19th Annual BendFilm Festival Official Catalog

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Full Spectrum News | opb.org BendFIlmGuide2018.indd 1 8/6/18 10:51 AM

The abundance of beauty we see both in each other and the physical world is everywhere you look. Around every corner there is someone waiting to smile, lend you a hand, understand who you are, and together build a world that is more honest, kind, and authentic. The scenic beauty of Central Oregon also reminds us that the natural world is here—inviting and full of wonder. Endless possibilities surround us if we dare to explore each other, the world, and the unknown. We at BendFilm do what we do because we believe in the abundance of this beauty. The beauty that moves us, defnes us, and unites us. We do not hold this feeling of beauty and connection unaware of recent global and, especially, local events. Neither in the denial of the lack of equity in the world, nor in the powerful forces that cause suffering. We feel this because we know that there are many people in our community, in the independent flm industry, in the greater arts community, and all over the world who also believe deeply that beauty is abundant when we choose to pursue it.

FESTIVAL

Festival is a celebration and an escape, but is not a withdrawal. It is a departure from the daily distractions of the news and social media feeds we entertain to keep us from becoming overwhelmed. It is an invitation to a world where characters are exposed and vulnerable—and yet are stronger for it. If we have the courage to do the same, we can create a better community.

Each year this Festival reminds us that true seekers of beauty are so vastly in the majority no matter what those daily distractions tell us. This Festival is only possible because of our community of sponsors, members, donors, flm lovers and because of the brave flmmakers who continue to dream under the most diffcult circumstances.

You are all here because you feel the same as we do. This is the community of which we speak, and we will expand this beautiful feedback loop as wide as we can knowing that there are so many more of us than those who want something different or something less.

A CELEBRATION OF INDEPENDENT CINEMA

LETTER FROM KATE BROWN, OREGON GOVERNOR

Welcome to the 19th Annual BendFilm Festival!

The State of Oregon celebrates and supports artists and the arts because we value the important role that the arts play in bringing people together from the valley to the high desert, and from urban centers to rural communities.

The arts help us navigate confusing and challenging times by refecting our world back to us in ways we may not normally consider.

The arts also add signifcantly to our regional economies; they create and sustain jobs and provide us with deep and meaningful experiences.

This Festival is that invitation to connect

. To engage in the lives of those we see onscreen, with the flmmakers who felt so moved to tell their stories, and to those who sit among us in theaters or virtually at home. Meaningful connection is only possible when we frst acknowledge mutual hardship and then attempt reconciliation with empathy, laughter, vibrancy and celebration. Yes, this

You all give us an enormous opportunity to host this Festival, and what will take place is our gift in return. We hope you will accept this invitation and gift, leaning in with the full weight of your head and heart to connect with us and each other. We certainly will.

Thank you for being here. Enjoy the Festival and each other!

The BendFilm Team

As we reemerge from the challenges of recent times to visit with our neighbors and engage in dialogue about issues and opportunities open to us all, the arts help inform our conversations.

BendFilm is Oregon’s frst and only “Academy Qualifying Film Festival” which elevates the rich quality of Oregon flm initiatives to the national level where it rightfully belongs.

We welcome any and all creators to take advantage of the natural beauty and the hard-working people in the flm industry to create more flms in Oregon. To learn more about our statewide flmmaking incentive programs, visit oregonflm.org and consider shooting your next masterpiece right here in Oregon.

By attending this festival, you are embracing positivity, celebrating diversity, and setting the tone to build a much stronger Oregon.

Thank you and enjoy the festival!

Sincerely,

Governor Kate Brown

LETTER FROM INDIGENOUS PROGRAMMER, LARONN KATCHIA

Greetings,

I am beyond excited about the Indigenous representation at this year’s BendFilm Festival. When we created the Indigenous flms program in 2014, I had no idea it would become a yearly celebration of our presence in cinema. Growing up on the reservation in Warm Springs, we only had a few flms that we would watch over and over again, because that is simply all we had. With the Indigenous flms program at the BendFilm Festival, we have the opportunity for native youth to see themselves represented on the big screen. This wasn’t possible only a few years ago. With this program, we will let our presence be known.

This year we will host Gary Farmer and Tatanka Means, who are both legendary actors in their own right. We grew up watching Powwow Highway and Smoke Signals, both flms starring the powerhouse that is Gary Farmer. Tatanka Means is a rising star, comedian, and actor, fresh off the sets of Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon

and Hulu’s Reservation Dogs.

BENDFILM BOARD OF DIRECTORS

KATE KAMAYA,

PRESIDENT

CJ FERARRI, TREASURER

ADYRON WONG, SECRETARY

A. GIANCARLO GATTO

LAWRENCE FISHER

MICHAEL CONFORTI

ALISON HOHENGARTEN

PATRICIA JULBER

CHRISTY WALKER

BENDFILM FESTIVAL STAFF

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: TODD LOOBY

HEAD OF FESTIVAL PROGRAMMING: SELIN SEVINC

OPERATIONS MANAGER AND ASSOCIATE PROGRAMMER: HANNA MASON

MARKETING AND CREATIVE CONTENT COORDINATOR: ELISE FURGURSON

SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER AND SPECIAL PROGRAMMING: DOONE WILLIAMS

SUMMER INTERNS:

EMILY HICKS, JAYNA ROGERS, BETSY STONICH

TIN PAN TECHNOLOGY MANAGER & PROGRAMMER: TODD LEISER

TIN PAN PROGRAMMER: JARED RASIC

TIN PAN FILM SCREENING MANAGERS: EMILY HICKS, ROBERT MARQUEZ, MAX REISFAR, DOONE WILLIAMS

By having these talented creatives present with our community, our youth can learn from them and be inspired by the possibilities they may have not otherwise imagined. It is an honor to serve as a juror and advisor for the Indigenous flms program this year. We thank the Roundhouse Foundation, Oregon Cultural Trust, the Starview Foundation, NewSun Energy, and so many more who so generously made this opportunity possible.

I hope to see you at the Festival!

LaRonn Katchia Filmmaker, Director, Cinematographer Associate Programmer/Advisor Indigenous Films Program

TIN PAN THEATER A HOME THEATER FOR BENDFILM

COME EXPERIENCE IMMERSIVE CINEMA THANKS TO PROJECTION AND ATMOS SOUND SYSTEM UPGRADES DONATED BY HOME SYSTEM SOLUTIONS AND

THE ROUNDHOUSE FOUNDATION!

CAN’T GET ENOUGH OF BENDFILM? WE’RE SCREEN-SHARING ALL YEAR LONG AT TIN PAN, CENTRAL OREGON’S FAVORITE LITTLE INDIE THEATER. WHERE FILMS ARE CURATED BY PEOPLE, NOT ALGORITHMS.

NEW RELEASES AND CULT CLASSICS

Check out our lineup of flms at TINPANTHEATER.COM

From the newest independent flm releases to blockbuster hits and family favorites, the best movies are always showing at Tin Pan.

JANUS FILM SERIES

Join us weekly for beloved art house classics from the Janus Film library. Find your next favorite flm from the expansive collection of flms new and old. See what’s playing next at TINPANTHEATER.COM

TIN PAN BENEFACTORS

THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY. IF YOU’D LIKE TO BECOME A TIN PAN BENEFACTOR AND KEEP INDEPENDENT FILM ALIVE IN CENTRAL OREGON, CONTACT BEND FILM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TODD LOOBY.

The Bend Foundation

The Starview Foundation

Mike & Tressi Potter

Bob & Dorothy O’Brien

The Seattle Foundation

Tory & Jay Junkin of Jackson’s Corner

Hollings & Lou Renton

Lynn Nebus

The Echo Fund

Bob Lane

John Teller & Amy Tykeson

Sandra B. Morrow

Peter & Hilary Gilmore

Yvonne Hunt & John Gannon

Linda & Bill Courtney

Steven & Kelly Michel

Home System Solutions

is currently seeking Tin Pan Benefactors to help support better seating, theater upgrades and education programming so that BendFilm can operate the theater in a mission-driven way. To contribute to the $100,000 goal, please contact Executive Director Todd Looby,

BendFilm

todd@bendflm.org.

Todd Looby

FIND US AT THE BENDFILM FESTIVAL HEADQUARTERS

Scalehouse Gallery

550 NW Franklin Ave, Suite 138

HUB HOURS

HOW TO BENDFILM

HOW TO STREAM FILMS

You can stream flms on TVs and other devices using the Festival’s ticket site, Eventive

PARKING

DOWNTOWN BEND

We recommend leaving your car in the City Parking Garage on Lava Street at Minnesota Avenue for downtown venues. Parking is free on Saturday in the garage downtown and always free at the Old Mill District (for Regal Old Mill screenings). Street parking is available at Open Space.

MADRAS

Screenings will take place at the Madras Performing Arts Center, where parking is free.

TICKETS

Film screening tickets and Festival passes can be purchased online at BENDFILM.ORG or at the Festival Headquarters. Screenings tend to sell out early. We highly recommend you buy your tickets (or if you have a Pass, reserve your tickets) online ahead of time. Print the ticket at home, or have your tickets available on your smartphone for easy scanning at each venue. This will help you avoid long lines at Festival Headquarters. Will Call at each venue will close when the Festival Headquarters closes. Please plan accordingly, and print your tickets or have them available on your phone if attending later flms.

FILM SCHEDULE

• Includes ticket to Opening Night Party & Awards Ceremony

• Reserve tickets to guarantee a seat for any in-person screening at all Festival venues

• Unlimited in-theater tickets

• Unlimited virtual tickets

• $25 donation to BendFilm

ADA ACCESSIBLE

For those with special accommodations, we are happy to make arrangements as long as BendFilm is notifed by Tuesday, October 4.

Most BendFilm or Tin Pan Theater ticket buyers have an Eventive account from past Festivals or recent Tin Pan screenings. The Virtual Festival runs October 10-23. Some virtual flms have limits on tickets or for geographic areas, just like limited seats in a theater. To ensure you see those flms:

•

Easiest ways to view:

• First, browse the Virtual Catalog on your computer or smartphone (use the Festival App) and “Unlock” the flms.

•

Prior to October 10, “Pre-Order” tickets to those must-see flms to secure your spot.

How to set up your home theater:

• You can stream via: Apple TV, Chromecast, Roku, or by connecting your laptop to your TV via an HDMI cord.

•

If using Roku or Apple TV, search for “Eventive,” add the channel, then follow directions to connect your account.

•

If using Roku or Apple TV, those flms will show up in your Eventive Channel.

If using Airplay, flms can be cast right to your TV from your Apple device.

• If using Chromecast or a Smart TV, you can also cast to your TV.

•

Hit “Start Watching” prior to October 22.

$200

• Reserve tickets to guarantee a seat for any in-person screening at all Festival venues

• Unlimited in-theater tickets

• Unlimited virtual tickets

PASS $120

• Access all streaming flms & virtual discussions

TICKETS

• $12 ticket for general admission to flms

• $15 ticket for Opening Night Film

• Buy individual tickets to any flm online or at the Box Offce prior to the show

• Seating 10 minutes before each flm

• $35 ticket for Opening Night Party and Awards Ceremony

STANDBY TICKETS

• $10 ticket for general admission to flms

• $35 ticket for Opening Night Party and Awards Ceremony

• If seats are available after all Advanced Sale Ticket Holders and Passholders are seated, Standby Tickets will be sold (cash preferred)

•

Watch the full flm within the two-day window. Be sure to read the user-friendly “Need help?” page on the Eventive Virtual Festival site, “Test Your Device” and “Launch Live Chat Support” if you need additional assistance. Please visit:

WATCH.EVENTIVE.ORG/HELP for an issue-free experience.

INTRODUCING THE BENDFILM APP

BENDFILM FESTIVAL 2022

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WE’RE BACK FOR OUR 19TH FESTIVAL WITH FOUR FULL DAYS OF FILMS SCREENING AT THEATERS AROUND TOWN AND TWO WEEKS OF VIRTUAL VIEWINGS, SO YOU CAN JOIN THE FESTIVAL AT HOME, TOO.

WE’RE BRINGING THE INDEPENDENT FILM MAGIC TO YOU.

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Home System Solutions Customer, 2022

SAY “ACTION” TO BENDFILM’S 19TH ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL WITH THE OPENING NIGHT FILM AND RECEPTION.

Opening Night and Film sponsored by

Tower Theatre sponsored by

OPENING NIGHT FILM

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6 | 5:30 P.M.

Tower Theatre

835 NW Wall Street

Tickets: $15 online and at the door.

“It’s been two years since we’ve opened the Festival to a sold-out Tower Theatre full of people ready to engage, laugh, celebrate, and enjoy everything there is to enjoy about watching a flm in person with our community. When it came to selecting our Opening Night flm, we knew The Pez Outlaw

would be the one to remind us of the spirit of what this Festival is all about.”

—Todd Looby, BendFilm Executive Director

DOCUMENTARY

The Pez Outlaw

87 MIN. | USA/AUSTRIA | OREGON PREMIERE Director Amy Bandlien Storkel is scheduled to attend. In the 1990s, Pez dispensers were worth more, gram for gram, than gold, and rural Michigander Steve Glew made millions smuggling them into the US. It was all magical until his arch-nemesis, the Pezident, decided to destroy him.

Preceded by

El Portafolio | 10 minutes (p. 64)

DIRECTED BY AMY BANDLIEN STORKEL AND BRYAN STORKEL

Amy Bandlien Storkel and Bryan Storkel are wife/husband documentary flmmakers best known for producing The Legend of Cocaine Island

(Netfix 2019) and the Emmy Award Winning documentary, Alabama Snake (HBO 2020). Read more about the flm and the directors on page 37. Indigenous Program Honoree, actor, and bluesman Gary Farmer will kick off the evening with a short blues set accompanied by Bend’s own Pete Kartsounes.

OPENING NIGHT RECEPTION

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6 | 8 P.M. TO 10 P.M.

Open Space Event Studios,

220 NE Lafayette Avenue

Tickets: $35 in advance online, $40 at the door. Admittance included for All Access passholders contingent on venue capacity.

After the Opening Night Film, head to Open Space Event Studios for a swanky party to kick-off BendFilm’s 19th year. Meet the flmmakers and mingle with fellow cinephiles attending the festival–including special guests Gary Farmer, Comedian Tatanka Means and many more! Drinks and heavy appetizers provided.

KEEP THE STORIES GOING.

Join us for these not-to-miss parties to rub elbows with the flmmakers, talk about the flms, and get social.

MEET THE FILMMAKERS HAPPY HOUR

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7 | 5 P.M. TO 7 P.M.

Drake 801 NW Wall Street

FREE with ticket or pass.

One of the best parts of this indie flm festival is getting the chance to meet the flmmakers. Join us at this upscale neighborhood joint to chat with the people behind the flms. There will be appetizers as well as a no-host bar with wine, beer, and cocktails.

FRIDAY NIGHT AFTER PARTY

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7 | 8 P.M.

Silver Moon Brewing

24 NW Greenwood Avenue

Free for all ages.

Silver Moon’s legendary backyard is the site of BendFilm’s famous Friday night bash. Mingle with flmmakers and festival goers while listening to live music featuring Greg Gilmore.

AWARDS RECEPTION & CEREMONY

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8 | 7 P.M. TO 9 P.M.

Boys & Girls Club 500 NW Wall Street

Tickets are $35 in advance online and $40 at the door. Admittance included for All Access Passholders with reserved ticket.

Join us for the climactic moment of BendFilm. Awards will be presented to the winning flmmakers and flms, including the Audience Award winners and Best of Show. A dinner buffet along with craft beer and wine will be served.

CLOSING NIGHT PARTY

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8 | 9:30 P.M. TO CLOSE

Bunk+Brew

42 NW Hawthorne Avenue

Free for all ages.

After the awards ceremony, head to Bend’s hippest hostel Bunk+Brew’s for the last blowout of the Festival. Celebrate the flmmakers, chat with fellow festival goers, and enjoy music from DJ GQ, Braintology, and Generic Listening.

AND THE WINNERS ARE…

CELEBRATE THE FILMS AND FILMMAKERS AT THE AWARDS RECEPTION AND CEREMONY. SEE PAGE 12 FOR MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE EVENT.

The BendFilm jury awards flms and flmmakers in a variety of flm categories. Generous cash prizes, provided by BendFilm and our sponsors and grantors, are awarded to up-and-coming flmmakers to help them build flmmaking careers.

IN ADDITION TO THE CASH PRIZE, EACH WINNING FILM WILL RECEIVE A BENDFILM AWARD SCULPTURE.

BEST OF SHOW

$5,000

Competition Narrative, Documentary and Indigenous/Environmental/ Outdoor features are eligible for this award.

Presented by Brooks Resources since 2004.

BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE

$1,000

Made possible by BendFilm Members

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

$1,000

Made possible by JL Ward Co. and Business for BendFilm.

BEST DIRECTING

$500

Made possible by Independent Women for Independent Film.

BEST INDIGENOUS FEATURE

$500

Made possible by Bob Lane.

BEST ENVIRONMENTAL/ OUTDOOR FEATURE

$500

Made possible by Frank Groundwater and Rebecca Warner.

BEST NARRATIVE SHORT

$500

Made possible by Independent Women for Independent Film.

KATIE MERRITT FEATURE FILM AUDIENCE AWARD ($500) AND SHORT FILM AUDIENCE AWARD ($500)

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT

$500

Made possible by Independent Women for Independent Film.

BEST ANIMATED SHORT

$500

Made possible by Independent Women for Independent Film.

