Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival

A Passion of Gold and Fire (Une Passion d'or et de Feu)

D: Sebastien Pins | Belgium | 6 min

A beekeeper worries about the future of his apiary school and the lack of people willing to harvest the honey by hand.

Allen & Alinea

D: Daniel Addelson | USA | 13 min

Allen Hemberger is an obsessive amateur chef who single handedly recreated the impossibly ambitious Alinea Cookbook, a modern bible of molecular gastronomy, out of his home kitchen.

Crafted

D: Morgan Spurlock | USA | 24 min

The struggles and triumphs of five modern artisans who vary by trade but share a passion to create.

Katsuo-Bushi

D: Yu Nakajima | Japan | 23 min

Katsuo-bushi is a key ingredient in Japanese cuisine (part of UNESCO's intangible Cultural Heritage list) and it is made by craftsmen according to the traditional methods.

Sandorkraut

D: Emily Lobsenz, Ann Husaini

Food author and fermentation guru Sandor Katz revives ancient culinary rituals that have transformed his relationship with life and death.

Zapatero

D: Madelon Vroom | Spain/UK | 14 min

Emilio a 90 year old cobbler and his ambitious son Daniel decide to work together but the craftsmanship in Europe is slowly disappearing.

Allen & Alinea

D: Daniel Addelson | USA | 13 min

Allen Hemberger is an obsessive amateur chef who single handedly recreated the impossibly ambitious Alinea Cookbook, a modern bible of molecular gastronomy, out of his home kitchen.