Chaired by Academy Award winning actor, Geena Davis, the Bentonville Film Festival was started in 2015 with the aim to be a positive and proactive influence in filmmaking to ensure that the American entertainment industry represents the national audience and the growing diversity of the population of the United States. The Festival’s main objective is to provide a platform to significantly increase the commercial value of content produced with our mission in mind.

The inaugural Festival was held in Bentonville, Arkansas in May 2015. The festival seeks to provide ongoing turnkey mass distribution opportunities for women and minority owned production companies and independent content creators.