Here’s what you’re catching as you float through Saturday:

🌠 Shorts Block – “All’s Fair in Love & War”
A lineup built for big feelings and sharp turns.

🔥 Fireside Chat
A can’t-miss conversation with award-winning filmmaker Tara Sheffer—inside-the-industry insight, the real path, and a Q&A that’s actually worth staying for.

🌎 Feature Documentary
“This Is Pike County,” directed by Laura Paglin—a documentary that sits with a community under pressure and doesn’t look away.

🥊 Workshop: Stunts 101
Hands-on, high-energy, and practical—led by stunt coordinator/performer Chris Gann (yes, that kind of stunt knowledge).

📝 Inception to Projection Screenwriting Showcase
A celebration of new work from the ITP feature screenwriting class—a live reading by actors on stage!

🥂 Filmmaker Happy Hour
A little decompression, a little networking—say hey, make a friend, meet the brains behind what you just watched.

🎬 Tonight’s Feature
“Abigail Before Beatrice,” from Little Rock native Cassie Keet—tense, intimate, and the kind of story that pulls you in and won’t let go.

🎧 Official Afterparty
We close out the day together—sponsored by SQZBX, with award-winning DJ Mike Poe spinning at Whittington Place.

The full schedule is in the graphics — pick your path and meet us out there. 🌌

01/09/2026

Tonight after the last block of films! 🎬🎉 Don't miss the Women in Film Arkansas After-Party at The Club House with a live performance by Various Blonde from Kansas City.

🥂Join WIFA TONIGHT at the Persistence of Vision Film Festival After Party!

🎟️🎟️Get your tickets to the POV Film Festival in Hot Springs - happening now through Sunday, Jan 9-11
https://www.pov-fest.com/

01/09/2026

🚀 POV Fest launch day is HERE — and we’re going full galactic at the Arlington. ✨ pov-fest.com

Come early, get your bearings, and spend the day bouncing between film blocks, filmmaker moments, and a proper after-party finale.

🎟️ Box Office opens at NOON on the mezzanine.

🪐 Ticket tip: If you bought tickets online and set up an Eventive account, your QR code pass + order tickets live there — and you’ll find the full schedule there too.

We’ll see you in orbit. 🛸✨

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01/09/2026

🚀 POV Fest kicks off today! 🥳🎬 Still need passes? Visit pov-fest.com to get in all the fun at The Arlington Resort Hotel, January 9 - 11!

🎟️ Box Office opens at NOON on the mezzanine.

🪐 Ticket tip: If you bought tickets online and set up an Eventive account, your QR code pass + order tickets live there — and you’ll find the full schedule there too.

🎟️ Purchase a VIP Weekend Pass for $75, or a Day Pass for $25 (Sunday Day Passes $18)

01/08/2026

3 days, 54 films! 🍿🎥 Don't miss Persistence of Vision Film Festival this weekend, January 9 - 11 at The Arlington Resort Hotel in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Get your tickets now at pov-fest.com!

01/08/2026

🎬 POV Fest is this weekend at the Arlington Hotel & Spa in Hot Springs!

If you love bold indie stories, filmmaker hang time, and learning a few new tricks for your next project… this lineup is stacked.

✨ What to expect (without the schedule)

• Multiple screening blocks spanning shorts and features — from darkly funny to eerie, emotional, and “what did I just watch?” in the best way.

• Stories that hit everything from identity + intimacy, to crime + consequence, to small-town pressure, to memory, grief, and survival.

• A standout Arkansas-made doc (This is Pike County) that sits with what it means to grow up in a place that’s complicated, tight-knit, and changing.

• A feature that dives into past trauma and a cult’s shadow (Abigail Before Beatrice).

• Filmmaker Meet & Greet + Filmmaker Happy Hour — the easiest way to make new creative friends and swap projects.

• FREE events including:
• A fireside chat with Arkansas-native filmmaker Tara Sheffer (career path + real talk)

• Stunts 101 (how to make it look dangerous—safely)

• DIY Lighting (big cinematic looks without big budgets)

• Inception to Projection Screenwriting Showcase (new work from emerging writers)

• Closing Night Awards Ceremony

🎉 After parties: Day Pass + VIP Pass holders + filmmakers

🥂 VIP Filmmaker Lounge: VIP Pass holders + filmmakers

👉 Full details + tickets + updates: pov–fest.com
Several events are FREE, so come hang — even if you’re just popping in for a workshop or awards.

01/07/2026

It's almost time! 🎬 POV Film Festival kicks off this Friday at The Arlington Resort Hotel & Spa with three days of incredible films and so much more. Film Programs Director Jen Ge**er sat down with KATV Channel 7 today to talk all things POV!

Check it out: https://bit.ly/POV2026

Hot Springs is rolling out the red carpet for film enthusiasts with the Persistence of Vision Film Festival, a three-day cinematic extravaganza starting Friday,

01/03/2026

🎥✨ Three days of film in Hot Springs! Join us for the Persistence of Vision Film Festival in Hot Springs, Arkansas, January 9 -11, at the Arlington Resort Hotel & Spa!

🎟️ Tickets available now at: pov26.eventive.org/welcome