Bentonville Film Festival Announces Jury and Additional Programming For 2025 Edition
The Bentonville Film Festival (Bff) has announced their Shaping the Narrative, Geena & Friends participants, Juneteenth and Spotlight programming, jurors and additional panels and events taking place at the 2025 festival, set for June 16-22. The 2025 Bentonville film Festival marks 11 years of amplifying the voices of female, non-binary, Lgbtqia+, Bipoc and people with disabilities in entertainment.
Among the returning programming for 2025 is “Geena & Friends,” featuring Geena Davis and participants including Shohreh Aghdashloo (“The Penguin), Toks Olagundoye (“Frasier”), Alysia Reiner (“The Diplomat”) and Brenda Song (“Running Point”). This year’s event will take place Friday June 20 at the Thaden Theater.
Additionally, in partnership with Variety, Song will be presented with the Variety Virtuoso Award, also on June 20. Bentonville’s “Shaping the Narrative” conversation series will return this year with Olympic track and field champion Allyson Felix participating in a talk presented by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and Ingeborg Initiatives.
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