BEST INDIGENOUS SHORT

$500

Made possible by Bob Lane.

BEST STUDENT SHORT

$500

Made possible since 2005 by Dan Wieden and Priscilla Bernard Wieden on behalf of Caldera Arts.

BEST NORTHWEST SHORT

$500

Made possible by Business for BendFilm.

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

BendFilm Award Sculpture. Competition Narrative Features are eligible for this award.

BEST EDITING

BendFilm Award Sculpture. Competition Documentary Features are eligible for this award.

Made possible by ticket sales. The audience votes for and contributes directly to the flmmakers who walk away with these awards.

BENDFILM JURY

JEANELLE AUGUSTIN Documentary Features

Jeanelle Augustin is a Haitian-American flm programmer and grants professional interested in redefning investment and embracing risk. Currently, Jeanelle leads the Original Voices Fellowship presented by NBCU Academy and NBC News Studios. She has programmed for CIFF, True/False, and Big Sky, led flmmaker labs and seminars for BlackStar Projects, Firelight Media, and UnionDocs, served on festival juries and funding panels for BAVC, Chicago Media Project, Creative Capital, Defne American, Doc Society, Film Independent, IDA, Mezcla Media, Open City, SFFILM, Sundance Institute, and was named a 2021 DOC NYC Documentary New Leader and selected for the 2022 Rockwood Documentary Leaders Fellowship supported by Ford Foundation.

BRETT CAMPBELL Indigenous/Environmental/Outdoor

Brett Campbell joined Red Bull Media House in 2015 to help manage Red Bull’s global documentary flm slate, and since expanded to look after Content Partnerships across all areas for the North American market. Brett has managed campaigns and for critically acclaimed and awarded documentaries including The Alpinist,

The Dawn Wall Dear Rider and

Narrative Features

KIM KALYKA

Kim Kalyka is a 20 year veteran of the independent flm industry who began her career at Miramax marketing such titles as Bridget Jones’ Diary and Amelie

In 2002, she joined IFC Films working on such flms as My Big Fat Greek Wedding Boyhood The Trip Blue is the Warmest Color Pina

Flee Worst Person in the World,

Collectively, these campaigns yielded millions in box offce and streaming deals with the likes of HBO, Netfix, Discovery, BBC, and Amazon. Brett’s passion lies in building opportunities for creatives, and fnding audiences for impactful, inspiring people and stories.

Any One of Us.

LIZ CARDENAS Narrative Shorts

(Tribeca 2021 | Cinedigm) and a 2019 Spirit Award Nominee for Never Goin’ Back

Liz Cardenas is a 2022 Independent Spirit Award winner for Duplass Brothers Productions’ 7 Days

(Sundance 2018 | A24). One of two narrative producers to receive the inaugural 2022 Dear Producer Grant (an unrestricted $50K grant), she was included in the 2019 LATINXT, a curated list of emerging Latinx creators from an initiative by Zoe Saldana, Robert Rodriguez and Lin-Manuel Miranda. Other notable credits include Alex Lehmann’s Acidman starring Thomas Haden Church and Dianna Agron (Tribeca 2022), and David Lowery’s A Ghost Story

(Sundance 2017 | A24), starring Rooney Mara and Casey Affeck.

JOHN COOPER Narrative Features

For three decades John Cooper was a member of the Sundance Film Festival programming team. In the early years, he moved from a programmer to the Director of Programming before eventually being named director in 2010. From 2010 to 2020 he oversaw all aspects of the annual Sundance Film Festival in addition to expanding ventures to Sundance Film Festival: London and Sundance Film Festival: Hong Kong. Other work includes guest curator and juror at major festivals around the world. From 1995 to 1998 Cooper also served as director of Outfest held annually in Los Angeles. In 2020 he was accepted into the Academy of Motion Pictures.

MATT FAGERHOLM Documentary Features

Matt Fagerholm is the Literary Editor at ROGEREBERT.COM and a member of the Chicago Film Critics Association. He spent four years writing flm coverage for HOLLYWOODCHICAGO.COM and has contributed to a variety of publications including Time Out Chicago,

Cave of Forgotten Dreams Currently an executive at NEON, she’s part of the team that released such notable titles as the Oscar nominated I, Tonya, Spencer

, and

Honeyland, and multi Academy-Award winning Parasite

Indigenous/Environmental/Outdoor

LARONN KATCHIA

LaRonn Katchia is an award-winning flmmaker and tribal member from the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, currently pursuing a passionate flmmaking career in Portland, Oregon. LaRonn grew up on the Warm Springs reservation and has lived there for 18 years of his life, transitioning to the city of Portland for flm school. His love and passion for flm reside from the infuence of the commonly mistreated portrayal of indigenous peoples in Hollywood flms today. LaRonn has recently worked on a behind-the-scenes featurette for the FX hit show Reservation Dogs

and helped shoot and edit the frst all-indigenous episode of PBS’ Roadtrip Nation: Native Way Forward

in collaboration with Buffalo Nickel creative.

Documentary Features & Animated Shorts

DANIELLE MCCARTHY BOLES

Danielle McCarthy-Boles is the VP of Publicity at Magnolia Pictures. She has overseen publicity and promotion for independent flm hits including Man On Wire

Narrative Shorts & Animated Shorts

TALLIE MEDEL

Tallie Medel (diverse pronouns) is an educator, multidisciplinary artist, and award-winning actor in New York City. Medel is one-third of dance comedy trio Cocoon Central Dance Team and the host of Darling Tallie, a dance comedy show and party. Film credits include Everything Everywhere All at Once, Dan Sallitt’s Fourteen

and The Unspeakable Act Caleb Johnson’s The Carnivores and Joy Kevin, and Snowy Bing Bongs Across the North Star Combat Zone, a collaboration with Rachel Wolther, Alex H. Fischer and Cocoon Central Dance Team. They teach clown, they’re a gif, and they have big juicy eyeballs.

Indigenous/Environmental/Outdoor

CARA JADE MYERS

No Film School and Magill’s Cinema Annual

The A.V. Club,

His writing/editing experience includes serving as Assistant A&E Editor at the Columbia Chronicle and interviewing such icons as Betty White, Ed Asner and Judy Collins for the Woodstock Independent. He is the founder of Indie Outlook, a blog featuring exclusive interviews with some of the most exciting voices in modern independent flmmaking.

JOANNE FEINBERG Indigenous/Environmental/Outdoor

Joanne Feinberg is an award-winning flmmaker and curator. She brings over 25 years of flm production experience, and thousands of hours of thoughtful flm viewing, to her work. She is currently the Senior Programmer at the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, and previously Director of Programming at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival and the Ashland Independent Film Festival. Joanne graduated with honors from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts with a combined degree in Cinema Studies and Film & TV Production. A deep love and understanding of cinema informs all of her endeavors.

ROBIN HONAN Documentary Shorts & Animated Shorts

Robin Honan is an Academy Award-nominated flmmaker, and co-produced the Oscar-winning documentary Freeheld

Cara Jade Myers is a Native American actor and writer who is an enrolled member of the Wichita tribe. She was accepted into the fourth annual Native American Writers Lab where she developed a TV pilot from pitch to third draft, and was a semifnalist in the ABC/Disney writers’ program. In early 2020, Cara was among 12 selected as part of A3 Artist Agency’s The Colony program, creating a TV pilot that is now in pre-production. She fnished the year as a fellow of the Native American Feature Film Writers’ Lab. She has acted in a variety of indie and short flms. In 2019, she was cast in an episode of the Emmy-Award winning series, This is Us. In 2021, she wrapped her role as Anna Brown in Martin Scorsese’s upcoming flm, Killers of the Flower Moon

Documentary Shorts

MICHAEL SCHEUERMAN

Michael Scheurerman is an Oscar-nominated producer of Hunger Ward director Skye Fitzgerald’s short documentary on the war and famine in Yemen. His initial exposure to the flm industry was working on Havana

in 1990, Sydney Pollack’s narrative on the Cuban revolution flmed in the Dominican Republic. After 25 years in the tech industry, he retired in 2018. A Bend resident, Michael hikes, bikes, skis, and also serves on the Advisory Board of BendFilm.

Documentary Shorts

JENNY SHI

which was shortlisted for a Best Documentary Short Subject Academy Award in 2021. Her Oscar-nominated HBO flm Mondays at Racine

In 2020, she produced the Netfix documentary What Would Sophia Loren Do?

follows a Long Island hair salon that offers free services to women undergoing cancer treatment, helping them restore a sense of beauty following the ravages of chemotherapy. With Ross Kauffman, she produced the short documentary Fire With Fire

, which currently has over 25 million views on YouTube, and tells the tale of a renegade oncologist who has cured leukemia in thousands of patients by using a disarmed form of the HIV virus to attack cancer cells.

ERIK JAMBOR Narrative Shorts

recently completing its festival run. He has served on the jury of numerous festivals including Slamdance, SXSW, and the Biograflm Festival in Bologna, Italy. Sometimes he plays ukulele.

Jiayan “Jenny” Shi is an Emmy-nominated documentary flmmaker who is passionate about stories that fnd shared humanity and compassion. Her debut documentary Finding Yingying has won numerous awards, including the Special Jury Recognition at the 2020 SXSW Film Festival and a China Academy Award of Documentary Films, and was nominated for an Emmy. Jenny’s work has appeared on Paramount +, MTV, BBC News, PBS NewsHour, among many others. Jenny is a graduate of Kartemquin’s Diverse Voices In Docs program, a Logan Nonfction Program fellow, a Women at Sundance Adobe fellow, and a DOC NYC “40 Under 40” flmmaker.

Narrative Features

EMILY ST. JAMES

Emily St. James is a senior correspondent at Vox, where she covers American identities. She was the frst culture editor for the site and the frst TV editor of The A.V. Club. Her writing has also appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the Criterion Collection, and

The Baffer She is the co-creator of the podcast Arden

and co-author of the book Monsters of the Week: The Complete Critical Companion to the X-Files

She lives in Los Angeles with her wife and an ever-shifting number of cats.

Indigenous/Environmental/Outdoor

and RBG among many others. McCarthy-Boles produced the critically acclaimed documentary Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me which was released theatrically nationwide by Magnolia Pictures in 2013 and was released internationally by Universal Music Group in 2014. She holds a BFA in Cinema Studies from New York University and an MA in Media Studies from The New School. OFFICIAL GUIDE 19TH ANNUAL IN-PERSON OCTOBER 6-9 | VIRTUAL OCTOBER 10-23, 2022

ELIZABETH ZINGG

Elizabeth Zingg (they/them) is a queer Ho-Chunk person who grew up in Phoenix, Arizona and spent much of their adult life in much of the southwest/northwest and thru-hiking up the east coast. With a passion for ecology and the political frameworks of tribal, state, and federal governments, they are currently pursuing a master’s degree at ASU Sandra Day O’Connor with an emphasis in Environmental Law, Tribal Sovereignty, and American Indian Law.

Shoplifters The Square and the Oscar-nominated documentaries I Am Not Your Negro BENDFILM JURY 2022 JURY OFFICIAL GUIDE 19TH ANNUAL IN-PERSON OCTOBER 6-9 | VIRTUAL OCTOBER 10-23, 2022

NEWS WHEN RELIABLE

PANELS

GO BEHIND THE SCENES OF FILMMAKING TODAY.

Brooks Room, Deschutes Public Library

601 NW Wall Street

These free panels and discussions are open to the public and feature many of the 2022 Festival flmmakers, jurors, and special guests. Listen to the flmmaking tips and tricks of the trade and get an insider’s view into independent flmmaking today.

The Sexy Side of Filmmaking: A Panel of Industry Insiders

Moderated by Todd Looby, BendFilm Executive Director

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7 @ 11:45 A.M.

When most people think about flmmaking, they envision being a director running the show and working with glamorous actors. There’s nothing entirely wrong with that image, but the real joy in flmmaking is negotiating good distribution terms, working with agents, navigating location issues, getting permits, and creating great subtitles for that distribution deal! Perhaps we have things skewed a bit… This is a panel made up of people in the know, who may not make those things necessarily “sexy,” but they will make them a much more enjoyable part of the process of getting your flm out into the world. Don’t miss your chance to meet these leaders in the industry. Panelists include Alan Bell (Cinetyp, Inc.), Michelle Damis (SAG-AFTRA

Beyond Sundance with John Cooper

Moderated by Todd Looby, BendFilm Executive Director

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7 @ 3:45 P.M.

Sundance enjoys mythic queen/kingmaking status in the independent flm world. Approximately 15,000 flmmakers submit each year for their chance at reaching independent flm’s grandest stage. Only a few hundred will make it. Should the rest pack it up, re-think their career choice and artistic pursuit? Or…do we perhaps put too much emphasis on making it into big fests like Sundance? Join us for a conversation with former Sundance Director John Cooper to hear the inside stories that both give this legend credence as well as show all of the great opportunities out there for independent flmmakers beyond big-name festivals.

),

Kelsii Dyer (Giggster), Kim Kalyka (NEON

),

Conquering Indie Filmmaking

Danielle McCarthy-Boles (

Magnolia),

Emily St. James (Vox

), and Mae Thornton Mehra (Producer, Being Michelle).

Moderated by IndieWoman of the Year Honoree, Tamara Jenkins

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8 @ 12:15 P.M.

Screenwriting from Page to Screen

Moderated by Selin Sevinç, Head of Festival Programming

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7 @ 1:45 P.M.

Oscar winning screenwriter and producer Jim Taylor (

Election, Sideways, Downsizing) and Oscar nominated writer-director Tamara Jenkins (

The Savages, Private Life

) will join us for a discussion about the elusive craft of screenwriting. From their writing process to how they approach feedback and revisions, what it’s like to adapt books, co-write with others, and work with directors, you’ll hear about their screenwriting journey from idea to screen.

Private Life, The Savages

Writer-director Tamara Jenkins (

) will talk to flmmakers from BendFilm’s competition lineup about their work, tips for directing, producing and marketing low-budget flms, and how working in different felds of flmmaking helps you navigate the challenges of the craft. Producers Liz Cardenas (

Acidman) and Robin Honan (

Of Medicine and Miracles), directors Ana Lazarevic (

The Game) and Amy Bandlien Storkel (

The Pez Outlaw) discuss the hard decisions they made as indie flmmakers.

First Features

Moderated by First Features Presenter Tamara Jenkins

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8 @ 3:30 P.M.

Taking that frst big leap into the great unknown world of feature flmmaking is an incredibly diffcult step. Tamara Jenkins

, who made her frst feature Slums of Beverly Hills

in 1998, will talk to competition flmmakers, Jude Chun (

Unidentifed),

Reed Harkness (Sam Now

),

Elisa Levine (

Sweetheart Deal), and David Siev (

Bad Axe), about how they mustered the courage and assembled the resources to make their frst feature flm, the invisible forces that pulled them forward every step of the way, and what they plan to do next.

L to R: Morrisa Maltz, Ann Lupo, Debra Granik, Miranda Bailey

Seed and Spark’s Gerry Maravilla presenting in 2018

BIPOC WOMEN FILM PRODUCTION GRANT

SUPPORTING BIPOC WOMEN FILMMAKERS

BendFilm’s grant will provide a BIPOC woman artist with $10,000 toward making their short or feature flm.

This grant is made possible by the The Roundhouse Foundations, the Starview Foundation, Oregon Cultural Trust, NewSun Energy, Braemar Charitable Trust and Infocus Eye Care.

On-screen representation affects cultural understanding of BIPOC, women, and LGBTQ+ characters, and barriers need to be broken down until equal representation is achieved on-screen and behind the camera. BendFilm’s grant supports storytellers who are working to tell creative and complex stories told from a point of view that is unique and authentic.

2021 $10,000 WINNER IS EMMA DUVALL FOR HER SHORT FILM JULIA

2022

INDEPENDENT WOMEN FOR INDEPENDENT FILM

THE INDIEWOMEN MOVEMENT STARTED OUT AS 100 WOMEN DONATING $100 TO SUPPORT INDEPENDENT FILM AND CONTINUES TO GROW.

Independent Women for Independent Film was formed as a way to strengthen the bonds of leading women in the arts and business and support female indie flmmakers at the BendFilm Festival. Today, the IndieWomen movement—100 women donating $100— continues to grow and expand its support for female flmmakers.

Created in honor of the late Pamela Hulse Andrews, a pioneer of arts and culture in Bend, the IndieWoman of the Year Award carries on Pamela’s legacy. The award is presented annually to a female flmmaker who demonstrates an exceptional passion for independent flm, bravely shares their authentic voice, and makes extraordinary contributions to an independent body of work.

Don’t miss

Julia in its world premiere during the Local Focus Narrative Shorts program (page 60).

“When I wrote my frst short flm Julia

, the idea of fully producing the flm seemed impossible. Receiving the Tell Your Story grant through Oregon Made Creative Foundation enabled Julia to launch into pre-production and fnally allowed me to tell my mother’s story of hardship growing up in a South Korean orphanage. After flming, I received BendFilm’s BIPOC Women Film Production Grant, which provided the funding we needed to fnish up post-production. Making this flm would not have been possible without these grants. I’m so thankful for the support I’ve been given to amplify underrepresented voices, and think it is crucial to uplift other flmmakers to do the same through flm grants.”

GRANT PANEL

This year, fve to ten fnal candidates will pitch their projects live to a panel of industry professionals during the Festival. The panel will decide the winner of the $10,000 production grant and may provide mentorship during the flmmaking process at panelists’ discretion and interest. Find more information about the grant and application process at BENDFILM.ORG

In 2022, BendFilm is proud to present the award to Academy Award-nominated writer and director Tamara Jenkins.

