River Bend Film Festival

Goshen, Indiana

Now accepting 2019 submissions

May 3 - 5, 2018

Goshen, Indiana

Submit your film for the 2019 Festival!

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 | Pigasus Pictures

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

See photos from the 2018 Festival

2018 Festival Highlights

2018 Oscar-winning short film The Silent Child

Playing Thursday, May 3
at the Goshen Theater

Among our featured guests is award-winning Indian director Shubhashish Bhutiani.

Along with Actress and Writer Rachel Shenton with Producer and Director Chris Overton.

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2018 Festival line up

Get a taste of the films on offer at the Festival.

Check it out!

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Festival Schedule

Grab some popcorn and candy – we’ve got a lot in store for you!

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2018 Festival Guests

Meet the
Festival Guests!

Guest Bios

Check out photos of the Fest on Facebook and Instagram.

RBFF Interviews

Chris Overton

Shubhashish Bhutiani

Rachel Shenton

Stephen Susco

Zachary Spicer

Sam Miro

Beth Grant

Leila Djansi

See more festival interviews

Official 2019 Film Fest Countdown

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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.