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Music Videos at BendFilm

Ten artists will feature submissions during the first year of the new highlighted category
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There’s an art to making the perfect music video, and over the years they’ve evolved and taken on many styles. Some are released as high-art short films, like Kanye West’s “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy,” while some stick true to the lyrics within the song. Others are released as comedic pieces, animated shorts, powerful statements. […]

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BendFilm: Make Your Own Schedule

Bend’s local film critic offers his choices from this year’s Fest
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This might be completely selfish of me, but I’m pretty glad BendFilm Festival is virtual this year. For one, I’m happy that festival Executive Director Todd Looby and company are doing everything they can to keep us film nerds safe and, two, because I’ve been sick for the last two weeks and I’m lucky that […]

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“With Spirit” Debuts at BendFilm

Following locals Chelsey and Jason Magness, the film tells a story of love, loss and life through the lens of adventure racing
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Local adventure racers Chelsey and Jason Magness have been at the sport for quite some time now. They founded and currently direct Bend Racing together, competing in some of the toughest races all over the world. For Chelsey, her relationship with the sport started when Jason asked her to run one on the couple’s fourth […]

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BendFilm Festival Returns

This time, your living room is a venue
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There’s something ultimately pretty amazing about the resiliency of the human spirit when it comes to what we’re capable of normalizing. If you would have told me back in March that the 17th Annual BendFilm Festival would be virtual, I wouldn’t have believed you, but that the fest is a virtual AND drive-in hybrid sounds […]

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NXNW

From ski legends to legendary producers, there’s lots to love at the 16th annual BendFilm Festival
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BendFilm is back and celebrating its 16th year as a destination film festival for the Pacific Northwest, once again shepherded by executive director Todd Looby, festival programmer Erik Jambor and a small army of volunteers. In keeping with tradition, this year’s fest has seen another 72-hour Filmmaker Scramble and Future Filmmaker events, while also having […]

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Local Filmmakers at BendFilm

Film fest showcases a host of films written and produced by Bend locals
Teafly Peterson

Amy Castaรฑo loves her phone, but she probably loves in it a way you didn’t even know was possible. Castaรฑo’s phone is actually a box of creativity. Primarily a photographer, Castaรฑo recently made the foray into film, with exciting results. The film “Rebel Dog,” a very short film (about 1 minute, 13 seconds in length) […]

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Why BendFilm? As the fest nears, a word from a local film lover.

Michelle Haynes Alvarado; Owner and Director at Wahoo Films
Michelle Haynes Alvarado

“E arly in my career, I thought I knew everything. I was fortunate enough to work for National Geographic, land a production job at one of the best aquariums in the country, and even snagged Best of Show at the EPIC film festival. I felt ready to make my own feature documentary. Age 24, I […]

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Picks 10/5-10/12

The Source Staff

Thursday 6 – Sunday 9 BendFilm Festival FILM—BendFilm is back for its 13th annual festival and the event is more impressive than ever. With some of the finest narratives, shorts and documentaries of the year, combined with master filmmaker John Sayles in attendance showing two of his finest films, this is an embarrassment of riches […]

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BendFilm: Our Don’t-Miss Picks

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If you’re excited for this weekend’s BendFilm Festival, I know building your schedule can be difficult. As your resident film geek, I hereby offer a schedule of the flicks I’m checking out, so you can see what interests me, what might interest you and what might just be awesome all around. Thursday, Oct. 6 5pm […]

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