The 12th annual Bentonville Film Festival wraps today after presenting awards in multiple categories Saturday night.
If I Go Will They Miss Me, directed by Walter Thompson-Hernández, won the Best Narrative Award at the festival in Northwest Arkansas led by Geena Davis. Danielle Brooks, J. Alphonse Nicholson, and Bodhi Dell star in the drama that revolves around a boy who sees “ghostly figures of other boys in his neighborhood while grappling with his father’s distance. These visions uncover hidden connections between them and their shared heritage.”
Sian Edwards-Beal, Kate Mason, Ron Najor served on the Narrative jury.
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