IndieWomen fund Festival awards, female flmmaker travel costs and the IndieWoman of the Year Honorarium, sponsoring flmmaker awards, flmmaker travel, and the BendFilm IndieWoman of the Year. Contributions to IndieWomen can be made at BENDFILM.ORG/INDIEWOMEN

INDEPENDENT WOMEN FOR INDEPENDENT FILM

THESE ARE THE 2022 INDIEWOMEN WHO ARE SUPPORTING FESTIVAL CASH AWARDS AND TRAVEL COSTS FOR WOMEN FILMMAKERS PRESENTING AT THE FESTIVAL. JOIN THIS MOVEMENT AND ENJOY QUARTERLY MEETUPS, SPECIAL TIN PAN THEATER SCREENINGS AND BENDFILM’S EFFORT TO OVERCOME THE GENDER DISPARITY IN THE FILM INDUSTRY.

Karen Anderson

Tammy Baney

Becky Breeze

Patricia Buehler

Abby Caram

Adele Caram

Margot Caram

Patti Carlson

Kendall Carlson

Amanda Cudd Stuermer

Monica Desmond

Carolyn Dietz

Lori Elkins

Alayna Fardella

Tomoko Ferguson

Molly Foerster

Amy Fratzke

Emerson Fratzke

Pat Fulton

Kirsten Goldstein

Juli Hamdan

Mollie Hogan

Alison Hohengarten

Sue Hollern

Yvonne Hunt

Heather Johnson

Kate Kamaya

Erica Kelly

Terryl Kemple

Else Kerkmann

Karen Koppel

Cristy Lanfri

Jane Lang

Leslie Lynch

Sharon Maier-Kennelly

Autumn Marler

Susan McKnight

Mary Meador

Patsy Melville

René Mitchell

Deb Mortimore

Lynn Nebus

Aleta Nissen

Cheryl Parton

Kimberly Paxton-Hagner

Amy Renalds

Lou Renton

Donna Rice

Laury Riley

Liz Rink

Sheila Rittenberg

Francesca Roveda

Sally Russell

Chris Schroeder Fain

Cassondra Spring Schindler

Anne Marie Stonich

Chantal Strobel

Leanne Summers

Kaari Vaughn

Katharine Vaughn

Coco Vaughn

Alicia Vickery

Rebecca Warner

Valerie Warren

Yvonne Zbranak

— Emma Duvall, Julia Director and recipient of 2021 BIPOC Woman Grant

Emma Duvall

The 2022 BIPOC Women Grant panel. Top Left: Selin Sevinç, Emma Duvall, Emily Chavez, and Haelin Kweon. Middle Left: Makeda Phillips, Ayo Kepher-Maat(judge), Rebecca Wyzan(judge), and Cheniqua Coleman. Bottom Left: Christine Davila(judge), and Pita Juarez.

Julia

Pamela Hulse Andrews and Cristy Lanfri

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B ENDFILMS IS PROUD TO SPOTLIGHT ACADEMY AWARD-NOMINATED WRITER AND DIRECTOR TAMARA JENKINS AS THE 2022 INDIEWOMAN OF THE YEAR.

Tamara Jenkins is a rare flmmaker who has a knack for fnding a balance of humor and desperation in characters we instantly warm to. We always feel personally comforted by the fact that her characters exist in this world, and that Jenkins exists in today’s world of indie flmmaking despite working with stars like Laura Linney, Natasha Lyonne, Alan Arkin, Kathryn Hahn, Paul Giamatti, and Philip Seymour Hoffman. For her uncompromisingly independent attitude to flmmaking and ongoing inspiration to us all, we’re honored to name Tamara Jenkins IndieWoman of the Year.

Tamara is the writer and director of the flms Private Life,

The Savages, and

Slums of Beverly Hills as well as several award winning shorts. Her flms have screened at the New York Film Festival, the Telluride Film Festival, Cannes, and Sundance. Among the honors she has received are an Academy Award nomination, an Independent Spirit Award, a Los Angeles Film Critics prize, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Tamara attended NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts where she received her MFA and met her husband, the screenwriter, Jim Taylor, with whom she occasionally writes. Jenkins lives in NYC with Jim and their daughter, Mia.

“[Tamara Jenkins’] microscopic looks at human beings in all their complexities and vanities are vital to the cinematic landscape. Her stories are not didactic. They are observational and communal—a hug, not a fnger-point. She is scrupulous not just with the female character closest in age to her; Jenkins takes years to write a script because she wants to walk in the shoes of every character until she gets them right. (As Philip Seymour Hoffman, Linney’s costar in The Savages, once said, Jenkins is ‘not a compromiser.’)”

Private Life

3:15 P.M. SAT. 10/8 @ TOWER THEATRE

123 MIN. | USA | 2018 | RATED R

After

Private Life

Tamara Jenkins will participate in an on-stage conversation with John Cooper about the flm and her career. The talk is free, and everyone is welcome to attend.

Written & Directed by Tamara Jenkins

Richard and Rachel, a couple in the throes of infertility, try to maintain their marriage as they descend deeper and deeper into the weird world of assisted reproduction and domestic adoption. When their doctor suggests third party reproduction, they bristle. But when Sadie, a recent college drop out, re-enters their life, they reconsider. Tower Theatre sponsored by

Slums of Beverly Hills

7 P.M. FRI. 10/7 @ CASCADES THEATRICAL CO.

91 MIN. | USA | 1998 | RATED R

Written & Directed by Tamara Jenkins

In 1976, a lower-middle-class teenager struggles to cope living with her neurotic family of nomads on the outskirts of Beverly Hills.

— Maria Fontoura,

Rolling Stone

Tamara Jenkins

Private Life

Slums of Beverly Hills

INDIEWOMAN OF THE YEAR AWARD: TAMARA JENKINS

JOIN US IN MADRAS FOR EXCLUSIVE SCREENINGS AND A SHOWCASE OF INDIGENOUS STORIES IN FILM.

We’re excited to host our showcase and celebration of Indigenous flms in the BendFilm Festival in Madras, featuring exclusive screenings and short flm programs. Special guests include award-winning actor and comedian Tatanka Means and actor and musician Gary Farmer.

Madras Performing Art Center

412 SE Buff Street, Madras

INDIGENOUS FILM SHOWCASE

Madras Performing Art Center

412 SE Buff Street, Madras

Film Tickets: $5 online and at the door

Exclusive Screening: Reservation Dogs

5:30 P.M. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7

FREE Tickets at the door

Join us for this exclusive screening of select episodes of the FX productions series, then stay for a conversation with Special Guests Tatanka Means and Gary Farmer. Following the exploits of four Indigenous teenagers in rural Oklahoma who steal, rob and save in order to get to the exotic, mysterious and faraway land of California. To succeed, they will have to save enough money, outmaneuver the methheads at the junkyard on the edge of town and survive a turf war against a much tougher rival gang. This frst-of-its-kind creative team tells a story that resonates with them and their lived experiences— and invites audiences into a surprisingly familiar and funny world.

Gary Farmer is an actor and musician, born on the Six Nations along the Grand River, Ohsweken, Ontario. He is widely recognized as a pioneer in the development of Indigenous media in Canada and was the founding director of an urban Indian radio network, Aboriginal Voices Radio Network. Gary has been nominated for three Independent Spirit Awards for Best Supporting Male in the flms Powwow Highway,

Dead Man, and Smoke Signals. Recent credits include series regular on Resident Alien and Reservation Dogs

. Gary’s blues band, Gary Farmer and the Troublemakers, will release their sixth album this fall.

Tatanka Means is an award-winning actor, motivational speaker and stand-up comedian from Chinle, Arizona. He represents the Navajo, Lakota, Dakota and Omaha Nations. His most recent flm is Killers of The Flower Moon

, directed by the legendary Martin Scorsese and is set to be released in the fall of 2022. He can also be seen in the new season of Reservation Dogs

and in the upcoming movie, Horizon

by Kevin Costner. Tatanka performs stand-up comedy throughout Indian Country spreading laughter and messages of inspiration to all ages. Tatanka was recently named “Entertainer of The Year” by the National Indian Gaming Association. Tatanka is proud to be an alcohol and drug-free sober performer. He also won Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role in Once Upon a River

, which won Best Directing at the 2019 BendFilm Festival.

Tatanka Means Comedy Show

7:30 P.M. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7

$5 Tickets at the door

The award-winning actor and comedian takes the stage in Central Oregon with his can’t-miss stand-up in this exclusive performance during the Festival.

“Ask anyone in Indian Country to name their favorite Native comedian and Tatanka Means is likely one of the top names you will hear.” — Navajo-Hopi Observer

Uýra: The Rising Forest

11:30 A.M. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8

Uýra, a trans indigenous artist, travels through the Amazon forest on a journey of self-discovery. Read more about the flm and the director on page 27. Film sponsored by Visit Central Oregon

Native Way Forward

1:45 P.M. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8

53 MINUTES | US | THEATRICAL PREMIERE

For too long, TV and flm have depicted Native American experiences in the past tense. It’s time to shine a light on the present-day lives of Native young adults, and explore what’s possible for their futures. In Roadtrip Nation’s newest documentary, Native leaders are telling their stories in their own words, and illuminating the path for Native youth everywhere.

DIRECTED BY RYAN REDCORN

Ryan RedCorn (Osage) was born in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. He co-founded the Indigenous comedy troupe, the 1491s, and started Buffalo Nickel Creative, a full services ad agency. He is currently a staff writer on the FX show Reservation Dogs

Indigenous Shorts

3:30 P.M. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8

90 MINUTES

An exclusive screening in Madras of short flms that center Indigenous experience and issues. Featuring the shorts from the competition program No Spectators Allowed (p. 48),

Rosalie Fish (p. 65),

Daughter of the Sea (p. 52), Kumu Niu (p. 53),

Sakari Farms - First Foods Cooking (p. 53), Bring the Salmon Home (p. 62), and

SPAM is Life, a short flm produced by youth at the Warm Springs Community Action Team and directed by LaRonn Katchia.

Pasang: In the Shadow of Everest

4 P.M. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9

Pasang Lhamu Sherpa’s tragic, inspiring journey to become the frst Nepali woman to summit Everest. Read more about the flm and the director on page 26. Film sponsored by Best Best and Kreiger LLP

Necessity: Climate Justice & the Thin Green Line

6:15 P.M. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9

Indigenous activists and white allies resisting oil trains and terminals in the Columbia Gorge. Read more about the flm and the director on page 25.

Reservation Dogs

Tatanka Means

Gary Farmer

The Indigenous Film Program is funded by

Native Way Forward

Uýra: The Rising Forest

Necessity: Climate Justice & the Thin Green Line Before I Die

Pasang: In the Shadow of Everest

Indigenous Shorts: Rosalie Fish

INDIGENOUS/ ENVIRONMENTAL/OUTDOOR FEATURES

Program sponsored by

Au Revoir

10:45 A.M. FRI. 10/7 @ REGAL OLD MILL - 4

5:30 P.M. SAT. 10/8 @ REGAL OLD MILL - 6

85 MIN. | CANADA | US PREMIERE

Filmmakers scheduled to attend

Presented in English and French, with English subtitles From a diffdent youth to living legend, this is the story of wakeboarding champion Raph Derome as he retires from riding in front of crowds and cameras. Learn about Raph’s competitive family legacy, hear about the brotherly rivalry that fuelled his rise, and witness his last act on the water, the ride of a lifetime.

Preceded by Janwaar | 11 min. (p. 62)

Film Sponsored by Caliber Home Loans

“We love rogue characters who don’t ft the mold and succeed anyway—and spectacularly!”

—BendFilm Team

DIRECTED BY JUSTIN LOISELLE AND JONATHAN FERGUSON

was a fnalist at the 2019 Banff Film Festival. Now based in British Columbia, Jonathan specializes in outdoor action sports and is well known for his creativity and storytelling. He directed and flmed for Red Bull Beyond Perception in 2014.

Necessity: Climate Justice and the Thin Green Line

12:15 P.M. FRI. 10/7 @ REGAL OLD MILL - 6

12:00 P.M. SAT. 10/8 @ CASCADES THEATRICAL CO.

12:45 P.M. SUN. 10/9 @ TIN PAN

6:15 P.M. SUN 10/9 @ MADRAS PAC

57 MIN. | USA | OREGON PREMIERE

Filmmaker Samantha Praus scheduled to attend

“The flmmakers strike a great balance of factual information about issues that are so close to home with personal and emotional perspectives involved.”

This story of climate resistance in the Pacifc Northwest brings into view a historical landscape of tribal leaders, Indigenous activists, and white allies as they resist oil trains and terminals in the transport of highly toxic products through critical waterways and treaty lands.

Preceded by

Bring the Salmon Home | 14 min. (p. 62)

= Open Captions

DIRECTED BY JAN HAAKEN AND SAMANTHA PRAUS

Director Jan Haaken is an award-winning documentary flmmaker, clinical psychologist and professor emeritus at Portland State University. Co-Director Samantha Praus is a queer, latinx documentary flmmaker, cultural anthropologist, and public health researcher in Oregon. The directors bring their research backgrounds in participatory action methods and activist commitments to this project.

—BendFilm Team

Pasang: In the Shadow of Everest

5:45 P.M. FRI. 10/7 @ TOWER THEATRE

2:15 P.M. SAT. 10/8 @ CASCADES THEATRICAL CO.

4 P.M. SUN. 10/9 @ MADRAS PAC

72 MIN. | USA | OREGON PREMIERE

Filmmakers scheduled to attend

Presented in English, Nepali and French, with English subtitles

The story of Pasang Lhamu Sherpa, the Indigenous trailblazer who battled racism, gender discrimination, and political opposition in her quest to become the frst Nepali woman to summit Mount Everest. Her courageous, tragic journey would greatly move her country, inspiring new generations to reach for their rights.

Preceded by Mandatory Gear | 16 min. (p. 63)

Tower Theatre sponsored by

Film sponsored by Best Best and Kreiger LLP

DIRECTED

BY NANCY SVENDSEN

Nancy Anne Svendsen grew up in small towns in Iowa. She earned a BA in English, Spanish, and American Studies from St. Olaf College in Northfeld, Minnesota and a MBA from the University of Minnesota. She has returned to her storytelling roots as an independent flmmaker based in Northern California, combining her business acumen and experience running large organizations with her passion for women’s rights, the creative arts, and storytelling.

Path of the Panther

3:45 P.M. FRI. 10/7 @ REGAL OLD MILL - 4

4:45 P.M. SAT. 10/8 @ CASCADES THEATRICAL CO.

88 MIN. | USA | NORTHWEST PREMIERE

Filmmaker scheduled to attend

Drawn in by the haunting specter of the Florida panther, photographer Carlton Ward fnds himself on the front lines of a struggle to save the Everglades from the brink of ecological collapse. The panther is an emblem of our once connected world, a vision of what could be again—or a harbinger of what could befall our planet, if the panther’s path becomes a dead end.

Preceded by

Of Wood | 7 min. (p. 65)

Film sponsored by NewSun Energy

INDIGENOUS/ ENVIRONMENTAL/OUTDOOR FEATURES

Uýra: The Rising Forest

8:45 P.M. FRI. 10/7 @ REGAL OLD MILL - 1

11:30 A.M. SAT. 10/8 @ MADRAS PAC

6 P.M. SAT. 10/8 @ TIN PAN THEATER

72 MIN. | BRAZIL | NORTHWEST PREMIERE

Presented in Portuguese with English subtitles

Uýra, a trans-Indigenous artist, travels through the Amazon forest on a journey of self-discovery, using performance art and ancestral messages to teach Indigenous youth and confront structural racism and transphobia in Brazil. In the country with the highest murder rates of trans individuals, Indigenous people, and environmentalists, Uýra fosters unity and provides inspiration for these movements in the heart of the Amazon.

Preceded by

Ola Ka Honua | 22 min. (p. 64)

Tin Pan Theater sponsored by Film Sponsored by Visit Central Oregon

DIRECTED BY JULIANA CURI

Juliana Curi is a Brazilian-Latina flm director and visual artist. She began her career in the creative department of MTV Brazil developing socio-cultural impact campaigns. Since then she was a Bric Brooklyn Film+TV Resident and UN Women’s Award winner. Her projects include this documentary and the flmmaking inclusion program EUETU Lab.

DIRECTED BY ERIC BENDICK

Eric is an EMMY-winning director, producer, and writer whose work explores connectivity, confict, and human ingenuity at the intersection of man-made and wild spaces. He’s led flming expeditions to the heart of many of the last untamed landscapes on Earth. His productions for National Geographic, PBS, Smithsonian, and others have garnered numerous awards and accolades from major flm festivals around the world. Eric is a graduate of Brown University and a current grantee of the Redford Center.

“One of the BEST Everest flms ever—and I’ve seen a kajillion.”

—BendFilm Team

“A worthy subject matter that’s relevant beyond Florida, showcasing how a photographer’s efforts can play a role in policymaking for conservation.”

—BendFilm Team

“Using the human body as a medium so artistically and dynamically—and for the purposes of cultural and environmental activism—really speaks to our times in multiple ways.”

—BendFilm Team

NARRATIVE FEATURES COMPETITION

Acidman

3 P.M. FRI. 10/7 @ TOWER THEATRE

2:45 P.M. SAT. 10/8 @ REGAL OLD MILL - 6 87 MIN. | USA | WEST COAST PREMIERE

Filmmakers scheduled to attend

“We love a story about personal obsessions and its interfamilial effects, and the element of what-else-is-out-there elevates this story into a mystical realm that’s arresting.”

