AUGUST 2-8, 2021
BENTONVILLE FILM FESTIVAL
The 7th Annual Geena Davis’ Bentonville Film Festival will take place as a hybrid edition with virtual and safe on-ground events in the festival host state of Arkansas on August 2-8, 2021.
Welcome to Bentonville,
Visit Bentonville helps us welcome our BFF guests each year to our town so that each person who visits feels welcome and engaged with our host city of Bentonville. They help highlight that Bentonville is truly the heart of America, with a big heart and big ambition. On their website, Visit Bentonville describes the town as a place where “modern progress meets rich history, where the arts meet innovation, and where companies meet communities.” We hope that each person who traveled from near and far will make it back to our town. Please check out Visit Bentonville’s tourism website for more information on what to do and see in Bentonville.
Learn More about Bentonville on the Visit Bentonville Website!
PROGRAMS
Movie Mondays
BFFoundation, along with local community partners, support a monthly screening on a Monday to bring back BFF Alumni and mission-aligned projects from our industry partners to share with our BFF audiences year-round.
Tickets available for Spring & Summer 2021 Movie Mondays.
NEWS
Bentonville Film Festival Org Launches Production Arm To Champion Women, Inclusive Voices
The BFFoundation, the nonprofit organization formed late last year to [...]
ABOUT US
Inclusive Storytellers
BFFoundation is a non-profit organization focused on promoting underrepresented voices of diverse storytellers. We want to amplify female, non-binary, LGBTQIA+,BIPOC, and people with disabilities’ voices in entertainment and media. We do this through research, education, and supporting the production and distribution of inclusive content.
So great to return here with my directorial debut feature, after screening my short film here in 2018. The BFF team really made the most of a virtual experience and made us filmmakers feel connected, despite the unusual circumstances.”
Sujata Day (DEFINITION PLEASE, 2020)
OUR SPONSORS
We extend our sincere gratitude to our 2021 sponsors for supporting inclusion in all forms of media. We are honored to have partners who believe that if they can see it, they can be it.
2021 SPONSORS
Welcome to Bentonville,
Visit Bentonville helps us welcome our BFF guests each year to our town so that each person who visits feels welcome and engaged with our host city of Bentonville. They help highlight that Bentonville is truly the heart of America, with a big heart and big ambition. On their website, Visit Bentonville describes the town as a place where “modern progress meets rich history, where the arts meet innovation, and where companies meet communities.” We hope that each person who traveled from near and far will make it back to our town. Please check out Visit Bentonville’s tourism website for more information on what to do and see in Bentonville.
Learn More about Bentonville on the Visit Bentonville Website!
BFFOUNDATION acknowledges Indigenous peoples were forced to leave their ancestral lands, including the Osage, Caddo and Quapaw Nations with ties to Northwest Arkansas. We further recognize that a portion of the Trail of Tears runs through this area, and that the Cherokee, Choctaw, Muscogee (Creek), Chickasaw and Seminole Nations passed through what is now Arkansas during this forced removal. We acknowledge all Indigenous storytellers and residents in our community and region.
BFFOUNDATION denounces white supremacy and unequivocally supports Black Lives Matter. It is at the very core of our mission to promote and amplify underrepresented voices in media, supporting pathways that help end racial inequality. We stand in solidarity with these voices, along with all unheard voices, that are silenced by racism and systemic biases.