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
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