—BendFilm Team

DIRECTED BY ALEX LEHMANN

After a decade apart, Maggie tracks down her elusive father, who seems more comfortable talking through his dog Migo, or through Bobby, Maggie’s childhood sock puppet friend. The two awkwardly want to get to know one another, but are scared about what increasing familiarity will bring. After her dad reluctantly brings her on one of his nighttime outings, Maggie discovers his obsession with UFOs. She struggles to understand him, his single-mindedness, and deteriorating mental health, all the while with her own life-changing news to share.

Preceded by Meantime | 19 min. (p. 29)

Tower Theatre sponsored by

Alex Lehmann is the writer, director, and producer of Acidman. He also directed Meet Cute, starring Pete Davidson and Kaley Cuoco. A narrative and documentary flmmaker, Lehmann’s other flms include, Netfix’s Paddleton and Blue Jay

. His frst documentary flm Asperger’s Are Us

(Netfix) was followed by a six part docu-series on HBO.

The Den

5:15 P.M. FRI. 10/7 @ TIN PAN THEATER

9:30 P.M. SAT. 10/8 @ REGAL OLD MILL - 4 90 MIN. | ITALY | NORTHWEST PREMIERE

Presented in Italian with English subtitles Giulio has just turned 18 and lives in the country with his parents. He develops an interest in 20-year-old Lia, who moves into the long abandoned house next door. Bold and mysterious, Lia leads Giulio into strange and increasingly dangerous games. Deeply attracted to Lia, Giulio yearns to uncover the secret she is keeping behind her closed doors.

Tin Pan Theater sponsored by

“A thoughtful look at universal themes of loss and young love handled in a way that’s intriguing, tense, and enveloping. Beautiful cinematography, and a sophisticated flmmaker to watch.”

—BendFilm Team

DIRECTED BY BEATRICE BALDACCI

Beatrice Baldacci studied cinema in Rome. While studying directing and photography with Daniele Ciprì and Claudio Cupellini, she made the fction short flm Corvus Corax

, which participated in numerous festivals. Her short Supereroi senza Superpoteri

had its world premiere at the 76th Venice International Film Festival 2019. Her frst feature flm La Tana (The Den)

, produced by Lumen Films, premiered at the 78th Venice International Film Festival.

NARRATIVE FEATURES COMPETITION

The Game

3:15 P.M. FRI. 10/7 @ REGAL OLD MILL - 1

9.45 A.M. SAT. 10/8 @ TIN PAN THEATER

5:15 P.M. SUN. 10/9 @ TIN PAN

93 MIN. | SERBIA | NORTHWEST PREMIERE

Filmmaker scheduled to attend

Presented in Serbian, Arabic, and English with English subtitles

NARRATIVE FEATURES COMPETITION

Sweet Disaster

9:15 P.M. FRI. 10/7 @ REGAL OLD MILL - 4

10 A.M. SAT. 10/8 @ TOWER THEATRE

90 MIN. | GERMANY | OREGON PREMIERE

“We applaud the flmmaker for having a clear voice, message, and style. This will resonate in the United States and beyond.”

DIRECTED BY ANA LAZAREVIC

Strahinja, a smuggler in the Balkans, aspires to buy a luxury apartment to fx his broken marriage. Shortly after, a routine smuggling trip to Hungary is interrupted by border police. Strahinja becomes stranded with refugee teens, led by Yousef, a beatboxer and a hopeless romantic from Yemen. Yousef’s open-hearted approach to life makes Strahinja aware of the walls he has built around his own.

Preceded by More Than I Want to Remember | 14 min. (p. 63)

Film Sponsored by Bend Studio Tin Pan Theater sponsored by

Ana was born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. She holds an MFA in Film from Columbia University. Her frst feature flm, The Game, premiered at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival, Discovery section and won Best Screenplay at FICIMAD in Madrid. Ana is a Film Society of Lincoln Center’s Emerging Visions and Artist Academy Fellow, a graduate of Black Factory Cinema’s workshop with Abbas Kiarostami in Cuba’s EICTV, and 2017 Panavision New Filmmaker grant recipient.

Jacir

6 P.M. FRI. 10/7 @ REGAL OLD MILL - 1

10:15 A.M. SAT. 10/8 @ REGAL OLD MILL - 1

105 MIN. | USA | WEST COAST PREMIERE

Filmmakers scheduled to attend

Presented in Arabic and English with English subtitles Jacir, a resettled Syrian refugee, is in search of a new life in a rough Memphis neighborhood. He is faced with a challenging new environment and a host of interesting individuals, including Morty, his next-door neighbor’s cat, Meryl, a racist and opiod-addicted shut-in, and Jerome, a Memphis rapper. Jacir tries to win the affection of a new love interest, Nadia, while dealing with her overzealous father and navigating suspicion from ICE.

Presented in German with English subtitles Frida, a 40-year-old German-Finnish painting therapist, gets unexpectedly pregnant and Felix, the father of her child, breaks up with her to reunite with his ex. Frida cannot accept Felix’s decision. Despite some serious health problems due to her pregnancy, Frida insists on winning him back, using absurd, and, sometimes, excessive methods.

Preceded by Farmer’s Dating | 11 min. (p. 62)

Tower Theatre sponsored by

“This flm makes human folly endearing, faws acceptable, successes victorious.”

DIRECTED BY LAURA LEHMUS

Laura Lehmus was born in Finland in 1972. She studied fne arts at F+F School in Zurich & audiovisual media at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne. After a long stopover in Berlin and Helsinki, in 2019 Laura fnally settled in Düsseldorf where she works as director, on-air producer, and art director for flm and TV. Her short flm Alienation

won dozens of awards, including the German Short Film Award (2015), and the flm became one of the three most successful German short flms in 2016. Sweet Disaster

is Laura’s feature flm debut.

5:15 P.M. FRI. 10/7 @ REGAL OLD MILL - 6

12:45 P.M. SAT. 10/8 @ TIN PAN THEATER

80 MIN. | KOREA | WEST COAST PREMIERE

Filmmaker scheduled to attend

Presented in Korean and various other languages with English subtitles

“Jacir is a hero bursting with charm. An immersive, entirely relatable look at the immigrant experience in America.”

—BendFilm Team

DIRECTED BY WAHEED ALQAWASMI

Waheed is an Emmy Award-winning director and producer. He has created content for a long list of notable clients including GoDaddy, Cheerios, Reba McEntire, and Zappos through his company, WAFilms. During his tenure with FOX Television, Waheed served as Creative Director, where he undertook launching promotional campaigns for TV shows such as The Following and New Girl. Born in Amman, Jordan, Waheed immigrated to the USA at the age of 13. Jacir

marks his feature flm debut.

“Unique, funny, thought-provoking, cinematic, daring, intriguing, smart, joyful, and life-affrming. This flm has everything in it, but mostly it has freedom—a truly indie effort.”

—BendFilm Team

DIRECTED BY JUDE CHUN

In 1993, enormous spherical UFOs appear over every major city in the world. They don’t attack. They don’t initiate communication. They just remain foating above each city. In 2022, twenty-nine years after the UFOs arrive, they have become a part of ordinary life, but there is a rumor going around that some people who look like ordinary humans are actually aliens and the mysterious Alien Mind Control Syndrome has taken hold of people in strange and unexpected ways.

Preceded by JEFF | 6 min. (p. 63) and What is in the Ocean? | 7 min. (p. 65)

Tin Pan Theater sponsored by

Unidentifed is his frst feature flm. His 2016 short flm The Time Agent

Jude Chun is a Korean-Canadian director currently working in Seoul, Korea.

won multiple awards at international flm festivals, and has been optioned for feature development by Black Label Media.

—BendFilm Team

—BendFilm Team

NARRATIVE FEATURES COMPETITION

You Resemble Me

8:30 P.M. THURS. 10/6 @ REGAL OLD MILL - 1

8:30 P.M. SAT. 10/8 @ TIN PAN THEATER 90 MIN. | FRANCE/USA/EGYPT | NORTHWEST PREMIERE

Presented in French and Arabic with English subtitles Cultural and intergenerational trauma erupt in this story about two sisters on the outskirts of Paris. After the siblings are torn apart, the eldest, Hasna, struggles to fnd her identity, leading to a choice that shocks the world in this intimate story about family, love, sisterhood, and belonging.

Preceded by The Seine’s Tears | 9 min. (p. 65) Tin Pan Theater sponsored by

“This

DIRECTED BY DINA AMER

Dina Amer is an award-winning flmmaker and journalist. She helped produce the Oscar nominated and Emmy award-winning documentary The Square. Growing up between the US and Egypt, her work has focused on sharing nuanced, human stories with a global audience. Prior to her flm work, Dina was an on-air correspondent for VICE. Her written work has been published in The New York Times

, CNN and the Huffngton Post. You Resemble Me is her directorial debut.

flm is so realistic, chilling and meaningful—an empathy-inducing tale in a world of separations.”

—BendFilm Team

DOCUMENTARY FEATURES COMPETITION

Bad Axe

3:15 P.M. THURS. 10/6 @ REGAL OLD MILL - 1

6:30 P.M. FRI. 10/7 @ REGAL OLD MILL - 4

100 MIN. | USA | OREGON PREMIERE

Filmmakers scheduled to attend

A real-time portrait of 2020 unfolds as an AsianAmerican family in Trump’s rural America fghts to keep their restaurant and American dream alive in the face of a pandemic, Neo-Nazis, and generational scars from the Cambodian Killing Fields.

BEND’S INDEPENDENT VOICE

DIRECTED BY DAVID SIEV

After graduating from the University of Michigan, David left his small Midwest town of Bad Axe, Michigan for Los Angeles. He’s a jack-of-all-trades flmmaker who frst made waves in the Asian-American festival circuit with the debut of his award-winning short flm, Year Zero His frst feature flm, Bad Axe

, is currently on the festival circuit and has won a number of awards including the SXSW Audience Award, SXSW Special Jury Award, Mountainflm Grand Jury Award, among many others. David currently lives in New York where he is now focused on writing and directing his own projects.

Being Michelle

10 A.M. FRI. 10/7 @ TOWER THEATER

3:30 P.M. SAT. 10/8 @ TIN PAN THEATER

80 MIN. | USA | OREGON PREMIERE

Filmmakers scheduled to attend

Presented in English and ASL

FEATURING

“A heartbreaking story of injustice and a broken system that fails the people who most need it. Michelle appears to be a ray of light amid all the darkness that surrounds her. What Michelle had to endure is astounding, and her resilience inspiring.”

—BendFilm

DIRECTED BY ATIN MEHRA

Michelle, a deaf person with autism, survived incarceration in a system that refused to accommodate her needs. Her trajectory changes when she meets Kim Law, a blind volunteer life coach. Today, outside of prison, Kim and Michelle are unraveling Michelle’s history and telling the story of Michelle’s traumatic childhood and her adverse experiences in the criminal justice system. Michelle fnds her voice and strength, and her artwork serves as her own depiction of the trauma she survived as well as a means to her recovery.

Preceded by Rosalie Fish | 10 min. (p. 65)

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Atin was born and raised in Varanasi, India and currently resides in Los Angeles. His own personal struggles with abuse and discrimination in India drew him to stories of marginalized individuals and communities. Atin lived and worked in India until 2005, when he moved to the United States with his wife, Mae Thornton Mehra. In 2007 he started his own production company, Orange Kite Productions. Being Michelle is Atin’s directorial debut.

Team

“A tour-de-force about living the American dream, staying true to who you are, and standing up against bigotry and prejudice.”

—BendFilm Team

“This flm showcases the importance of children’s education, diversity, and representation on television, and ultimately what an impact good people can make in children’s lives.”

—BendFilm Team

COMPETITION

Butterfly in the Sky

9:45 A.M. FRI. 10/7 @ REGAL OLD MILL - 6

1:30 P.M. SAT. 10/8 @ REGAL OLD MILL - 4

2:45 P.M. SUN. 10/9 @ TIN PAN THEATER

85 MIN. | USA | OREGON PREMIERE

Filmmaker scheduled to attend

This is the story of the beloved PBS children’s series Reading Rainbow, its iconic host LeVar Burton, and the challenges its creators faced in cultivating a love of reading through television. Not only did the series insist on having kids speak to kids about their favorite stories,

Reading Rainbow introduced the world to one of the most adored television hosts of all time. Thanks to his direct, non-patronizing and, most importantly, kind delivery, Burton became a conduit to learning for children of every background, delving behind the pages to the people, places, and things each new story explored.

Preceded by New Moon | 11 min. (p. 64)

Film sponsored by InFocus Eye Care = Open Captions

DIRECTED BY BRADFORD THOMASON AND BRETT WHITCOMB

Bradford Thomason and Brett Whitcomb are a flmmaking team with a catalog that oscillates between archive-rich nostalgic portraits of pop culture, compelling stories of female empowerment, and observational snapshots of under-explored cultures. Their acclaimed flm Glow: The Story of the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling premiered at Hot Docs in 2012. Bradford and Brett recently co-directed the short flm Lost Weekend

DOCUMENTARY FEATURES COMPETITION

The Pez Outlaw

5:30 P.M. THURS. 10/6 @ TOWER THEATRE

3:45 P.M. SAT. 10/8 @ REGAL OLD MILL - 1

87 MIN. | USA/AUSTRIA | OREGON PREMIERE

Filmmakers are scheduled to attend

In the 1990s, Pez dispensers were worth more, gram for gram, than cocaine or even gold. Steve Glew, from rural Michigan, spent ten years smuggling Pez dispensers into the US from Eastern Europe, making millions of dollars. It was all magical until his archnemesis, the Pezident, decided to destroy him.

Preceded by

“A quintessential American hero following his unique path and realizing his dreams with passion, innocence, and an iron will.”

El Portafolio | 10 min. (p. 64)

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DIRECTED BY AMY BANDLIEN STORKEL AND BRYAN STORKEL

Amy Bandlien Storkel and Bryan Storkel are wife/husband documentary flmmakers best known for producing The Legend of Cocaine Island

(Netfix 2019) and the Emmy Award Winning documentary, Alabama Snake

(HBO 2020). Bryan also directed the ESPN 30-for-30 flm The Bad Boy of Bowling

and an Emmy-nominated episode of HBO’s State of Play Storkel’s latest producing venture is the upcoming Reading Rainbow documentary,

and the feature length documentary Jasper Mall

Of Medicine and Miracles

12:45 P.M. FRI. 10/7 @ REGAL OLD MILL - 1

9:45 A.M. SAT. 10/8 @ REGAL OLD MILL - 6

10 A.M. SUN. 10/9 @ TIN PAN THEATER

93 MIN. | USA | NORTHWEST PREMIERE

Filmmaker are scheduled to attend

At 6 years old, Emily Whitehead was diagnosed with leukemia, and the lives of her and her parents were suddenly thrust into uncertainty. Through bracingly honest interviews and home videos, Emily and her family bounce from hospital to hospital, trying to stay hopeful amidst hopelessness, and their fateful correspondence with a doctor whose research could hold the key to her survival. But time is of the essence.

“A powerful story of hope and possibility amid all the darkness—exactly what we need.”

—BendFilm Team

DIRECTED BY ROSS KAUFFMAN

Film sponsored by Dr. Andy Higgins

= Open Captions

Butterfy in the Sky The Pez Outlaw is Amy’s directorial debut.

Sam Now

2:30 P.M. FRI. 10/7 @ REGAL OLD MILL - 6

1 P.M. SAT. 10/8 @ REGAL OLD MILL - 1

86 MIN. | USA | CENTRAL OREGON PREMIERE

Filmmakers are scheduled to attend

Filmed over an expanse of 25 years, two brothers go on a 2,000-mile road trip to solve a family mystery. Shooting on nearly every camera format imaginable, from hand-developed Super-8 flm to Arri 4K, Sam Harkness and his older half brother Reed employ their creative world of fction flmmaking to dive headfrst into dealing with the issue at hand: Sam’s mom is missing.

Preceded by The Diaper Cake | 18 min. (p. 62) Film sponsored by Bryant, Lovlien & Jarvis

—BendFilm Team

DIRECTED BY REED HARKNESS

Reed attended flm school in his backyard and garage. At 18, he began making a series of short flms starring his younger brother, Sam. Reed also directed the award-winning 30-minute documentary Forest on Fire

Of Medicine and Miracles premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2022. 2022 DOCUMENTARY FEATURES COMPETITION

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and the documentary series for Topic, House on Fire

“An entirely immersive, engrossing, shocking, deeply emotional, and amusing documentary. There’s enormous creativity and heart packed into this flm.”

—BendFilm Team

DOCUMENTARY FEATURES COMPETITION

Sweetheart Deal

7:45 P.M. FRI. 10/7 @ REGAL OLD MILL - 6

10:45 A.M. SAT. 10/8 @ REGAL OLD MILL - 4

99 MIN. | USA | OREGON PREMIERE

Filmmakers are scheduled to attend

Four Seattle sex workers trapped in a never-ending spiral of addiction turn to a self-proclaimed healer offering friendship and a path to salvation from the streets. From the sanctuary of his roadside RV, he nurses all who are ready through the rollercoaster of heroin withdrawal. But just as the women begin to rebuild their lives, a shocking betrayal ripples through their world.

“This doc provides remarkable access to the lives of characters we so rarely get to meet, and offers incredible insight into addiction and a life on the streets. The flm takes twists and turns that you can’t look away from.”

