Overview
- BFFoundation announced Thursday a June 15–21 festival in Bentonville, Arkansas, featuring narrative, documentary, shorts and episodic programs in collaboration with Walmart and Coca-Cola.
- Opening night on June 16 features Family Movie, followed by a moderated conversation with directors and stars Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick.
- Catherine Hardwicke’s Street Smart premieres as the June 18 centerpiece with a Q&A after the screening.
- The festival closes June 21 with a screening of Netflix’s Little House on the Prairie pilot and a cast Q&A, and showrunner Rebecca Sonnenshine receives the Rising to the Challenge Award on June 20.
- Spotlight and competition titles include world premieres Show Me the Line, an IVF-rights documentary, and the road comedy Welcome to the Fishbowl, plus films on Brittney Griner and a Billie Jean King documentary produced by Liz Garbus, with chef-led Coffee Talk sessions rounding out the events.