BendFilm's blog

Festival

Festival Nickname: 

BendFilm

Festival Logo: 

Theme: 

Animation

Documentary

Environnement/Nature

Independent

International

Student films

Women

Category/Format: 

Fiction Features

Independant

Short films

Student film

BendFilm, a film
festival to watch in Bend, Oregon is looking for submissions

For those who like
to hike, fish, or just hang out in the mountains, check out the BendFilm festival.  BendFilm takes place in Bend, Oregon on October 11th to October 14, 2012.   Bend, Oregon is at the foot of the beautiful Cascade mountain range--on
the dry side.  Filmmakers can plan to spend some extra
time here exploring the breathtaking volcanic landscape or maybe just enjoying
a local microbrews (Bend has some of the best microbreweries in the nation).  Bend can't be beat for getting active and outdoors, named by Mountain
Bike Action
magazine as the best mountain biking town in America.  The festival will provide housing for filmmakers, tour
guides, and whatever is needed!

Filmmakers can submit
their films on withoutabox.com  in the genres
of narrative feature, documentary feature, short film, conservation, student
film, or animated film.  Cash is awarded
in 12 categories and for the Audience Award. 
6,000 people attended the festival in 2011.

BendFilm had an
amazing roster of jurors in 2011:  Ondi
Timoner, director of DIG! and
We Live in Public (the first filmmaker to win the Grand Jury Prize at the
Sundance Film Festival), Bill Plympton, twice-Oscar nominated animator, Dara
Harris, Editor in Chief and General Manager of indieWIRE, Audrey Change from
the San Francisco International Film Festival, Christian Gaines from Withoutabox (from IMDB), and Sharon Badel from the Tribeca Film
Festival,

Notable films featured in recent BendFilm Festivals include Oscar winner "Born into
Brothels" (2004), Spirit award winners "Littlerock" (2010) and
"Where Soldiers Come From" (2011), and Spirit award nominee "New
Year's Parade" (2008). Also screened at Bend Film Festival were the
much-loved "Outsourced" (2007), which became the TV series and
"Rid of Me" (2011), which will air on Showtime soon.

Filmmakers can
submit via withoutabox.com.  Deadlines are as follows:

till May 15, 2012
Regular Deadline
till June 12, 2012 Late Deadline
till July 15, 2012 WAB Extended Deadline

Follow BendFilm on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/BendFilm to get all
the latest news on the festival.