Submissions for the Academy-Qualifying 19th Annual BendFilm Festival are now open!
Recipients of the festival’s qualifying awards will be eligible for consideration in the Animated Short Film / Live Action Short Film category of the Academy Awards® without the standard theatrical run, provided the film otherwise complies with the Academy rules.
BendFilm celebrates independent films and the risky, passionate, tough and talented people who make them. The 2020 festival screened 120 feature, documentaries and short films, with 50% of features and 42% of shorts directed by women. The 19th Annual Festival runs from October 6-9 in person, and from October 10- 23 virtually.
The Festival will present drive-in and virtual screenings with filmmaker discussions and masterclasses mixed in. Filmmakers also have access to book a mentor session with an established filmmaker, writer, cinematographer or writer.
$12,000 in cash prizes including the $5,000 cash “Best of Show!”
2020 Jurors include Sisterhood Media’s Samah Ali; Hoop Dreams’ cinematographer and documentarian, Peter Gilbert; NPR’s veteran film critic, Tim Cogshell, Filmmaker Chris Eyre, renowned programmer Drea Clark and many more! Check out the caliber of the 2020 BendFilm Festival Jury here.
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