—BendFilm Team

DIRECTED BY ELISA LEVINE AND GABRIEL MILLER

Elisa is a Seattle flmmaker making her directing debut, the culmination of a longtime desire to use verite flmmaking to illuminate subcultures hidden in plain sight. Elisa is a Film Independent, Garrett Scott, and Sundance Documentary Film Program Fellow. Gabriel Miller (1972 - 2019) was an award-winning cinematographer whose credits include the Oscar-nominated King’s Point

and HBO’s A Dangerous Son

. Productions he worked on have been broadcast on the BBC, Sundance Channel, and PBS.

With This Breath I Fly

10:15 A.M. FRI. 10/7 @ REGAL OLD MILL - 1

4:15 P.M. SAT. 10/8 @ REGAL OLD MILL - 4

78 MIN. | USA | NORTHWEST PREMIERE

Director Sam French scheduled to attend Presented in Persian with English subtitles

“An unvarnished and haunting portrayal of inequality. The nuances of the story are very well-captured, and sometimes everything is expressed loud and clear in the subjects’ faces as well as their words.”

—BendFilm Team

At the height of the international occupation of Afghanistan, Gulnaz and Farida are imprisoned on charges of “moral crimes” by an Afghan justice system that is supported by billions of dollars of aid money from the European Union. These two courageous women fght for their freedom against a patriarchal Afghan society, while exposing the complicity of the European Union in censoring their voices, and how the international press (including this documentary) forever alters the course of their lives.

Preceded by The Red Suitcase | 17 min. (p. 64)

DIRECTED BY SAM FRENCH AND CLEMENTINE

MALPAS

Clementine is a documentary flmmaker with over nine years experience in the developing world. She has made flms for Channel Four, NBC, PBS, Current TV, the United Nations, and the Aga Khan Foundation. In addition to his documentary work, Sam wrote and directed the Academy Award nominated narrative short flm Buzkashi Boys

which was the frst narrative flm since 2001 to be flmed entirely on location in Afghanistan.

NARRATIVE FEATURES SPOTLIGHT

Broker

8 P.M. THURS. 10/6 @ REGAL OLD MILL - 6

9 P.M. SAT. 10/8 @ REGAL OLD MILL - 1

129 MIN. | SOUTH KOREA | OREGON PREMIERE | NEON

Presented in Korean with English subtitles

“So many genuine emotions are packed into this subtle, amusing, utterly meaningful journey. We loved this must-see flm. 129 minutes is a breeze.”

—BendFilm Team

DIRECTED BY HIROKAZU KOREEDA

Sang-hyeon is the owner of a hand laundry and volunteers at the nearby church, where his friend Dongsoo works. The two run an illegal business together: Sang-hyeon occasionally steals babies from the church’s baby box with Dong-soo, who deletes the church’s surveillance footage that shows a baby was left there. They sell the babies on the adoption black market. But when a young mother comes back after having abandoned her baby, she discovers them and decides to join them on a road trip to interview the baby’s potential parents. Meanwhile, two detectives are on their trail.

Hirokazu Koreeda was born in Tokyo in 1962. He originally intended to be a novelist, but after graduating from Waseda University in 1987 went on to become an assistant director at T.V. Man Union. Since his frst feature, Maborosi, which won jury prizes at Venice and Chicago, he made many notable flms including Nobody Knows,

Like Father, Like Son,

Shoplifters and The Truth.

Close

5:15 P.M. THURS. 10/6 @ REGAL OLD MILL - 6

12:45 P.M. SUN. 10/9 @ REGAL OLD MILL - 6

104 MIN. | BELGIUM | OREGON PREMIERE | A24

Presented in French with English subtitles

Leo and Remi are two thirteen-year-old best friends, whose seemingly unbreakable bond is suddenly, tragically torn apart in an emotionally transformative and unforgettable portrait of the intersection of friendship and love, identity and independence, and heartbreak and healing. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival.

“Exquisitely performed by two of the most astonishing, electric child actors we’ve seen. This frst-look access to a Cannes-winning flm is a treat for Central Oregon.”

—BendFilm Team

DIRECTED BY LUKAS DHONT

Lukas Dhont was born in Ghent, Belgium where he earned a degree in Audio-Visual Arts from the KASK Conservatorium. His short flms Corps Perdu and

L’Infni received numerous prizes. In 2016, Lukas participated in the Cannes Cinéfondation Residence with the script of his frst feature flm, Girl

, and was awarded the Caméra d’or for best frst feature at Cannes’s Un Certain Regard selection in 2018.

2022 NARRATIVE FEATURES SPOTLIGHT

Concerned Citizen

4 P.M. SUN. 10/9 @ REGAL OLD MILL - 1

82 MIN. | ISRAEL | OREGON PREMIERE | GREENWICH ENT.

Ben and Raz are painstakingly pursuing their desire to have a child, and the migrant neighbourhood where this gay couple has set up their new fat is on the up. But a confict over a newly planted tree in the city brings deep-seated prejudices to light.

Karaoke

8:15 P.M. FRI. 10/7 @ TOWER THEATRE

6:30 P.M. SUN. 10/9 @ REGAL OLD MILL - 1

100 MIN. | ISRAEL | OREGON PREMIERE | GREENWICH ENT.

Presented in Hebrew with English subtitles

A bittersweet comedy about a middle-class suburban couple in their 60s who are drawn to their new neighbor, a charismatic bachelor who has karaoke evenings at his apartment.

Tower Theatre sponsored by

“A multi-layered satire about a privileged gay couple struggling with urbanization, immigration and prejudice. The protagonist’s interpersonal contradictions pose great questions that amuse and provoke.”

DIRECTED BY IDAN HAGUEL

Born in Holon, Israel in 1980, Idan completed his flm studies at Sapir College in his home country. His debut feature flm Inertia

premiered in the Berlinale Forum. In 2017, he participated in Berlinale Talents. Alongside his work as a director, he is also a journalist and a scriptwriter for Israeli television.

Corsage

8:30 P.M. THURS. 10/6 @ TOWER THEATRE

6 P.M. SUN. 10/9 @ REGAL OLD MILL - 6

113 MIN. | AUSTRIA/LUXEMBOURG/ GERMANY/FRANCE | NORTHWEST PREMIERE | IFC FILMS

Presented in German, French, English, and Hungarian with English subtitles

Empress Elizabeth of Austria is idolized for her beauty and renowned for inspiring fashion trends. When the Empress turns 40 and is offcially deemed an old woman, she starts trying to maintain her public image.

Tower Theatre sponsored by

“A compassionate and tender story about our need to transcend who we are, no matter what age.”

DIRECTED BY MOSHE ROSENTHAL

Moshe Rosenthal graduated from The Steve Tisch School of Film and Television at Tel Aviv University. He writes and directs for flms, commericials, television and web series. His short flm Sabaton won Best Director Award at Jerusalem FF, and Best Short Film at Zlin FF. His short flm, Our Way Back was nominated for an Israeli Academy Award. His web-series, Confess, was the frst Israeli web-series to be picked up by an American TV network, with AMC developing an American adaptation. Karaoke

is Moshe’s frst feature.

The Lost King

12:30 P.M. SAT. 10/8 @ TOWER THEATRE

3:15 P.M. SUN. 10/9 @ REGAL OLD MILL - 6

108 MIN. | UK | NORTHWEST PREMIERE | IFC FILMS

In 2012, having been lost for over 500 years, the remains of the controversial monarch King Richard III were discovered beneath a car park in Leicester. The search had been orchestrated by an amateur historian, Philippa Langley, whose unrelenting research had been met with incomprehension by her friends and family and with skepticism by experts and academics. Based on a true story.

Tower Theatre sponsored by Film sponsored by ASI Wealth Management

like other period flms, with its brazen modernity, offbeat structure, contemporary music, and a cool, yet blistering tone.”

DIRECTED BY MARIE KREUTZER

The Fatherless (2011), and Gruber Is Leaving (2015).

“Stephen Frears once again gives his characters— and us—permission to be bold and authentic.”

DIRECTED BY STEPHEN FREARS

Stephen started off in a career in the legal profession before switching to work as an assistant stage manager at London’s Royal Court, which led to work as an assistant director on flms by Karel Reisz and Lindsay Anderson. He directed his feature debut, Gumshoe, in 1971. The next 12 years were spent working in television before returning to flm with My Beautiful Laundrette Since then he made popular and acclaimed flms such as Dangerous Liaisons (1988),

High Fidelity (2000),

The Queen (2006), and Florence Foster Jenkins (2016).

—BendFilm Team

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DOCUMENTARY FEATURES SPOTLIGHT

Let There Be Drums!

7 P.M. SAT. 10/8 @ REGAL OLD MILL - 4

3:45 P.M. SUN. 10/9 @ TOWER THEATRE 93 MIN. | USA | OREGON PREMIERE | GREENWICH ENT.

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“Legendary drummers and what it’s like to grow up with them—what’s not to like!”

DIRECTED BY JUSTIN KREUTZMANN

After the Grateful Dead’s fnal 50th anniversary shows in 2015, flmmaker Justin Kreutzmann (son of the Dead’s drummer, Bill Kreutzmann) realized that, for the frst time, he and his dad could forge a relationship outside the shadow of the band. In the hopes of better understanding both his father and the instrument that has defned his life, Justin interviews the world’s greatest drummers, and along the way examines the personal struggles that so many of these musicians and their families have faced, the nature of how music passes from generation to generation, and the essential role that drumming plays in human life.

Tower Theatre sponsored by Film sponsored by the Cascade School of Music

Justin Kreutzmann was born to the world of art, music, and the highly creative if unconventional world of Rock ‘n’ Roll. He was executive producer on the feature flm, The Other One: The Long Strange Trip of Bob Weir and is a producer, along with Martin Scorsese, on the Grateful Dead documentary, Long Strange Trip

. His flm, Break On Thru: A Celebration Of Ray Manzarek And The Doors won Best Feature Film at the Asbury Park Music And Film Festival in 2018.

Love, Charlie: The Rise and Fall of Chef Charlie Trotter

6:30 P.M. SAT. 10/8 @ TOWER THEATRE 1 P.M. SUN. 10/9 @ TOWER THEATRE 96 MIN. | USA | OREGON PREMIERE | GREENWICH ENT.

“As hard as it is to see genius getting buried under its own weight, Charlie Trotter’s multifaceted and uncompromising artistry in the kitchen and in business is an inspiration.”

—BendFilm Team

DIRECTED BY REBECCA HALPERN

In the 2000s, chef Charlie Trotter was the toast of Chicago, and his eponymous restaurant was one of the world’s top fne-dining destinations. A gastronomic revolutionary and a culinary bad-boy, Trotter paved the way for the likes of Anthony Bourdain and Gordon Ramsay, yet his tempestuous, competitive nature alienated many. With never-before-seen archival material and new interviews with those who loved and loathed Trotter, who died from a stroke in 2013 at age 54, this absorbing, unvarnished profle chronicles the passions of a master chef and the consequences of pursuing perfection at all costs.

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From true crime docuseries to feature documentaries rooted in history and the arts and culture, Rebecca’s work evokes emotion and enlightens and empowers audiences. Most recently, Rebecca served as Co-Executive Producer of Netfix’s How to Become a Mob Boss, and she is making her directorial debut with Love, Charlie

which was named Best of the Fest at the 2021 Chicago International Film Festival.

—BendFilm Team

Navalny

9 P.M. SAT. 10/8 @ TOWER THEATRE

10:30 A.M. SUN. 10/9 @ REGAL OLD MILL - 1

98 MIN. | UK/USA | WARNER BROS.

Presented in Russian, English, and German with English subtitles

Russian opposition leader, lawyer, and anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny survived an assassination attempt by poisoning with a lethal nerve agent in August 2020, and during his months-long recovery, he makes shocking discoveries about the attempt on his life and decides to return home.

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DOCUMENTARY FEATURES SPOTLIGHT

Shouting Down Midnight

2:45 P.M. THURS. 10/6 @ REGAL OLD MILL - 6

10:15 A.M. SUN. 10/9 @ TOWER THEATRE

101 MIN. | USA | NORTHWEST PREMIERE | VISIT FILMS

Both cautionary tale and rallying cry, Shouting Down Midnight recounts how Texas State Senator Wendy Davis stood for 13 hours while she flibustered the 2013 anti-abortion bill SB5, galvanizing a new generation of activists in the struggle for reproductive freedom.

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2022 DOCUMENTARY FEATURES SPOTLIGHT

—BendFilm Team

DIRECTED BY DANIEL ROHER

Daniel Roher is a Canadian documentary flm director from Toronto, Ontario. He is most noted for his 2019 flm Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band, which was the opening flm of the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival.

Retrograde

12:45 P.M. THURS. 10/6 @ REGAL OLD MILL - 1

1:15 P.M. SUN. 10/9 @ REGAL OLD MILL - 1

94 MIN. | USA | WEST COAST PREMIERE | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

The fnal nine months of America’s twenty-year war in Afghanistan, captured from multiple perspectives: one of the last US Special Forces units deployed there; a young Afghan general and his corps fghting to defend their homeland against all odds; and the civilians desperately attempting to fee as the country collapses and the Taliban take over. From rarely seen operational control rooms to the frontlines of battle to the chaotic Kabul airport during the fnal US withdrawal, this flm offers a cinematic and historic window into the end of America’s longest war, and the costs endured for those most intimately involved.

DIRECTED BY GRETCHEN STOELTJE

A Texas-based flmmaker, director Gretchen Stoeltje makes independent documentaries centering women’s experiences. Her flms have played festivals and on television in the US, Canada, and Europe, and in curated art venues, including the Whitney Biennial.

We Are as Gods

12:30 P.M. FRI. 10/7 @ TOWER THEATRE

12:15 P.M. SAT. 10/8 @ REGAL OLD MILL - 6

94 MIN. | OREGON PREMIERE | GREENWICH ENT.

Stewart Brand, creator of The Whole Earth Catalog and an infuential member of Ken Kesey’s Merry Pranksters, was a founder of the modern environmental movement, and, today, a vocal advocate for bringing back extinct species of animals and plants. Now in his 80s, he looks to leave a legacy for the future. Under fre from former allies who believe he’s gone too far, Brand won’t be easily deterred from a mission he feels is necessary to save the future of the planet.

“Every rogue individual swims against a tide of ordinary thinkers, and it takes a while for their ideas to be accepted. Thank God they exist.”

DIRECTED BY MATTHEW HEINEMAN

, making Heineman and Martin Scorsese the only flmmakers ever nominated for both narrative and documentary DGA Awards. Heineman’s 2015 flm Cartel Land, which explores vigilantes taking on Mexican drug cartels, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature and won three Primetime Emmy Awards. 2022 DOCUMENTARY FEATURES SPOTLIGHT

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DIRECTED BY DAVID ALVARADO AND JASON SUSSBERG

Jason is a San Francisco-based flmmaker focusing on art and humanity in the sciences. He started his career working in sports TV. After receiving his MFA at Stanford University, he and flmmaking partner David founded Structure Films. David is a director/cinematographer focusing exclusively on science, health, technology and nature. Together, they directed The Immortalists Bill Nye: Science Guy, and We Are as Gods

“With incredible access and footage, this immersive documentary provides a must-see, can’t-look-away experience of seminal events in American history.”

—BendFilm

Team

—BendFilm Team

“Couldn’t

be a more timely and topical doc. Worthy of as much time and airspace as possible in our lives.”

OFFICIAL GUIDE 19TH ANNUAL IN-PERSON OCTOBER 6-9 | VIRTUAL OCTOBER 10-23, 2022 OFFICIAL GUIDE 19TH ANNUAL IN-PERSON OCTOBER 6-9 | VIRTUAL OCTOBER 10-23, 2022

—BendFilm Team

AFTERMATH

Stories that question what’s next, how to move on, why it happened, and what’s possible.

TOTAL PROGRAM RUNTIME: 90 MIN.

6 P.M. THURS. 10/6 @ REGAL OLD MILL - 1

3:30 P.M. SAT. 10/8 @ OPEN SPACE STUDIOS

DOCUMENTARY

When the Swallows Fly Away

DIRECTED BY SÉBASTIEN PINS | 19 MIN. | BELGIUM | OREGON PREMIERE

Presented in French with English subtitles

In a small rural village, a young boy befriends Fernand and Andrée, a farmer couple who, at 80 years old, fnd themselves struggling to feed their remaining livestock.

NARRATIVE Georgia

DIRECTED BY JAYIL PAK | 30 MIN. | SOUTH KOREA | CENTRAL OREGON PREMIERE

Presented in Korean with English Subtitles

Based on a true story, two computer-illiterate parents decide to design a protest banner when the police refuse to investigate their daughter’s alleged suicide.

INDIGENOUS

No Spectators Allowed

DIRECTED BY KANANI KOSTER | 17 MIN. | USA | OREGON PREMIERE

A true crime podcast host sits down with an Indigenous woman to record her sister’s cold case, but their intentions for telling this story come to a head as they examine the night in question.

NARRATIVE

An Irish Goodbye

DIRECTED BY TOM BERKELEY AND ROSS WHITE | 24 MIN. | IRELAND | NORTHWEST PREMIERE

Against the backdrop of a rural Northern Ireland, estranged brothers Turlough and Lorcan reunite following the untimely death of their mother and the discovery of her unfulflled bucket list.

TRANSITIONS

Stories from people in the thick of it.

TOTAL PROGRAM RUNTIME: 93 MIN.

5:30 P.M. FRI. 10/7 @ OPEN SPACE STUDIOS 11 A.M. SUN. 10/9 @ REGAL OLD MILL - 4

DOCUMENTARY Conducting Life *

DIRECTED BY DIANE MOORE | 31 MIN. | USA | CENTRAL OREGON PREMIERE

In a profession that has traditionally overlooked musicians of color, Roderick Cox is on a quest to succeed in the highly competitive feld of orchestral conducting.

