The River Bend Film Festival is returning to celebrate its 20th Anniversary. There will be more films, workshops, special guests, and parties than ever before!

Schedule:

Thursday, April 20, 2023

12pm: Box Office Opens - Goshen Theater

5:30pm: Red Carpet - Goshen Theater Lobby - 90 min - Free
Stop by the theater lobby to get your photo taken!

7pm: Film Block: Well Crafted. Local Documentaries.
Kick-Off the festival with this locally-made double header: Blosser’s Park: The Social Gathering Place of Goshen and Vital Passage - Miller Auditorium - 84 min
- The Showalters
- Blosser’s Park: The Social Gathering Place of Goshen
- Vital Passage

10pm: Shorts Block: #3 - Miller Auditorium - 103 min
- A Mother’s Nature
- Nur and Abir
- Hey, I’m Home
- Thanks for Nothing
- NAFAS NAKESH (Don’t Breathe)
- In the Event of My Death
- The Gloom

10pm: Box Office Closes - Goshen Theater

Friday, April 21, 2023

9am: Box Office Opens - Goshen Theater

9am: Coffee Talk: Indiana Filmmakers - Ignition Music Garage - 60 min

10:30am: Shorts Block: #2 - Miller Auditorium - 103 min
- Farmer Ed
- Where They Drag the Boat
- Let’s do this again sometime
- Fractures
- Misophonia
- Lorenza’s bike
- Ice Cream. Sladoled

12:30pm: Shorts Block: Student Films - Miller Auditorium - 94 min
- Get to the Wire
- An Island Drifts
- Making Beethoven Proud
- The Lizard Grinder
- I Let Her Go But Never Let Her Leave
- Full-Timers

1pm: Workshop: Movement for Actors and Improvisers with Mary Chieffo and Madi Goff - GoDance Studios - 90 min

3pm: Shorts Block: Documentary - Miller Auditorium - 119 min
- Smile Little Ladybug
- Dani’s Twins
- Tim Hawkins: Professional Moron
- The Ismailzais
- 180
- The Final Hours of South U Pizza
- Prairie Flowers

4pm: Shorts Block: Experimental and Music Videos - GT Ballroom - 101 min
- Our America
- Reminiscence
- Again
- A Story That Doesn’t Have To Do With Me
- Patty PerShayla & The Mayhaps – SLO MO
- Skyglow
- Tragedy Strikes
- A Machine for Boredom
- Pyre
- The Rock and Mineral Show
- Tundra
- Plant Man
- Through My Head
- Whisper, Rustle
- Realistic Love Song
- Somewhere in the Middle
- The Good Old Days (They Start Tonight)
- Vacant Spaces

7:30pm: Feature Film: Rudy Screening and Q and A - Miller Auditorium - 120 min

9pm: Shorts Block: #3 - GT Ballroom - 102 min
- A Mother’s Nature
- Nur and Abir
- Hey, I’m Home
- Thanks for Nothing
- NAFAS NAKESH (Don’t Breathe)
- In the Event of My Death
- The Gloom

9pm: Concert: Patty Pershayla and the Mayhaps - Elephant Bar - 120 min

10pm: Shorts Block: #1 - Miller Auditorium - 103 min
- An Umbrella in Case it Rains
- Leader
- A Night in the Cósmico
- Rue
- How she didn’t die
- Rite of Passage

10pm: Box Office Closes - Goshen Theater

Saturday, April 22, 2023

9am: Box Office Opens - Goshen Theater

9am: Coffee Talk: Women in Filmmaking - Goshen Brewing Company - 60 min

10am: Shorts Block: Documentary - Miller Auditorium - 120 min
- Smile Little Ladybug
- Dani’s Twins
- Tim Hawkins: Professional Moron
- The Ismailzais
- 180
- The Final Hours of South U Pizza
- Prairie Flowers

11:30am: Short Film Event: Every Morning Screening and Talk Back with the filmmaking team - GT Ballroom - 60 min

1pm: Filmmaker Mixer - Barecito - 90 min

2pm: Shorts Block: Indiana - Miller Auditorium - 126 min
- Voice
- The Sock Thief
- The City and the Hill and the Brain
- Safe Haven
- Unstoppable Tiara Thomas
- The Pattersons
- Kojak: A Fuller Life
- Permission
- A Is For Apple
- Ms. Adeline
- The Beekeeper
- Welcome to the Dollhouse
- Safe Place

3pm: Shorts Block: #1 - GT Ballroom - 102 min
- An Umbrella in Case it Rains
- Leader
- A Night in the Cósmico
- Rue
- How she didn’t die
- Rite of Passage

5pm: Documentary Feature: State of Unity - Miller Auditorium - 100 min

6:30pm: Shorts Block: #2 - GT Ballroom - 95 min
- Farmer Ed
- Where They Drag the Boat
- Let’s do this again sometime
- Fractures
- Misophonia
- Lorenza’s bike
- Ice Cream. Sladoled

8pm: Concert: The Bergamot - Miller Auditorium - 90 min

9pm: Shorts Block: Experimental and Music Videos - GT Ballroom - 101 min
- Our America
- Reminiscence
- Again
- A Story That Doesn’t Have To Do With Me
- Patty PerShayla & The Mayhaps – SLO MO
- Skyglow
- Tragedy Strikes
- A Machine for Boredom
- Pyre
- The Rock and Mineral Show
- Tundra
- Plant Man
- Through My Head
- Whisper, Rustle
- Realistic Love Song
- Somewhere in the Middle
- The Good Old Days (They Start Tonight)
- Vacant Spaces

9pm: Box Office Closes - Goshen Theater

Sunday, April 23, 2023

11am: Box Office Opens - Goshen Theater

10:30am: Coffee Talk / Brunch - Constant Spring - 90 min

12pm: Shorts Block: Student - Miller Auditorium - 94 min
- Get to the Wire
- An Island Drifts
- Making Beethoven Proud
- The Lizard Grinder
- I Let Her Go But Never Let Her Leave
- Full-Timers

12pm: Special Event: Never Before Seen Rudy Footage Event - GT Ballroom - 60 min

1:30pm: Shorts Block: Indiana - Miller Auditorium Goshen Theater - 126 min
- Voice
- The Sock Thief
- The City and the Hill and the Brain
- Safe Haven
- Unstoppable Tiara Thomas
- The Pattersons
- Kojak: A Fuller Life
- Permission
- A Is For Apple
- Ms. Adeline
- The Beekeeper
- Welcome to the Dollhouse
- Safe Place

1:30pm: Box Office Closes Festival Ends

Date: April 20 - 23, 2023

Location: Various Venues in Goshen, IN 46526.

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