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\n\tThe Bentonville Film Foundation, in collaboration with founding partner, Walmart, and presenting sponsor, Coca-Cola, announced the winners of the 12th edition of the Bentonville Film Festival June 20 at a high-energy awards gala. Walter Thompson-Hern\u00e1ndez\u2019s \u201cIf I Go Will They Miss Me\u201d took the best narrative award while Judd Ehrlich\u2019s \u201cJane Elliott Against the World\u201d was honored as best documentary.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese awards reflect the passion and drive of storytellers, whose work will continue to broaden perspectives and engage audiences throughout the year,\u201d said Bentonville Film Festival chair Geena Davis in a statement. \u201cWe congratulate our BFF award winners and we\u2019re so thankful to every filmmaker here for their contributions to the success of this year\u2019s BFF!\u201d Davis, who was unable to attend this year\u2019s festival as she is shooing actioner \u201cThe Kellys,\u201d spoke to the enthusiastic audience via video alongside her co-star Arnold Schwarzenegger.<\/p>\n

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\n\tThe festival opened with the Kevin Bacon-Kyra Sedgwick thriller \u201cFamily Movie.\u201d It closed June 21 with a special screening of the first episode of \u201cLittle House on the Prairie,\u201d from showrunner Rebecca Sonnenshine. She was honored with the festival\u2019s Rising to the Challenge Award. <\/p>\n

\n\tAdditional winners are as follows:<\/p>\n

\n\tSpecial jury mention for directorial vision: \u201cThe Musical,\u201d from director Gisella Bonilla.<\/p>\n

\n\tSpecial jury mention for lead performances: \u201cBRB,\u201d directed by Kate Cobb.<\/p>\n

\n\tSpecial jury mention (documentary): \u201cSummer 2000: The X-Cetra Story,\u201d directed by Ayden Mayeri
Best Homegrown film: \u201cBaby\/Girls,\u201d from directors Jackie Jesko and Alyse Walsh.<\/p>\n

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\n\tSpecial jury mention (Homegrown): \u201cFilthy,\u201d directed by Lisa Cole.<\/p>\n

\n\tBest episodic: \u201cToo Romantic,\u201d from writer-director-producer Talia Light Rake<\/p>\n

\n\tBest short film: \u201cFind the Boy,\u201d from Pauline Goasmat<\/p>\n

\n\tSpecial jury mention (short film): \u201cPaper Daughter,\u201d directed by Cami Kwan<\/p>\n

\n\tSpecial jury mention (short film): \u201cShe Chose War,\u201d from director Sarah Moshman<\/p>\n

\n\tBFFoundation is a non-profit organization focused on promoting underrepresented voices of diverse storytellers. The core mission is to champion female, non-binary, LGBTQIA+, BIPOC, API, and persons with disabilities\u2019 voices in entertainment and media, through research, education, and supporting the production and distribution of inclusive content.<\/p>\n

\n\tAlong with the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, the foundation also partners with schools and community institutions to educate the challenging effects of stereotyping, unconscious bias, and representation imbalance of gender, ethnicity, sexuality, and persons with disabilities. We also utilize media-based tools and content to build positive association and equality-based learning models.<\/p>\n

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