ANIMATED Homebird

DIRECTED BY EWA SMYK | 10 MIN. | UK | OREGON PREMIERE

Struggling to make it in a big city, a young artist fnds herself retreating into the rose-tinted memories of the village she left behind.

DOCUMENTARY Unflinching Grace

DIRECTED BY BILL FRAKES | 30 MIN. | USA | NORTHWEST PREMIERE

Three legendary photojournalists travel the globe in search of the truth as they seek to tell stories that need to be told, from hometowns to war-ravaged lands.

ENVIRONMENTAL/OUTDOOR Yo Gleans

DIRECTED BY BLAKE HORN | 11 MIN. | USA | CENTRAL OREGON PREMIERE

A day in the life of Yosarian Bisbee, aka Yo, who gathers “junk” from the local dump and unwanted food from the grocery store, all in an effort to minimize waste.

Before I Die *

DIRECTED BY MARK ANDERS AND RUSH STURGES | 11 MIN. | USA | NORTHWEST PREMIERE

Following the untimely death of their father to EarlyOnset Alzheimer’s, the Bussell family grapples with the life-altering decision of whether or not to fnd out if they too carry the gene.

Georgia

When the Swallows Fly Away

An Irish Goodbye

No Spectators Allowed

* Select flmmakers scheduled to attend.

Homebird

Conducting Life

Yo Gleans

Before I Die

Unfinching Grace

* Select flmmakers scheduled to attend.

TOGETHERNESS

Whether by blood, choice, or circumstance, characters who fnd themselves bonded together, for better or worse.

TOTAL PROGRAM RUNTIME: 96 MIN.

4:15 P.M. FRI. 10/7 @ CASCADES THEATRICAL CO.

6:30 P.M. SAT. 10/8 @ REGAL OLD MILL - 1

ANIMATED

The Originals *

DIRECTED BY CRISTINA MARIA COSTANTINI AND ALFIE KIM KOETTER | 11 MIN. | USA | OREGON PREMIERE

Ten years after falling in love with their Brooklyn landlord, Matty “Square” Ruggieroand, Cristina and Alfe get back in touch with Matty to hear stories of what it was like to grow up in South Brooklyn, where money was tight but friendships were tighter.

DOCUMENTARY

Takilma Stories *

DIRECTED BY PHILIP LAURI AND STEVEN OLIVER | 25 MIN. | USA | CENTRAL OREGON PREMIERE

Protests in the streets. Environmental crises. A madman in the White House. Welcome to 1970. In a quiet pocket of Oregon, a utopian community of hippies, midwives, and self-taught builders refect on being one of the last idyllic and uncompromised places in America.

NARRATIVE

Concrete and Steel

Presented in Spanish with English subtitles

DIRECTED BY ORIOL VILLAR | 16 MIN. | SPAIN | CENTRAL OREGON PREMIERE

Victor and Nacho, lifetime friends and mafosos, have been chained together and abandoned in a deserted area with no clear way to escape, but a confession from Nacho will change their lives forever.

North Star

DIRECTED BY P. J. PALMER | 30 MIN. | USA | OREGON PREMIERE

A rural rancher and his ailing husband, struggling against poverty and isolation, are forced to make a heartbreaking decision in order to preserve the dignity of their marriage in the face of mounting pressures from relatives.

ANIMATED

Ice Merchants

DIRECTED BY JOÃO GONZALEZ | 14 MIN. | PORTUGAL, FRANCE, UK | US PREMIERE

Every day, a father and his son parachute from their cliff top house to the village on the ground, where they sell ice.

THE DIVIDE

An opportunity to step into the shoes of people we may otherwise misunderstand and fnd that we have more in common than what separates us.

TOTAL PROGRAM RUNTIME: 99 MIN.

2:30 P.M. FRI. 10/7 @ TIN PAN THEATER

12:45 P.M. SAT. 10/8 @ OPEN SPACE STUDIOS

Tin Pan Theater sponsored by

ENVIRONMENTAL/OUTDOOR Monumental Divide

DIRECTED BY BRIAN OLLIVER | 24 MIN. | USA | OREGON PREMIERE

A young couple comes to terms with social forces that drove them out of a utopian rural community.

NARRATIVE I Live Here

DIRECTED BY TYLER MCKENZIE EVANS | 10 MIN. | CANADA | NORTHWEST PREMIERE

After coming home from a late night study session at the library, a Black university student realizes he is locked out of his apartment building, where he has a confrontation with a skeptical white man.

DOCUMENTARY Stranger at the Gate

DIRECTED BY JOSHUA SEFTEL | 29 MIN. | USA | OREGON PREMIERE

A would-be terrorist’s plan takes an unexpected turn when he meets the people he set out to kill.

The Space Between Us

DIRECTED BY GABRIEL DIAMOND | 6 MIN. | USA | NORTHWEST PREMIERE

A pair of dancers, teachers, and activists in the Bay Area take part in a radical experiment in the power of bearing witness, inviting vulnerability, and sharing movement in a time of social distancing and racial reckoning.

One Buck Won’t Hurt *

DIRECTED BY CHRISTOPHER STOUDT | 16 MIN. | USA | WORLD PREMIERE

Four Black teenagers in New Orleans support themselves by tap dancing for tips in the French Quarter, navigating the reckless optimism of youth and the bitter pains of growing up fast in the incarceration capital of America.

Fog

DIRECTED BY MICHAEL PEDRAZA | 14 MIN. | USA | NORTHWEST PREMIERE

Moved by the inhumanity of homelessness on his daily walk to work, a San Francisco doctor decides to take action.

Takilma Stories

The Originals

Ice Merchants

North Star

Concrete and Steel

I Live Here

Monumental Divide

Fog

One Buck Won’t Hurt

Stranger at the Gate

The Space Between Us

VISIONS

Visions of the past, present and future help these protagonists explore parts of themselves.

TOTAL PROGRAM RUNTIME: 90 MIN.

1:45 P.M. FRI. 10/7 @ CASCADES THEATRICAL CO.

10:45 A.M. SUN. 10/9 @ CASCADES THEATRICAL CO.

DOCUMENTARY Visions *

DIRECTED BY KARINA LOMELIN RIPPER | 10 MIN. | USA | WEST COAST PREMIERE

Three artists—a frst-generation Congolese-American illustrator, a Chicanx musician, and a Vietnamese visual and textile artist—fnd elation through art.

Kinderland *

DIRECTED BY AMY GRAPPELL | 33 MIN. | US | NORTHWEST PREMIERE

The story of two secular Jewish summer camps that have cultivated social activists for almost a century and are still in existence today.

ANIMATED

The Record

DIRECTED BY JONATHAN LASKAR | 9 MIN. | SWITZERLAND | NORTHWEST PREMIERE

Presented in French and German with English subtitles

An antique musical instrument dealer is fooded with childhood reveries when he receives a magical vinyl record that plays lost memories.

NARRATIVE

Esther in Wonderland

DIRECTED BY STEPHANIE BOLLAG | 13 MIN. | USA, SWITZERLAND | WEST COAST PREMIERE

Presented in English and Yiddish with English subtitles

Drawn to the expressiveness of hip hop and breakdance, Esther tests the boundaries of her restricted existence as a young married woman in the Hasidic community.

ENVIRONMENTAL/OUTDOOR Push

DIRECTED BY JASMINE QUINONES | 6 MIN. | USA | OREGON PREMIERE

A young Puerto Rican woman feels the friction of her identity and her passion for skateboarding.

INDIGENOUS Daughter of the Sea

DIRECTED BY ALEXIS C. GARCIA | 19 MINUTES | PUERTO RICO | OREGON PREMIERE

Presented in English and Spanish with English subtitles

After the death of her grandfather, a young woman experiences a spiritual awakening when she is called by Yemaya, the orisha Goddess of the Sea.

GERMINATION

Through foraging, planting, and traditional cooking, stories about how communities are cultivated and nourished with food.

TOTAL PROGRAM RUNTIME: 87 MIN.

11:15 A.M. FRI. 10/7 @ CASCADES THEATRICAL CO.

10:15 A.M. SAT. 10/8 @ OPEN SPACE STUDIOS

Sponsored by Pacifc Power

INDIGENOUS/ ENVIRONMENTAL/OUTDOOR

Winter Worm Summer Grass *

DIRECTED BY JUSTIN PERKINSON | 29 MIN. | USA | CENTRAL OREGON PREMIERE

Presented in Tibetan and Mandarin with English subtitles In the remote mountains along the Tibetan Plateau, a family forages the meadow for medicinal caterpillar fungus.

Kumu Niu *

DIRECTED BY ALEX CANTATORE | 15 MIN. | USA | NORTHWEST PREMIERE

On the island of O’ahu, grassroots movement Niu Now is on a mission to restore the niu, or coconut, as a fundamental food crop in Hawaii.

ENVIRONMENTAL/OUTDOOR I Am Salmon *

DIRECTED BY WHIT HASSETT | 3 MIN. | USA | NORTHWEST PREMIERE

A longtime environmentalist and former captain of a salmon troller connects humanity with salmon and the sea through the subtle art of poetry and gyotaku, or fsh rubbing.

INDIGENOUS/

ENVIRONMENTAL/OUTDOOR

Sakari Farms: First Foods Cooking *

DIRECTED BY ROBERT A. CUADRA | 11 MIN. | USA | WORLD PREMIERE

Spring Alaska from Sakari Farms demonstrates how salmon plays a critical role in our shared ecosystem and has sustained our tribes living throughout the Columbia River Watershed for centuries.

DOCUMENTARY Seeds for the Future

DIRECTED BY ALBERTO UTRERA | 29 MIN. | SPAIN | US PREMIERE

Presented in Spanish and English with English subtitles In their family restaurant, the Roca brothers want to cook the dishes their aging mother enjoyed in her youth. To safeguard their culinary heritage and family legacy, brothers and restaurant owners go on a journey where they discover the alarming rate of diminishing crop diversity.

Kinderland

Visions

Push

Daughter of the Sea

Esther in Wonderland

The Record

Kumu Niu

Winter Worm Summer Grass

Seeds for the Future

Sakari Farms: First Foods Cooking

I Am Salmon

* Select flmmakers scheduled to attend.

* Select flmmakers scheduled to attend.

SURVIVAL

Survival takes on a new meaning for these characters whose hearts, lives, and minds are threatened by their circumstances.

TOTAL PROGRAM RUNTIME: 88 MIN.

7:45 P.M. FRI. 10/7 @ TIN PAN THEATER

8:00 P.M. SAT. 10/8 @ REGAL OLD MILL - 6

NARRATIVE

The Fourth *

DIRECTED BY JOHNNY KIRK | 12 MIN. | USA |

NORTHWEST PREMIERE

Eager to celebrate the Fourth of July, a group of young Black and Latino friends experience a police encounter that shatters the meaning of the holiday.

Payraise

DIRECTED BY RÉGIS GRANET | 2 MIN. | FRANCE | US PREMIERE

Presented in French with English subtitles

During her annual review, an employee understands that, once again, she will not receive a raise.

El Carrito

DIRECTED BY ZAHIDA PIRANI | 15 MIN. | USA |

OREGON PREMIERE

Presented in Spanish with English subtitles

Nelly, who lives alone with her elderly father and makes ends meet by working as a street vendor, is forced to take a leap of faith or be resigned in her position forever.

Wishaway

DIRECTED BY KLARA VON VEEGH | 21 MIN. |

AUSTRIA | US PREMIERE

Presented in German with English subtitles

An act of violence forces a young mother and her threeyear-old son to fee across wintry Austria, a journey that forces her to realize that we all leave traces in the lives of others, whether we want to or not.

Babysitting

DIRECTED BY PATRICK NOTH | 8 MIN. | USA | WORLD PREMIERE

Working from home as a creative can be diffcult, especially when you’re babysitting three kids.

Enjoy

DIRECTED BY SAUL ABRAHAM | 18 MIN. | UK |

NORTHWEST PREMIERE

Progressive muscle relaxation, Lycra, spoken word. As Michael seeks novel ways to halt his spiraling depression, a moment of hope arrives via an unexpected source.

Le Pompon

DIRECTED BY DAVID HOURRÈGUE | 12 MIN. | FRANCE | OREGON PREMIERE

Presented in French with English subtitles

Sandra is a struggling single mom and she’s losing the plot— until she sees an opportunity to get even with the world.

ON THE VERGE

On the verge of losing control, at the brink of revolt, or sometimes with a simple touch, characters encounter acceptance, healing, and self-discovery.

TOTAL PROGRAM RUNTIME: 96 MIN.

1:15 P.M. FRI. 10/7 @ REGAL OLD MILL - 4 7:15 P.M. SAT. 10/8 @ CASCADES THEATRICAL CO.

NARRATIVE The Thing That Happened *

DIRECTED BY AMELIA ASILIS | 8 MIN. | USA | WORLD PREMIERE

A troubled woman and her therapist wade through the landscape of her mind to face a childhood event.

The Mighty Kingdom

DIRECTED BY JULIEN MEYNET | 28 MIN. | FRANCE | US PREMIERE

Presented in French and Corsican with English subtitles Every Sunday in the mountains of Corsica, Jean and Matthias go hunting with their father, Petru. While they are preparing to hunt at dawn, a violent fght erupts between the two brothers.

ANIMATED C’est La Vie

DIRECTED BY JACEK OLEJNIK, RAFAŁ SANKIEWICZ, WOJCIECH SANKIEWICZ AND BARTOSZ TERLICKI | 13 MIN. | POLAND | WEST COAST PREMIERE

Presented in Polish with English subtitles Some everyday decisions may seem meaningless, while others can turn your world upside down.

NARRATIVE Cactus Touch *

DIRECTED BY MICHAEL LANGAN | 2 MIN. | USA | CENTRAL OREGON PREMIERE

What happens if you touch the cactus?

Rendezvous *

DIRECTED BY BENJAMIN HOWARD | 15 MIN. | USA | NORTHWEST PREMIERE

A teenager searches for intimacy, and fnds out what happens when innocence is lost and childhood ends—all within a single afternoon.

Congratulations *

DIRECTED BY EMMA HALL-MARTIN | 10 MIN. | USA | WORLD PREMIERE

On the day of her mother’s wedding, Delia seeks clarity about a strange moment with her stepfather.

Chorus *

DIRECTED BY DANIEL J. EGBERT | 20 MIN. | USA | NORTHWEST PREMIERE

A brokenhearted music teacher must harmonize with his increasingly desperate son after 9/11.

El Carrito

Payraise

The Fourth

Le Pompon

Babysitting

Enjoy

Wishaway

C’est La Vie

The Thing That Happened

The Mighty Kingdom

Congratulations

Rendezvous

Chorus

Cactus Touch

* Select flmmakers scheduled to attend.

* Select flmmakers scheduled to attend.

LATE NIGHT

Captivating characters face their feelings and faws in ways that are all too familiar.

TOTAL PROGRAM RUNTIME: 93 MIN.

9:45 P.M. FRI. 10/7 @ CASCADES THEATRICAL CO. 10 P.M. SAT. 10/8 @ CASCADES THEATRICAL CO.

NARRATIVE The Truth of a Thousand Nights

DIRECTED BY CHRIS MOLINA | 15 MINUTES | USA | WEST COAST PREMIERE

After an explosive hook-up, two men bond over their differing views on love, sex, and relationships.

Moles

DIRECTED BY VANJA VICTOR KABIR TOGNOLA | 15 MIN. | SWITZERLAND | OREGON PREMIERE

Presented in Italian with English subtitles

Unable to afford a fancy holiday, a family fakes one through photoshopped posts on social media.

ANIMATED My Year of Dicks *

SARA GUNNARSDÓTTIR | 26 MIN. | USA | NORTHWEST PREMIERE

An imaginative 15-year-old is stubbornly determined to lose her virginity despite the pathetic pickings in the outskirts of Houston in the early ’90s.

NARRATIVE Monkey-Love, Please Hold

DIRECTED BY GREG FOX | 24 MIN. | CANADA | OREGON PREMIERE

When reclusive, heartbroken and karaoke-loving Ben receives an unsolicited package from a mysterious delivery man, his stale dreary life is turned upside down.

Enchanted Cove *

DIRECTED BY JEFF KARDESCH | 13 MIN. | USA | US PREMIERE

A woman on a hike discovers a body at the basin of a waterfall. Nearby, she fnds a camera on a tripod. After the police arrive, she returns home, only to have forgotten to hand over the camera.

Moles

The Truth of a Thousand Nights

My Year of Dicks

KIDS & FAMILIES

Heartfelt and joyful, these stories of deeply felt friendships and whimsical adventures showcase the magic of animation for young audiences.

TOTAL PROGRAM RUNTIME: 67 MIN.

3:30 P.M. FRI. 10/7 @ OPEN SPACE STUDIOS

9:45 A.M. SAT. 10/8 @ CASCADES THEATRICAL CO.

Sponsored by The Campbell Foundation

Laika & Nemo

DIRECTED BY JAN GADERMANN AND SEBASTIAN GADOW | 15 MIN. | GERMANY | NORTHWEST PREMIERE

In his big diving suit and helmet, Nemo looks different than everyone around him, until he meets Laika, an astronaut.

Run Totti Run

DIRECTED BY SHAD LEE BRADBURY | 18 MIN. | USA | NORTHWEST PREMIERE

A young boy and his dog in the rice felds of Cambodia encounter an unmoving obstacle that will bring their love to light in this endearing story between best friends.

