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Hot Water and Edward Said: Between Worlds win top Bend Film Festival prizes
The Bend Film Festival in central Oregon gave out awards for its 23rd edition, which wrapped on Sunday.
Hot Water, the debut feature by Ramzi Bashour, won Best Narrative Feature.
The film follows a mother and son on a road trip through the American West.
Edward Said: Between Worlds, directed by Maiken Baird, won the top prize in the documentary feature competition.
It traces the life of Palestinian scholar and activist Edward Said, who became a professor at Columbia University in New York and a leading voice for the Palestinian cause.
The festival also gave its environmental and outdoor feature prize to The Lake, about the shrinking Great Salt Lake in Utah.
These awards recognize films about family, Palestinian identity and environmental challenges.
Ramzi Bashour’s Hot Water won Best Narrative Feature at the 23rd Bend Film Festival.
Edward Said: Between Worlds, directed by Maiken Baird, won the Documentary Feature top prize.
The festival presented the awards as its 23rd edition wrapped in central Oregon.
The documentary portrays Palestinian scholar and activist Edward Said and his journey from Mandatory Palestine to the United States.
The Lake, directed by Abby Ellis, won the Environmental/Outdoor Features top prize.
- Who
- Hot Water and Edward Said: Between Worlds won top prizes at the Bend Film Festival.
- What
- Hot Water won Best Narrative Feature, and Edward Said: Between Worlds won the Documentary Feature top prize.
- When
- The festival wrapped on Sunday; the article was published on October 11, 2026.
- Where
- The festival took place in central Oregon.
- Why
- The films received the festival’s top awards in their respective competitions.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
charmed our socks off. The film took us on a memorable journey across the U.S. where we were privileged to witness the prickly detours of a mother/son relationship.
In his own words more than two decades after his death, through the archive recordings of his own voice, Edward Said: Between Worlds is a nuanced, timely, and reflective film of the complicated Palestinian identity after the war in 1948 as well as a portrait of the Palestinian academic who advocated for coexistence in a time where such voices were few and far between.
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- Festival edition
- 23rd
- Best Narrative Feature
- Hot Water, directed by Ramzi Bashour
- Documentary Feature top prize
- Edward Said: Between Worlds, directed by Maiken Baird
- Environmental/Outdoor Features top prize
- The Lake, directed by Abby Ellis
- Festival location
- Central Oregon
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