12 awards to 14 Films Across All Categories Stills from this year's Best Narrative Feature: Hot Water, Best Documentary Feature: Edward Said: Between Worlds, Best Environmental/Outdoor Feature: The [...]
The 23rd Annual Festival Runs from October 7-11 L to R: Take Me Home (Narrative), The River Remembers (Indigenous), Knife: The Attempted Murder [...]
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.
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 [...]
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: [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. This annual program created by [...]
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 [...]
