The 14th annual BendFilm festival is almost here! Ahead of the fest, Source Editor Nicole Vulcan sat down with BendFilm Director Todd Looby and Festival Programmer Erik Jambor to talk about what they’re looking forward to (everything, of course!), films that speak to a Central Oregon audience (all of them, duh!) and other stuff. Here’s an excerpt of […]
BendFilm Festival
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World Muse and BendFilm Host ‘Girl Rising’ Screening
As a lead up to the third annual Muse Conference (March 6-8 in Bend), World Muse and BendFilm host a screening of Girl Rising, tonight at 5:30 pm at McMenamins. The film, from Academy Award-nominated director Richard E. Robbins, tells the stories of nine girls in the developing world who must overcome seemingly insurmountable challenges, just […]
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Changes in the Works for BendFilm
Big news (as reported yesterday) for the BendFilm Festival. The board of directors has announced that they will be changing leadership with the resignation of Orit Schwartz who has been the festival director since 2010. They also announced that they will be restructuring the festival, a familiar sentiment to their decision to restructure in 2008. […]
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BendFilm Festival Director Steps Down
After four years as the festival director for Bend’s annual film festival, Orit Schwartz announced publicly today that she will not be returning for he 2014 festival. Here is the statement the Source received via email this afternoon: hello everyone, for those who aren’t hooked on facebook as i am,, sorry for the mass email. […]
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BendFilm Ticket Giveaway!
BendFilm begins its 10th festival today, and we’ve got tickets for you! All you have to do is follow some very simple instructions. First, check out the BendFilm schedule here. Then, comment on this blog with the name and showing of the film you want to see. If you submit one of the first ten […]
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BendFilm: The Signal Hill Speed Run
The Signal Hill Speed Run is a documentary built mostly on historical footage and interviews of participants in the the worlds first downhill skateboard race which took place on Signal Hill in Long Beach, CA. Q&A with directors Mike Horelick and Jon CarnoyWhy was it important to make a film about Hill Street? The Signal […]
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BendFilm: The Cold Lands
The Cold Lands is well worth your time. Screening at 5:30pm Fri, Oct 11 at The Tower Theatre; 5:30pm Sat, Oct 12 at Tin Pan Theater When Atticus’ mother, a Subaru-driving, back-to-the-land hippie, unexpectedly dies the pensive youngster, who has been raised to be wary of authority, takes to the woods that surround his upstate […]
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BendFilm: McConkey
Screening 8:30pm Thu. Oct. 10 at The Tower Theatre; 5:30pm Fri. Oct. 11 at Regal Cinemas Old Mill 1 Extreme skiing pioneer Shane McConkey, who died skiing in 2009, must have been one of the most filmed athletes of all time. Since boyhood, McConkey, an affable daredevil, was obsessed with taking calculated risks—most of which […]
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BendFilm: Two People He Never Saw
Two People He Never Saw – Trailer from Fedora South on Vimeo. A short with a few recognizable faces, Two People He Never Saw stars Kevin Corrigan (Uncle Eddie on Grounded for Life) and Nick Sandow (prison councilor Joe Caputo in Orange is the New Black). Corrigan also directs the picture based on a short […]
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BendFilm: Herd in Iceland
Screening with Finding Hillywood at 12:30pm Fri., Oct. 11 at The Oxford Hotel; 10:30am Sat, Oct 12 at Regal Cinemas Old Mill HERD IN ICELAND – Official Trailer from Herd In Iceland on Vimeo. Although Herd in Iceland creates little tension or drama, it’s a beautiful portrait of Iceland’s barren, windswept countryside and its storied […]