The Shelby Little: Bend Film Festival 20th Anniversary Weekend
Local writer Shelby Little reported from the 20th Annual Bend Film Festival this year! See what she had to say: I watch more [...]
2023 BEND FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS
BendFilm tonight awarded twenty films across its competition slate, including Academy-qualifying short films and the newly-juried Spotlight category, and capping four days of [...]
BendFilm Names 2023 Jury + Indigenous Honorees
21 jurors will award prizes across 10 categories; 20th annual Bend Film Festival unspools Live October 12-15 BEND, OR — SEPTEMBER 29, 2023 [...]
2023 Film Festival Playlist
Before you automatically open Spotify, it's not that kind of playlist. Our programming team carefully crafted this list to help guide you at [...]
BendFilm Names Nicole Holofcener 2023 Indie Filmmaker of the Year!
Two Holofcener Films Join Bend Film Festival Lineup; Academy Award-nominated Writer, Director Will Appear for Screenings, Conversation. L to R: Friends With Money, [...]
2023 Bend Film Festival: Spotlight Features Announced!
L to R: stills from The Disappearance of Shere Hite, The Space Race, Jamojaya, The Pod Generation, official Spotlight selections at this year’s [...]
2023 Bend Film Festival: Local Focus, Music Video Lineups Announced!
BEND, OR — SEPTEMBER 12, 2023 — BendFilm today announced selections for two additional sections: Local Focus, with a focus on work [...]
2023 Bend Film Festival: Oscar-Qualifying Short Film Programs Announced
L to R: stills from Confessions, Three Grains of Salt, Yellow and The Right to Joy, official selections at this year’s Bend Film [...]
2023 Bend Film Festival: Competition Features Announced
20th Annual Festival Unspools In Person October 12-15 L to R: Stills from Patrol, King Coal, Kite Zo A, Exodus, official selections at [...]
What Sundance’s John Cooper Has to Say About the Bend Film Festival
(Above: John Cooper at the "Beyond Sundance" panel in 2022) We have had the great joy and honor to be working with John [...]
Celebrate Pride Month with BendFilm and The Cult of Tuck!
The Cult of Tuck is Bend's premiere drag troupe made up of a collective of local queer performers and artists. Founded in 2018 [...]
BendFilm Announces Winner of $10,000 BIPOC Woman Filmmaker Grant
BendFilm, Inc announced the winner of its annual $10,000 BIPOC Woman Filmmaker Grant. This annual program created by BendFilm awards a filmmaking grant [...]
A chat with Filmmaker of ‘Big Sonia’, Leah Warshawski
In honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day, we chatted with filmmaker Leah Warshawski about her film ‘Big Sonia’ which tells the story of Leah’s [...]
Bend Film Festival Films Nominated For Oscars!
The 2023 Oscar Nominations are in! We are thrilled that so many Bend Film Festival Alumni films have been nominated, it is well [...]
Member Appreciation Screening Sold-Out Success!
What a night! Thank you for such an amazing, stoke-filled night, at our Member Appreciation Screening of 'Nexus', in partnership with She Jumps. We [...]
BendFilm’s Ultimate Holiday Movie List!
The holidays are upon us, which means of course we had to round up some of our favorite Holiday Films! Here at BendFilm, [...]