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Learn Something: The Panels

One of the underrated aspects of BendFilm has always been the special presentations and filmmakers’ panels. This year, this facet of the festival is even more accessible, given that they are completely free. To everyone, in fact. Held in the comfort of the Father Luke’s Room on the McMenamins campus, the panels feature topics ranging from documentary filmmaking to a look inside the creative process to a behind-the-scenes peek at how BendFilm and other film festivals go about choosing their winners.

10:30 am Friday

How to Raise Money for Your Project

12:30 pm Friday

The Art of No-Budget Filmmaking

2:30 pm Friday

From Pen to Screen: The Creative Process

10:30 am Saturday

Behind the Scenes of a Film Festival Jury Room

1:00 pm Saturday

Documentary Filmmaking: Sending the Message

This article appears in Oct 6-12, 2011.

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BendFilm: Free panel sessions allow you to rub elbows with filmmakers

by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon
October 7, 2011

<h1>BendFilm: Free panel sessions allow you to rub elbows with filmmakers</h1> <p class="byline">by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />October 7, 2011</p> <p>Learn Something: <strong>The Panels</strong></p> <p>One of the underrated aspects of <a href="http://www.bendfilm.org/" target="_blank">BendFilm</a> has always been the special presentations and filmmakers' panels. This year, this facet of the festival is even more accessible, given that they are completely free. To everyone, in fact. Held in the comfort of the <strong>Father Luke&rsquo;s Room on the <a href="http://www.mcmenamins.com/421-old-st-francis-school-home" target="_blank">McMenamins campus</a></strong><a href="http://www.mcmenamins.com/421-old-st-francis-school-home" target="_blank">,</a> the panels feature topics ranging from documentary filmmaking to a look inside the creative process to a behind-the-scenes peek at how BendFilm and other film festivals go about choosing their winners.</p> <p><strong>10:30 am Friday</strong></p> <p>How to Raise Money for Your Project</p> <p><strong>12:30 pm Friday</strong></p> <p>The Art of No-Budget Filmmaking</p> <p><strong>2:30 pm Friday</strong></p> <p>From Pen to Screen: The Creative Process</p> <p><strong>10:30 am Saturday </strong></p> <p>Behind the Scenes of a Film Festival Jury Room</p> <p><strong>1:00 pm Saturday </strong></p> <p>Documentary Filmmaking: Sending the Message</p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/bendfilm-free-panel-sessions-allow-you-to-rub-elbows-with-filmmakers-2139241/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=15719&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/bendfilm-free-panel-sessions-allow-you-to-rub-elbows-with-filmmakers-2139241/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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