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Podcast: Bend Don't Break
Episode: Bend Don’t Break: Selin Sevinç, Managing Director at Bend Film Festival
Description: In this episode of Bend Don’t Break, Aaron Switzer sits down with Selin Sevinç, Managing Director of Programming and Artistic Vision at Bend Film Festival, to explore her journey from Istanbul to Bend and her lifelong devotion to storytelling. Selin shares how she moved through the film world as a critic, screenwriter, and festival juror before finding her home in Central Oregon’s creative community. She reflects on screening nearly a thousand films a year, what makes independent cinema so vital, and why Bend Film remains rooted in collaboration and artistic curiosity.Together, Aaron and Selin dive...