WE MADE HISTORY

America's first major film festival for historical documentaries was a resounding success! With the support of our staff, volunteers, sponsors, partners and visiting filmmakers, we’ve paved the way for future Hindsight Film Festivals, making Savannah a new home for historians and filmmakers to convene and build a community.

From our Filmmakers

  • "This festival is one of the best I've ever gone to. Keep it up."

    — Barbara Kopple, two-time Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker

  • "From the moment I arrived, the energy was warm, welcoming, and deeply supportive."

    — Olubayo Jackson, director of Ring Shout: Let the Circle be Unbroken

  • "Behind the Lines had, by far, our largest gathering at The Hindsight Film festival."

    — Andrew Carroll, historian and founder of the Center for American War Letters

  • "What a well-oiled machine from top to bottom — like it had been around for a decade, not its first year."

    — Hal Jacobs, director of Stalking the "Big Cat" of Georgia

  • "They did an amazing job driving an audience to my screening and provided great moderators for all the screenings I attended."

    — Augusta Palmer, director of The Blue Society

  • "The whole team bent over backwards to thoughtfully program films and accommodate filmmakers, creating a new place for historical documentarians to come together and celebrate their works."

    — Tammy Botkin, director of A Long March