The Bentonville Film Festival (BFF), founded by Walmart and led by Geena Davis, announces its 2026 in-person lineup for its 12th edition. The festival is scheduled for June 15–21 in Bentonville, Arkansas, and will screen a mix of narrative, documentary, homegrown projects, short films, and episodic programming. Across the competition slate, organizers plan to present 34 competition films, including five world premieres.
BFF 2026 opens on June 16 with “Family Movie,” directed by director(s) associated with the project and starring Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick. Multiple outlets report that Bacon and Sedgwick will attend opening night. The festival’s closing-night program is also set, with “Little House on the Prairie” slated to close the event. While the specific full program details beyond the opening and closing titles were not fully enumerated in the provided excerpts, both sources confirm the festival dates and the key marquee programming for the start and end of the week.