Cat and Moth

DIRECTED BY INDIA BARNARDO | 7 MIN. | UK & CANADA | NORTHWEST PREMIERE

A fuffy white cat wants nothing more than to fnd the most comfortable spot in the universe, but little does she know a fuzzy winged intruder, Monty, has his eye on it, too.

Echo

DIRECTED BY SANG JOON KIM | 17 MIN. | SOUTH KOREA | WORLD PREMIERE

Presented in Korean with English subtitles

Two brothers living in an apartment in Korea in the ’90s are disrupted every morning at dawn by a stranger’s yelling. After hearing a rumor that he’s a cannibal, they start their own investigation to fnd the man’s motives.

The Social Chameleon *

DIRECTED BY ALEX ROSS | 10 MIN. | USA | OREGON PREMIERE

Everything changes for Cosmo, a chameleon who can’t seem to fnd his place in the jungle, when he meets another reptile like him.

Run Totti Run

Laika & Nemo

Echo OFFICIAL GUIDE 19TH ANNUAL IN-PERSON OCTOBER 6-9 | VIRTUAL OCTOBER 10-23, 2022 * Select flmmakers scheduled to attend.

Cat and Moth

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LOCAL FOCUS

Including the 2021 BIPOC Woman Filmmaker grant recipient,

Julia, these narrative shorts showcase local flmmakers’ talent and passion for storytelling.

TOTAL PROGRAM RUNTIME: 78 MIN.

8:30 P.M. SAT. 10/8 @ OPEN SPACE STUDIOS

Sponsored by The Miller Lumber Company

NARRATIVE

Get Stung *

DIRECTED BY NICK LOGSDON | 7 MIN. |

WORLD PREMIERE

A Dutch health and wellness guru helps a honeybee cope with its impending death.

Vlad & Nick *

DIRECTED BY TAYLOR MORDEN | 7 MIN. |

CENTRAL OREGON PREMIERE

On Christmas eve, an aging vampire recounts his adventures with an old friend.

Bugtussle *

DIRECTED BY DEREK SITTER | 21 MIN. | WORLD PREMIERE

After a bank robbery gone bad, a broken criminal and his unhinged partner hide out in a shack in the orange groves of Bakersfeld to await their getaway car.

To Out Scheme a Sister *

DIRECTED BY TAYLOR MOE | 12 MIN. |

WORLD PREMIERE

In Edwardian-era England, Bernadette makes a plan to regain her inheritance from the hands of her scheming sister Mildred.

Julia *

DIRECTED BY EMMA DUVALL | 11 MIN. | WORLD PREMIERE

Based on a true story in 1970 South Korea, a young girl faces a test of friendship at an orphanage when she is accused of a crime she did not commit.

Further In *

DIRECTED BY ERIC PARNELL | 20 MIN. | WORLD PREMIERE

An off-grid camping trip exposes the darkness in a couple’s relationship.

LOCAL FOCUS

Local documentarians share their community’s experiences and observations, highlighting local causes that affect all of us.

TOTAL PROGRAM RUNTIME: 87 MIN.

6:00 P.M. SAT. 10/8 @ OPEN SPACE STUDIOS

Sponsored by Visit Central Oregon DOCUMENTARY

Bridging the Gap *

DIRECTED BY ELIF KOYUTÜRK | 17 MIN. | WEST COAST PREMIERE

Meet the people behind Think Wild’s mission to protect and care for native wildlife in Central Oregon.

Spotlight: Presented by NeighborImpact *

DIRECTED BY FELIPE SANTACRUZ | 22 MIN. | WORLD PREMIERE

Presented in English and Spanish with English subtitles

An inside look into making Central Oregon more equitable and inclusive for everyone.

Blend: On Being Black in Bend *

DIRECTED BY KENNY ADAMS | 48 MIN. | US PREMIERE

Ten Black Central Oregonians share their experiences living in the area and the hurdles they’ve faced.

Spotlight: Presented by NeighborImpact

Bridging the Gap

Blend: On Being Black in Bend

Vlad & Nick

Get Stung

Further In

To Out Scheme a Sister Julia

Bugtussle

* Select flmmakers scheduled to attend.

* Select flmmakers scheduled to attend.

SHORTS SCREENING WITH FEATURES

INDIGENOUS/ ENVIRONMENTAL/OUTDOOR Bring the Salmon Home

DIRECTED BY SHANE ANDERSON | 14 MIN. | USA | CENTRAL OREGON PREMIERE

Screens with Necessity: Climate Justice and the Thin Green Line (p. 25)

Tribal communities embark on a 300-mile run in solidarity to the headwaters of the Klamath River.

NARRATIVE

The Diaper Cake *

DIRECTED BY ANASTASIA BABENKO | 18 MIN. | UKRAINE | OREGON PREMIERE

Presented in Ukrainian with English subtitles

Screens with Sam Now (p. 37)

Lena and Vitya are a young couple, who now have a baby and no choice but to grow up.

Farmers Dating *

DIRECTED BY ALEXANDRA HSU | 11 MIN. | USA/FRANCE | WORLD PREMIERE

Presented in French with English subtitles

Screens with Sweet Disaster (p. 31)

In rural France, a brokenhearted young farmer struggles to understand a new world of dating, and she’s not sure her tomatoes are ripe for anyone.

DOCUMENTARY Janwaar

DIRECTED BY DANNY SCHMIDT | 10 MIN. | USA | WEST COAST PREMIERE

Presented in Hindi and English with English subtitles

Screens with Au Revoir (p. 25)

Raw talent, creativity, and unadulterated childhood fnd a home on four wheels, and manage to break down generations of caste and gender barriers in the process.

SHORTS SCREENING WITH FEATURES

ENVIRONMENTAL/OUTDOOR JEFF

DIRECTED BY WALTER WOODMAN | 6 MIN. | CANADA/USA | NORTHWEST PREMIERE

Screens with

Unidentifed (p. 31)

JEFF is an Amazon delivery drone on his last mission during the apocalypse.

Mandatory Gear*

DIRECTED BY EMILY HOPCIAN | 16 MIN. | USA | WEST COAST PREMIERE

Presented in Ukrainian with English subtitles

Screens with

Pasang: In the Shadow of Everest (p. 26)

In the male-dominated sport of adventure racing, one team challenges history and stereotypes in a competition through Central Oregon’s wilderness.

DOCUMENTARY Meantime *

DIRECTED BY MICHAEL T. WORKMAN | 18 MIN. | USA | OREGON PREMIERE

Screens with Acidman (p. 29)

As an isolated winter takes hold, a son returns home to reckon with the past that haunts his father.

ANIMATED More Than I Want to Remember

DIRECTED BY AMY BENCH | 14 MIN. | USA/CHILE | NORTHWEST PREMIERE

Screens with The Game (p. 30)

In southeastern Congo, 14-year-old Mugeni awakes to the sounds of bombs and fnds herself completely alone.

The Diaper Cake

Bring the Salmon Home

Janwaar

Farmers Dating

Mandatory Gear

JEFF

More Than I Want to Remember

Meantime

* Select flmmakers scheduled to attend.

* Select flmmakers scheduled to attend.

SHORTS SCREENING WITH FEATURES

ANIMATED New Moon

DIRECTED BY JEREMIE BALAIS, JEFF LEBARS, RAUL DOMINGO | 11 MIN. | USA/FRANCE | NORTHWEST PREMIERE

Screens with

Butterfy in the Sky (p. 36)

An imaginative, surrealist journey of a Black boy and his mother on a summer evening in a West Philadelphia backyard.

INDIGENOUS/ ENVIRONMENTAL/OUTDOOR

Ola Ka Honua

DIRECTED BY JILLI ROSE | 22 MIN. | AUSTRALIA | US PREMIERE

SHORTS SCREENING WITH FEATURES

INDIGENOUS Rosalie Fish

DIRECTED BY TIM KEMPLE AND FAITH BRIGGS | 11 MIN. | USA | WEST COAST PREMIERE

Screens with Being Michelle (p. 35)

For an Indigenous student-athlete and activist, running isn’t just a sport.

ANIMATED The Seine’s Tears

Screens with

Uýra: The Rising Forest (p. 27) For the past 25 years, thousands of volunteers at Auwahi, a storied forest on the leeward side of a volcano on Maui, have proven that it’s never too late for restoration.

NARRATIVE El Portafolio *

DIRECTED BY SCOTTIE CAMERON | 10 MIN. | USA |

NORTHWEST PREMIERE

Presented in Spanish and English with English subtitles

Screens with The Pez Outlaw (p. 37) Clutching a mysterious briefcase, a man arrives home late to his concerned wife.

The Red Suitcase

DIRECTED BY CYRUS NESHVAD | 17 MIN. |

LUXEMBOURG | WEST COAST PREMIERE

Presented in Persian, French, English, and Luxembourgish with English subtitles

Screens with With This Breath I Fly (p. 39)

A 16-year-old veiled Iranian girl is terrifed to leave the Luxembourg airport.

DIRECTED BY YANIS BELAID, ELIOTT BENARD, NICOLAS MAYEUR, ETIENNE MOULIN, HADRIEN PINOT, LISA VICENTE, PHILIPPINE SINGER, ALICE LETAILLEUR | 9 MIN. | FRANCE | NORTHWEST PREMIERE

Presented in French and Arabic with English subtitles

Screens with You Resemble Me (p. 33)

On October 17, 1961, Algerian workers took to the Paris streets to protest the mandatory curfew imposed by the police.

NARRATIVE What is in the Ocean? *

DIRECTED BY PRESTON MOSS | 7 MIN. | USA | USA PREMIERE

Screens with

Unidentifed (p. 31)

The interviewee in a 1960s oceanography documentary deserts his post, forcing a bewildered narrator to chase him down.

ANIMATED Of Wood

DIRECTED BY OWEN KLATTE | 7 MIN. | USA | NORTHWEST PREMIERE

Screens with

Path of the Panther (p. 26) Carvings come alive to illustrate the uses of wood— until things get out of hand.

Ola Ka Honua

New Moon

The Red Suitcase

El Portafolio

The Seine’s Tears

Rosalie Fish

Of Wood

What is in the Ocean?

CLOSING NIGHT

Catherine Called Birdy

6:30 P.M. SUN. 10/9 @ TOWER THEATRE

108 MINUTES | UK/US | AMAZON

In medieval England, the daughter of a fnancially destitute Lord thwarts her father’s plans to marry her off to a wealthy suitor. When the most vile suitor arrives, her parent’s love for her is tested.

Film sponsored by InFocus Eye Care

Tower Theatre sponsored by

DIRECTED BY LENA DUNHAM

Lena Dunham is the daughter of a painter, Carroll Dunham and Laurie Simmons, a designer and photographer. Dunham was educated at Oberlin College, Ohio, graduating with a creative writing degree. It was while at Oberlin that she began writing shorts and feature flms. In 2009, Dunham created the web series Delusional Downtown Divas, which gained a cult following. Also in 2009, Dunham released

Creative Nonfction, her frst feature flm. She went on to write, direct and star in Tiny Furniture

, which scored two Independent Spirit Award nominations. In 2012, Dunham came to the attention of a wider audience with the HBO series Girls created by and starring Dunham and executive produced by Judd Apatow.

“Lena Dunham’s quirky intelligence and unashamedly on the nose treatment of ‘the state of the girl’ subject matter makes this flm irresistible. An unmissable parody of the period flm.”

—BendFilm Team

Catherine Called Birdy

Lena Dunham

MUSIC VIDEOS

JOIN US AT OPEN SPACE STUDIOS FOR A SOCIAL EVENT AND TRIBUTE TO THE CREATIVITY OF AUDIO AND VISUAL STORYTELLERS.

The Music Video category takes audiences on a vivid and impactful audio and visual journey.

Genres in the program include 1980s inspired sci-f-synthrock, psychedelic folk, PDX underground rock, satire, and more.

8 P.M. FRI., 10/7 @ OPEN SPACE STUDIOS

Tickets: $12 online and at the door

Neap Tide*

MOON NEWS

Directed by Andrew Higgins

3 MIN. | US | WORLD PREMIERE

The pain of loss/change and the prospect of building something new.

Darlin’

SHE & HIM

Directed by Lara Jean Gallagher

3 MIN. | US | FESTIVAL PREMIERE

A music video for “Darlin’” from the She & Him album, Melt Away: A Tribute to Brian Wilson.

Dichotomatic

SPOON BENDERS

Directed by Karlee Boon

4 MIN. | US | WORLD PREMIERE

A colorful drag through the monotony of lives and nineto-fves.

“$$”

GOLD CASIO

Directed by Tyler Bertram & Gold Casio

4 MIN. | US | WORLD PREMIERE

Intergalactic late-night channel surfng.

MUSIC VIDEOS

Frutos Rojos

LOS MUNDOS

Directed by Dave Merson Hess

4 MIN. | US/MEXICO | WEST COAST PREMIERE

Presented in Spanish

An interdimensional strawberry-dog picks up a mysterious hitchhiker.

Bang

JANE MACHINE

Directed by Nastasia Dusapin

3 MIN. | US | WORLD PREMIERE

Jane Machine’s “Bang” is a rambunctious and catchy ode to eros made fesh by its synth-driven track and infectiously playful video.

New Beginning

AUTOMATIC

Directed by Ambar Navarro

4 MIN. | US | FESTIVAL PREMIERE

Three elite are chosen to escape Earth and start a new beginning on an unharmed planet.

Ah Ways*

KELSEY BECK KUTHER

Directed by Doone Lupine Williams

4 MIN. | US | FESTIVAL PREMIERE

Think David Lynch’s 1997 neo-noir “Lost Highway” meets the experimental music videos of Vincent Gallo.

Neap Tide

Darlin’

Dichotomatic

Frutos Rojos

Bang

New Beginning

Ah Ways

* Select flmmakers scheduled to attend.

* Select flmmakers scheduled to attend.

LIVE MUSIC

CENTRAL OREGON HAS A THRIVING MUSIC SCENE, AND WE’RE EXCITED TO SHOWCASE A VARIETY OF LOCAL BANDS DURING THE FESTIVAL. ENJOY THE SHORT SETS FROM THESE MUSICIANS WHILE YOU WAIT FOR THE NEXT FILM TO START.

Check the online schedule to see where and when these and many more wonderful local artists will be performing. BENDFILM.ORG

BendFilm Music is sponsored by

As a non-proft music school for all ages the Cascades School of Music’s MISSION is to enrich our community by providing exceptional music education and experiences for all Central Oregonians.

JAYMI DICKENSON

Jaymi, a young singer-songwriter, has been involved in the musical community of Bend since she was eleven. She writes, records, and releases her own music independently. Jaymi is a former student of Cascade School of Music where she studied guitar, voice, songwriting, and was a member of CSM Youth Band.

STEPHANIE SLADE

Stephanie Slade has been writing and performing music for more than two decades. She performs locally with MoWo and Streetlight Moon, and her current duo and solo projects Hurricane Slade and Simply Slade. She teaches voice locally at Cascade School of Music and her private downtown Bend studio.

CASCADESCHOOLOFMUSIC.ORG/STEPHANIE-SLADE BEACONS.AI/SLADEDARTISANDESIGN

MICHELLE VAN HANDEL

A vocalist, pianist, and Cascade School of Music teacher, Michelle Van Handel loves sharing her passion for music with her students. She has been part of the Central Oregon music scene for 25 years.

CASCADESCHOOLOFMUSIC.ORG/MICHELLE-VAN-HANDEL MICHELLEVANHANDEL.COM

MARK RANSOM

Mark Ransom is a guitarist, songwriter, music educator, and depth psychologist. Best known in his home town of Bend, Oregon as founder and creative director of the Bend Roots Revival, his work encourages community dialogue, and explores the relationship between creativity and psychological well being.

MARKRANSOM.COM

TRAVIS EHRENSTROM

BLAKE LOWREY-EVANS

Blake Lowrey-Evans, a Cascade School of Music teacher, is a local musician whose love of music is only surpassed by his love of sharing and teaching music. He writes music in a local band 3ofWe, who just released their frst EP entitled Treehouse 1

CASCADESCHOOLOFMUSIC.ORG/BLAKE-LOWREYEVAN

PAT PEARSALL

Pat Pearsall, a Cascade School of Music teacher, has been deep in the Bend music scene for more than 30 years. He’s currently working with several projects including Fair Trade Boogie Band, Mark Ransom & the Mostest, and Company Grand, and releases solo projects under the name the Hurricane.

CASCADESCHOOLOFMUSIC.ORG/PAT-PEARSALL

MATTI JOY PUCCIO

Matti Joy, a Cascade School of Music teacher, is an eco-socialist writer delivering lyrically driven folk music. Her delicate fngerstyle guitar, classically trained Mitchell-meetsYoung voice, and poignant perspectives paint a picture of how the world can change when people meaningfully connect with one another.

CASCADESCHOOLOFMUSIC.ORG/MATTI-JOY-PUCCIO PUCC.IO

Travis Ehrenstrom brings quality musicianship and well-crafted original songs to every performance. Whether gigging with his band TEB or performing solo, Travis is accompanied by an old soul and the spirit of John Prine, Jackson Browne, and Bob Dylan. Travis’s last project, titled Our Creative States, saw him traveling to and writing and releasing songs about most of the United States.

