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Bend Film Festival
Join us for the 22nd Annual Bend Film Festival this October 8-12, 2025! Explore More Films and More Stories, Now Expanded to Five Days. The world has Cannes and Sundance. But of the hundreds of film festivals across the country, Bend Film Festival has been a marquee event in Bend, Oregon for 22 years. Every second weekend in October, it celebrates the world of independent cinema through films, lectures and education in a festival of discovery. It’s headed up by BendFilm, a nonprofit with a mission to spread indie film love.
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BendFilm is an independent Oregon film festival in the truest sense, rugged, brilliant, daring, adventurous, fun, and engaging. Academy-qualifying and one of the “25 Coolest Festivals in the World,” BendFilm is located in the wondrous mountain town of Bend, OR and has been showcasing some of the best independent films in the Pacific Northwest and beyond for 21 years. BendFilm is an imaginative and thought-provoking organization who is also the operator of a microcinema, the Tin Pan Theater. Bend is a culture-loving community that shares your passion for creative arts.
Our Festival screenings are intimate, allowing you immediate access to the next best filmmakers. It’s hosted in a number of local theaters, including a historic movie theater downtown, a state-of-the-art cinema, inside a craft brewery, a chic performance venue, and our very own Tin Pan Theater. If you are an indie film advocate or are just looking for a one-of-a-kind experience, our festival and theater in Bend, Oregon, is well worth it.