The Bentonville Film Festival is moving to a new office space on Second Street.
The three-story building is owned by musician and producer Neil Greenhaw, who is using the bottom floor for the new location of his Haxton Road Studios.
The film festival will move into the third floor in January, said Gina Allgaier, the festival’s chief engagement officer.
The building, at 222 SE Second St., is just outside the downtown Bentonville Square. “It’s strategically a great location for us,” Allgaier said.
The Bentonville Film Festival was founded by Trevor Drinkwater and Academy Award-winning actress Geena Davis to highlight and promote women and diverse voices in entertainment. In September, the festival said it would return to Bentonville for a third year on May 2-7.
In 2016, the festival had 34 film entries and attendance was approximately 63,000, an increase of 70 percent from the first year, the festival said.
Allgaier said the Bentonville Film Festival will have an extended panel discussion and expanded judging categories to include short films and commercials, all of which must meet the festival’s diversity criteria.