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THE TEST PRINTED WHOLE · RIVER BEND IS SOUTH BEND'S
The test: whether any film festival was ever founded by Mishawaka — founded in the city, seated in the city, and what its course and departure were. The searches run in November 2026 for a Mishawaka film festival, by the city's name and by its venues, returned no festival: no founding, no editions, no departure to record. Verdict: tested negative, printed as the test's whole result.
The boundary, so the negative is not misread: the region's festival exists and is not Mishawaka's. The River Bend Film Festival was founded in 2002 in South Bend, was held there fourteen years, and moved to Goshen in 2016 under festival director Tim Richardson, where it continues (2025 was its twenty-second year). It is South Bend's festival that departed to Goshen; Mishawaka's festival record is the empty one printed above, and the empty record is the finding — a city with a documented film life in its factories and its picture houses never, on the record searched, founded a festival of its own.
Sources:
- Searches run, November 2026: "Mishawaka film festival," "film festival founded Mishawaka Indiana" — no Mishawaka festival returned.
- River Bend Film Festival, festival press kit (riverbendfilmfest.com) and Goshen College, The Record (founded 2002, South Bend; moved to Goshen 2016; twenty-second year 2025) — boundary source.
- Theaters, this build (the city's picture houses) — cross-reference.