NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
2026 Bend Film Festival: Full Film Program Now Live
The 23rd Annual Festival Runs from October 7-11 L to R: Take Me Home (Narrative), The [...]
BendFilm Announces New Leaders & Structure
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. The new structure reflects BendFilm’s focus on collaboration, community impact, and continued growth across Central Oregon’s film culture.
Celebrating Basecamp 2025
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.
2025 Bend Film Festival Award Winners
18 Awards Honoring 16 Films Across All Categories Still from this year's Best Animated Short: Gilbert BEND, OR — BendFilm tonight awarded films [...]
2025 Bend Film Festival: Short Film Program Announced
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 [...]
2025 Bend Film Festival: 24 Competition Features Announced
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 [...]
Small Town Magic Meets the Big Screen
A beginners guide to the Bend Film Festival: Everything you need to know to navigate it like a pro! Let’s Set the Scene [...]
BendFilm Announces 2024 winner of $10,000 BIPOC Woman Filmmaker Grant
Filmmaker Rosanna Peng Awarded Grant for Her narrative short film “Bowling Bao”. BendFilm, Inc announced the winner of its annual $10,000 BIPOC Woman [...]
2024 Bend Film Festival Award Winners
Film nonprofit fetes global creatives at live ceremony with 17 awards, cash prizes L to R: stills from Goodbye, Julia (Best Narrative Feature), [...]
2024 Bend Film Festival: More Films, Indie Filmmaker of the Year, Indigenous Honoree & Jury Announced
BEND, OR — September 10, 2024 — BendFilm today announced two of their Festival’s honorees – Karyn Kusama, Indie Filmmaker of the Year, [...]
2024 Bend Film Festival: Oscar-Qualifying Short Film Programs Announced!
43 of 68 Short Films Will Be Oscar-Eligible Following Festival Premiere; 21st Annual Festival Unspools In Person October 10-13 L to R: stills [...]
2024 Bend Film Festival: 22 Competition Features Announced
21st Annual Festival Unspools In Person October 10-13 Stills from competition selections at this year’s Bend Film Festival: Rent Free, Sugarcane, Adult Best [...]