The River Bend Film Festival, Goshen, Indiana
Thursday, May 3 through Saturday, May 5, 2018
2018 RBFF Awards
RBFF Big Blue Fish | Outstanding Achievement in Film & Friend of the Festival
Stephen Susco, Writer, Director
RBFF Blue Fish | Best Narrative Feature
Hotel Salvation | Writer, Director, Shubhashish Bhutiani | Red Carpet Moving Pictures
RBFF Blue Fish | Outstanding Documentary
Little Warriors | Director, Sam Mirpoorian
RBFF Best Director
Chris Overton | The Silent Child | Slick Films
RBFF Best Actor
Zachary Spicer | The Good Catholic |
RBFF Best Actress
Rachel Shenton | The Silent Child | Slick Films
RBFF Best Short Film | Live Action
Robot & Scarecrow | Director, Kibwe Tavares | EP, Michael Fassbender
RBFF Best Animation
The Servant | Director, Farnoosh Abedi
RBFF Best Studio Screenplay
The Mortality Game | by Ed Vela
RBFF Best Independent Screenplay
Dr. Needmore | by Lucy A. Fazely
RBFF Best Bumper
Tracy Galicia | Make A Splash
RBFF Best Student Bumper
by GC-One | Goshen College | Mia Graber-Miller, Tanner Camp, Brad Stoltzfus, Claude Lilford | House Is Rockin
2018 Festival Highlights
at the Goshen Theater


Along with Actress and Writer Rachel Shenton with Producer and Director Chris Overton.
2018 Festival line up
Festival Schedule
Grab some popcorn and candy – we’ve got a lot in store for you!
2018 Festival Guests
Meet the
Festival Guests!
RBFF Guest Interviews
2018 River Bend Film Festival Sponsors




Acruity • Art of Massage • Blank Space • Celtx • Constant Spring • Elephant Bar • Elko Hardwoods • Eyedart Creative Studio • Flowers By Phoebe • Froggy Radio • Gateway Cellar Winery • Greensweep Cleaning Services • Kelly Jae's Cafe • LightBox • Los Primos • Maple City Market • Mid America Filmmakers • Nimble Wit Productions • Quality Inn • Studio Ace of Spades • Tympanum Press • Weston Fribley • Zehr Construction
This project is made possible by the support of the Indiana Arts Commission, and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.