Bentonville Film Festival

  • Festivals

15 Film Festivals You Can Enter for Free, Presented by Film Freeway

Are you an environmentalist? A BIPOC filmmaker? A student? A zombie fan? All of the above? No matter who you…

2 years ago
  • Movie News

50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee in 2022, Presented by FilmFreeway

Moviemaker Kevin T. Morales, whose ‘90s high school comedy Generation Wrecks is coming soon, tweeted something recently that we strongly…

2 years ago
  • The Rundown

A Bitchin’ Rick James Story; Suicide Squad Box Office; Shooting a Crowd Scene During Covid

How the Cannes film Down With the King shot a huge crowd scene under pandemic protocols; watch the Rick James…

3 years ago
  • Movie News

Geena Davis Has the Perfect Answer to Whether Thelma & Louise Should Have Been Directed by a Woman

It's been 30 years since Geena Davis starred in Thelma & Louise, the Ridley Scott film that was once lauded…

3 years ago
  • Articles - Locations

Location of the Month: Northwest Arkansas

As the home of Geena Davis' Bentonville Film Festival — and the latest season of True Detective, Northwest Arkansas boasts…

5 years ago
  • Spring 2019

50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee in 2019

Film festivals require a strategy. It's accepted as gospel among independents that a feature film is the result of dogged…

5 years ago
  • Festivals

Bentonville Film Festival 2018: At This Fun, Forward-Thinking Fest, Calls For Inclusivity Are Backed By Hard Data

“I’ve always felt that the gender disparity on screen is the most easily-fixed area of inequality,” says Bentonville Film Festival…

6 years ago
  • Annual Lists

50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee in 2018

Stamping the MovieMaker seal of approval on each destination in our annual guide to the 50 Film Festivals Worth the…

6 years ago
  • Festivals

Festival Wrap: Bentonville Film Festival 2017 Puts Its Money Where Its Mouth Is

As the third woman from MovieMaker to attend the Bentonville Film Festival (May 2-7, 2017) in so many years of…

7 years ago
  • Festivals

Festival Wrap: The Second Bentonville Film Festival Leads the Road to Diversity (With a Couple of Missteps)

It feels great to like something first: to know the band before they get radio play, to be a regular…

8 years ago