TRAVISEHRENSTROM.COM

of Downtown Lodging

SUPPORTING THE NEXT GENERATION OF INDIE FILM

FUTURE FILMMAKERS

Sponsored by Dan Wieden & Priscilla Bernard Wieden on behalf of Caldera Arts

After a two-year hiatus, The BendFilm Future Filmmakers program is back in 2022. Encouraging youth to share their ideas, voices, and talents through flm, Future Filmmakers was founded by Michelle Alvarado of Wahoo flms and has grown to become a popular part of the festival each year. This flm education program is open to Central Oregon students grades 5 through 12. This year the program will feature all of the flms made during the 2021 and 2022 BendFilm Summer Filmmaking Camps as well as submitted flms from student flmmakers throughout the year.

The jury awards the grand prize of $100 and the audience also votes for a $100-prize winner.

2019 JURY AWARD

Emily Hopper for her flm, Parents Inc

2019 AUDIENCE AWARD

Bella Moon for her flm, On My Mind

SUMMER FILMMAKING CAMP

Sponsored by Dan Wieden & Priscilla Bernard Wieden on behalf of Caldera Arts

Since 2021, BendFilm has hosted two weeks of summer flmmaking camps. Twenty students entering 5th through 9th grades participate in a fun, fve-day flmmaking workshop intensive. The students formed four-member groups to develop a story, learn green screen technology, apply their own effects makeup, and learn flm shooting techniques and basic editing skills. For the last day of camp, the students all gather in the Tin Pan Theater to watch their creations at the weekend celebration. Film camps are affordable and also free for students on the free and reduced lunch program. Stay tuned for registration information coming this winter!

The Summer Filmmaking Camp was funded by:

MOVIES IN THE PARK

THERE’S NOTHING BETTER THAN WATCHING MOVIES OUTSIDE IN THE SUMMER.

BendFilm, Bend Park & Recreation District, and the WHH Foundation hosted another successful FREE Movies in the Parks program over the summer—and it was our biggest yet. We had great crowds, played fun games before screenings, and had beautiful families joining us as we watched the stars and the best family flms available.

A big thanks to Bend Park & Rec for donating the parks, the WHH Foundation for funding this effort, and Audio Visions Plus for tackling the elements to ensure the show went on.

THAT BENDFILM SHOW

EACH YEAR, BENDFILM RALLIES SUPPORT TO CONTINUE OUR MISSION OF USING FILM’S UNIQUE POWER TO BUILD COMMUNITY.

Thank you to everyone who joined us for 2022’s That BendFilm Show to kick-off the Festival season and raise money for the Festival Filmmakers travel fund. This inaugural event celebrated our ability to gather in person once again and showcased the amazing talent of the BendFilm staff and key community members.

We’re grateful for the support of the community that values indie flms and stories that inspire. BendFilm cannot do what we do—from screening great flms and important documentaries year-round to supporting up-and-coming indie flmmakers to inspiring the next generation of creative storytellers—without your support.

The live variety, game, late-night, video, music, dance show will be back in 2023!

BENDFILM MEMBERS

WHY JOIN BENDFILM?

Your support of BendFilm is crucial to our longevity and success. It allows us to showcase flms and share stories you would not otherwise have the opportunity to experience. Celebrate the passionate voice of independent flm by becoming a member of BendFilm and get the best access to Central Oregon’s most exciting independent flm festival, year-round screenings, parties, and way, way more.

2022 BENDFILM MEMBERS

INDIEPRODUCER

Hollings Renton

Joanne Rizzo

Richard Scharfenberg

Michael Scheuerman

Joanne Storkan

INDIESTAR

Cece Buchanan

Charlene Dimond

James Foster & Melinda Soules

Frank Groundwater

Jill Heffner

Patricia Julber

Marinus Koning

Mark Long

Mary Meador

Patricia O’Neill

Kimberly Paxton-Hagner

Melinda Soules

Kaari Vaughn

INDIEARTIST

Louis Capozzi

Sue Hollern

Robert Lambeth

Stanley J Mastalerz

Mike McKinnon

Danielle Nye

David Rosen

INDIELOVERS

Suzanne & Chris

Laura Adams

Mary Ann Ahmed

Mark Atchley

Dean Bahrman

Tammy Baney

Jerald Barnes

Kerri & James Bouzian

Mandy Butera

Thomas Comerford &

Pam DiDente

Kevin Corkery

Susan Dolan

Kevin Eagan

Lori Elkins

Anita & Carl Elliot

Scott Garner

Alison Hohengarten

Yvonne Hunt

Linda Kallal

Kate Kamaya

Kait Kenobi

Ed LaChapelle

Linda Levinson

Byron Maas

Ann & Les Mace

Susan Newburn Medel

Daniel Mummery

Joshua Phillips

MEMBER PERKS:

20% off BendFilm Festival passes

Purchase festival flm tickets one week before the general public

Recognition in the BendFilm Festival Guide

Year-round tickets for Tin Pan Theater and other cinema experiences

Festival Tickets and Passes (determined by membership level)

BENDFILM TEAM

FESTIVAL TEAM

Executive Director: Todd Looby

Head of Festival

Programming:

Selin Sevinç

Operations Manager and Associate Programmer: Hanna Mason

Marketing and Creative

Kevin Rea

Cat Robeson

Terri Shepherd

Jerry Slominski

Katharine Smith

Meagen Stack

Geri Suster

Lauren Thomas

Christine Thomas

INDIELOVER

Ellen Atkin

John Augustyn

Steve Bachtel

Lauren Backes

Pete Bailey &

Deb Mortimore

Andrea Barss

Gail Bartley

Sally Baumgartner

Cassie Berrisford

Ina Berrisford

Albert Bilodeau

Mary Bird

Craig Boretz

Carmen Borg

Jessica Born

Cherie Brooks

Patti Carlson

Karin Chen

Mike Cheney

Anne Chrisman

Daniel Cohen

Carrie Compton

Michael Conroyd

Amanda Cudd

Stuermer

Meg Daly

Sharon Dawn

Jill Deckman

Natalie Dent

Rick Dingus

Patricia Dittman

Liz Dolan

Merri Ebbighausen

Jackie Endres

Lawrence Fisher

Cathie Flanigan

Paula Fleitell

Dan Fohrman

Sami Fournier

Susan Frankie

Diane Franzi

Marilynn Friley

Pat Fulton

Michael Funke

Dana Fykerud

Giancarlo Gatto

Paris Geiken

Cathryn Griffn

Anne Gustin Fineran

Sally Harada

Lora Harbour

Roberta Harris

Carole HaywardLightell

Michele Higgins

John Hoffman

Alison Hohengarten

Kelly Jo Horton

Jennifer Houston

Susan Hughes

Leslie Johnson

Suzanne Johnson

Jeff Kamibayshi

Leslie Koc

Karen Koppel

M.A. Kruse

Ed LaChapelle

Ferd Lagos

Patricia Leiser

Richard Lyon

Sue Lyon-Manley

Courtney MacMillan

Sharon Maier-Kennelly

Kathy Malone

Richard Malone

Vickie Marvel

Joanne Mathews

Roger Mathus

Iris Mayer

Marian McCall

Susan McKenzie

Renee Merriam

Beth Morrell

Catherine Morrow

Lorraine Murray

Martha Murray

Christopher Nance

Beth O’Callaghan

Liana Ottaviano

Lynne Owens

Cheryl Parton

Rita Pearson

Mary Ann Peoples

John Raisin

John Reeves II

Bob Reininger

Sydney Richards

Sheila Rittenberg

Shannon Rodriguez

Francesca Roveda

Barbara Scott

Diane Seals

Linda Shekerdemian

James Simmons

Koshin Sims

Floy Sitts

Jerry Slominski

Alice Carroll Sole

Jessica Stanton

Steven Strong

Clif Sunnarborg

Brenda Teel

Charlie Thiel

Malcolm Ulrich

Terry Vaughan

Kaye & Wes Waldron

Jody Ward

Betsy Warriner

Gail Webber

Barry & Lettie

Weinmann

Zoe Willitts

Sarah Witt

INDIEFAN

Lynn Adamo

Mary Ann Peoples

Joyce Anson

Mike Arbunich

Katharine Baker

Mika Barber

Susan Battles

Joe Benim

Karen Bergsvik

Liz Black

George H. Spinas

Karan Bleicher

Dixie Boggs

Nancy Bogue

Julie Bond

Deb Brewer

Kim Brown

John Caito

Christie Capucci

Peggy Carey

Rayne Cedergreen

Michelle Clary

Christine Coffn

Kim Cooper Findling

Jennifer Cornutt

Linda Courtney

Noelle Couvreur

Linda Crouse

Sandy Cummings

Terry Davis Kozierachi

Ann Delach

Pam DiDente & Thomas Comerford

Rick Dingus

Jax Dolezal

Dagmar Eriksson

Adryon Wong

Brooke Evans

C.J. Ferrari

Suzanne Ferriss

Shelley Finnigan

Paula Fleitell

Gina Franzosa

Ellen Fritts

Julie Furnas

Kirsten Goldstein

Lise F Gottwald

Meggan Gould

Marla Green

Nona Green

Mark Greene

Jodi Grossman

Lisa Hale

Jackson Hall

Jen Hammond

Sally Harada

Cindy Harrell

Jill Harrell

Stephanie Hemstead

Annis Henson

Gail K Hill

Lisbet Hornung

Kirsten Hostetler

Wendy Hutchens

Becky Jackson

Richard John Ploeger

Benjamin Johnson

Bruce Johnson

Rhoda Jones

Susan L Keenshaw

Craig Kellison

Sue Kelly

Terryl Kemple

Gloria Kent

Kathryn Kerrigan

Carol Kinney

Diane Kirpach

Suzie Krech

M.A. Kruse

Peter Kunen

Ferd Lagos

Chris Lane

Art Lehman

Eric Lehto

Todd Looby

Karen Lorberau

Molly Lupton

Claudia Macdonald

Sheree MacRitchie

Hanna Mason

Anne McCallister

Mark McConnell

Connie McCreary

Shauna Mcdonough

Jan McGowan

Susan McKnight

Chris Merydith

Dee Meyer

Robin Miller

Patricia Moreland

Cheryl Morgen

Sheila Traum

Tom Mossinger

Judy Munro

Mike Murphy

Aleta Nissen

LeeAnn O’Leary

Leslie O’Meara

Donna Otter

Fred Paine

Caroline Pandolf

Sandra Peevers

Murray Perkins

Lesley Peters

Denise Peterson

Martha Pistacchi

Ann Pistacchi-Peck

Elizabeth Polidan

Mary Poss

Clara Pratt

Cheryl Puddy

Kathleen Rafsh

Krista Ratliff

Peter Ray

Kerie Raymond

Lura Reed

Tristan Reisfar

Amy Renalds

Janet Richman

Kim Rickard

Laury Riley

Liz Rink

Melissa Rizzo

Ken Robbins

Ellen Ronan

Carol Rooney

Stephen Rooney

Jason Rush

Shandy Rush

Donna Sassaman

Andy Schelz

Bryan Scholz

Howard Schor

Jonathan Schultz

Stephanie Schultz

Robert Senseman

Lisa Shumny

Linda Spaet

Robert Srarks

Stacy Stabil Hougham

Debby Steiner

Susannah Sunderland

Clif Sunnarborg

William Taschek

Cheryl Thomas

Susan Thurman

Kevin Thurston

Karen Travis

Tracy Treu

Vern Tyerman

Terri Vollbracht

Kristin Von Eschen

Barb von Gaertner

John von Gaertner

Theresa Wadden

James Wakefeld

Valerie Warren

Betsy Warriner

Elizabeth Weltin

Timothy White

Neda Wilson

Heidi Wright

Adryon Wong

Dawn Yamada

Laurel Yocom

Festival Guide

Project Manager:

Bronte Dod

Public Relations/

Community Outreach:

Elizabeth Latenser

Festival Creative:

Erik Bergstrom and Tim

Jones of Astir Agency

Program Design:

RISE Graphic Design

Open Space Managers:

Krystal Collins

Alicia Vickery

Tin Pan Technology Manager and Programmer:

Todd Leiser

Tin Pan Programmer: Jared Rasic

Tin Pan Film Screening Managers: Emily Hicks

Content Coordinator: Elise Furgurson

Social Media Manager and Special

Programming:

Doone Williams

Festival Producer:

Christa Luckenbach

Senior Documentary Programmer: Beth Jasper

Associate Shorts

Programming:

Warren Etheredge

Indigenous Films

Associate Programmer and Advisor:

LaRonn Katchia

Ingidenous, Warm Springs and Madras

Program Coordinators:

Brutus Baez

LaRonn Katchia

Sue Matters

Year-round Programs: Ellen Shelton

BendFilm Interns: Emily Hicks

Jayna Rogers

Betsy Stonich

Film Projection Manager:

Greg Babush and Babush Productions

Style 8 Design : Karen Hammer

Sara Hobin

Jennifer Thornton

Accounting and Payroll: Jill Simmons

Festival Awards

MC and Presenter: Warren Etheredge

Festival Financial Manager: Amy Hargis

Transportation Manager: Tracy Miller

Future Filmmakers Coordinator:

Ryan Goldstein

Festival Headquarters Support: Barbara Dolezal

Gwendolyn Duke

Kaari Vaughn

Merchandise Designer: Elise Furgurson

Merchandise Purchaser:

Kelley Kerr

Panel Manager: Charlie Scott

BendFilm Music Coordinator:

Robert Lambeth and Pat Pearsall of the

Cascade Schools of Music

Madras Performing Arts

Center Manager and Program Coordinator:

Shannan Ahern

Hub Managers, Tickets, and Merch: Rob Crocker

Jax Dolezal

Breanne Fetters

Laura Furgurson

Gwen Jake

Eight Matallana

Fenix Van

Liz Weltin

Regal Old Mill Managers:

Krystal Collins

Nichole Darr

Stephanie Hough

Madalyn Rainey

Tin Pan Theater

Managers:

Frank W. Groundwater

Tower Theatre Managers:

Sue Boettner

Victoria Dinges

Kitty Peterson

Amanda Windlinx

Cascades Theatrical

Company Managers:

Jeffrey Haney

Caren Kaye

Jared Rasic

Renny Temple

Todd Looby

Rafal Malecki

Ivo Marloh

Hanna Mason

Marcus McKenzie

Marisa Merkl

Stephen Miller

Vern Moen

Oktay Ortabasi

Blake Robbins

Jayna Rogers

Selin Sevinç

Ellen Shelton

Betsy Stonich

Robert Marquez

Max Reisfar

Doone Williams

Festival Photographers:

Steven Addington

Barb Gonzalez

Jacob Smith

Samantha Weald

Nicke Winke

Festival Commercial and Bumper:

Kara McGinn/KTVZ

Festival Commercial and Bumper Actor and VO:

Arielle Brumfeld

Founder: Katie Merritt

Founding President:

Jean Wood

BENDFILM

SELECTIONS

COMMITTEE

Documentary

Programming:

Beth Jasper

Shorts Programming:

Warren Etheredge

Indigenous Program Consulting Programmer:

LaRonn Katchia

Music Video Curator:

Doone Williams

SELECTIONS

COMMITTEE

FEATURES:

Leandra Benson White

Jed Cowley

Kimmie Davis

Francesca de Fusco

Jemma Douglas

Brad Douglas

Joe Fullop

Trevor Graciano

Nathan Gray

Gregg Heacock

Emily Hicks

Thomas Horat

Kendra Jacobson

Beth Jasper

LaRonn Katchia

Nick Logsdon

BENDFILM BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Kate Kamaya

President

Adyron Wong Secretary

CJ Ferarri

Treasurer

A. Giancarlo Gatto

Lawrence Fisher

Michael Conforti

Alison Hohengarten

Terri Shepard

Tim Stueve

SELECTIONS COMMITTEE SHORTS:

Dam Abramovici

Natalia Andreadis

Leandra Benson White

Ginew Benton

Rex Carter

Gemma Cubero del Barrio

Kimmy Davis

Francesca de Fusco

Bryan Dimas

Jemma Douglas

Brad Douglas

Warren Etheredge

Joe Fullop

Sandy Garfunkel

Lautaro Gonda

Austin Grebenc

Emily Hicks

Thomas Horat

Stephanie Hough

Kendra Jacobson

Beth Jasper

LaRonn Katchia

Brad Lemmon

Rafal Malecki

Kaitlin Mamie

Ivo Marloh

Vic Martinez

Hanna Mason

Salvador Medina

Vern Moen

Nicole Nequinto

Oktay Ortabasi

Jared Rasic

Jayna Rogers

Selin Sevinç

Bob Slater

Betsy Stonich

Alexandra Torterotot

VOLUNTEERS

BendFilm is powered by you, the BendFilm Volunteers. Without you, there simply is no BendFilm. To the hundreds of volunteers who give their time, talent and energy, we thank you and the community thanks you!

Patricia Julber

Christy Walker ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Cristy Lanfri

Bob Lane

Karen Anderson

Patti Carlson

Colleen Dougherty

Amy Fratzke

Julie Gregory

Martha Murray

Jody Ward

Karen Cammack

Robert Lambeth

Michael Scheuerman

GRANTORS

This Festival is Supported in Part by the Following Grantors:

James F. and Marion L. Miller Foundation

Roundhouse Foundation

Deschutes County

Arts & Culture

National Endowment for the Arts

Deschutes Cultural Coalition

Bend Cultural Tourism Fund

Marie Lamfrom Charitable Trust

OAESD

Oregon Cultural Trust

Oregon Arts Commission

WHH Foundation

GUIDE PHOTOGRAPHY

All photos by Steven Addington, Karen Cammack, Tina Ellis, Elise Furgurson, Barb Gonzalez, and Charlie Thiel.