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The 23rd Annual Festival Runs from October 7-11 L to R: Take Me Home (Narrative), The River Remembers (Indigenous), Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie (Documentary Spotlight), The Last Place on Earth (Environmental/Outdoor) Expansive lineup offers “a space to pause and allow expansion of the [...] The post 2026 Bend Film Festival: Full F

BendFilm announces a new shared leadership model, naming Christina Rosetti, Clay Pruitt, and Selin Sevinç as Managing Directors. The longtime division heads will co-lead the nonprofit following a record-breaking 2025 Bend Film Festival and an expanded five-day format.

This year’s Basecamp reminded us why filmmakers seek out spaces where the noise drops away and the work comes into focus. For 4 days in the Cascade range, 43 filmmakers turned off their phones, stepped into the pines, and committed themselves to their projects and to each other.

18 Awards Honoring 16 Films Across All Categories Still from this year's Best Animated Short: Gilbert BEND, OR — BendFilm tonight awarded films across the competition slate, capping five days of film premieres, panels, parties and performances at the 22nd annual Bend Film Festival. 18 feature films vied for prizes across the North American Indie [.

74 Short Films are Announced to Play at the 22nd Annual Festival, Which Runs from October 8-12Stills from shorts selections at this year’s Bend Film Festival: Hatchlings (Connections), Frozen Frames: Murphy's Yellowstone (Human + Nature), This Blows (Pre-Features), Home From Work (Fine Line) BEND, OR — Building on their recently announced competiti

The 22nd Annual Festival Runs from October 8-12 Stills from competition selections at this year’s Bend Film Festival: Café Chairel (Narrative), You Need This (Environmental/Outdoor), Stone Mountain (Documentary), She Cried That Day (Indigenous) BEND, OR — BendFilm is proud to announce the competition slate for the 22nd annual Bend Film Festival: ni

A beginners guide to the Bend Film Festival: Everything you need to know to navigate it like a pro! Let’s Set the Scene Bend, Oregon is home to over 30 breweries, a world renowned ski resort, the most Patagonia puffers per capita* and a little something called the Bend Film Festival.

Filmmaker Rosanna Peng Awarded Grant for Her narrative short film “Bowling Bao”. BendFilm, Inc announced the winner of its annual $10,000 BIPOC Woman Filmmaker Grant.

Film nonprofit fetes global creatives at live ceremony with 17 awards, cash prizes L to R: stills from Goodbye, Julia (Best Narrative Feature), Mediha (Best Documentary Feature), !AITSA (Best Environmental Feature) and Sugarcane (Best Indigenous Feature), feature film competition category winners at the 2024 Bend Film Festival Bend, Oregon - Octobe

BEND, OR — September 10, 2024 — BendFilm today announced two of their Festival’s honorees – Karyn Kusama, Indie Filmmaker of the Year, and Sydney Freeland, Indigenous Honoree – as well as this year’s jurors alongside the latest additions to this year’s feature film program. The 16 feature films from today’s announcement (including one late-breaking