NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
Announcing BendFilm: Basecamp
Film nonprofit fosters filmmaking community & expands industry engagement with new educational retreat Christine Vachon, Aaron Schimberg, other industry advisors to guide 40 [...]
BendFilm Announces winner of $20,000 BIPOC Woman Filmmaker Grant
Filmmaker Faith Briggs Awarded Grant for Her Feature-Length Documentary “Fruit of Soil” BendFilm, Inc announced the winner of its annual $20,000 BIPOC Woman [...]
BendFilm Names Giancarlo Gatto Executive Director
BendFilm, central Oregon’s leading independent nonprofit film organization, today announced that Giancarlo Gatto will assume the role of Executive Director, effective immediately. He [...]
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 [...]