The River Bend Film Festival, Goshen, Indiana
Thursday, October 1 – Saturday, October 3, 2020
2019 RBFF Awards
Outstanding Achievement in Film & Friend of the Fest
John D. Hancock, Director, Writer
Best Documentary
This Is Love | Executive Producer, Shawn Rhodes, Crook and Nanny Productions
Best Director
Max Powers | Don’t Be Nice | Bowery Poetry Studios, Radio Drama Network, Bowery Arts and Science, Flatbush Pictures, Juno Films
Upstream Spotlight
Cole Sibus | Spare Room | Director Jenica Bergere, 285 Pictures, Glade Production, Lesson 1 Entertainment
Best Actress
Piercey Dalton | Duke
Best Actor
David Sterne | Granbad | Director Annabel Vine, Mordue Pictures, Wax Films
Best Short Documentary
My Indiana Muse | Directors Jen Serena, Ric Serena
Best Short Film | Live Action
ASIA A | Director Andrew Reid
Best Animation
My Grandfather’s Memory Book | Director Colin Levy
Best Studio Screenplay
Perry | R. J. Watson
Best Independent Screenplay
The Lease of Nature | Anderson “Drew” Boyd
See photos from the 2019 Festival
2019 Festival Line-up
Get a taste of the films on offer this year.
Festival Schedule
There’s a lot happening this year
Festival Guests
Welcome to Goshen!
RBFF Guest Interviews
2019 River Bend Film Festival Sponsors




Allen Brenneman • Celtx • Common Spirits • Flowers By Phoebe • Goshen Motors • Greensweep Cleaning Services • Lesson.ly • The Local • Salon J • Vinyl Wagon Crew • Weston Fribley • Woodstar Photography • Yoder Culp Funeral Home
This project is made possible by the support of the Indiana Arts Commission, and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.
And a special thanks to our 2019 Festival hosts
