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Sun Valley Fest Honors Filmmakers for Innovative Storytelling

12/9/2025

Summary

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At Sun Valley Film Festival, Clint Bentley, filmmaker, and Greg Kwedar, filmmaker, received Deadline’s Disruptors in Film Award for innovative filmmaking.
Their film Train Dreams, starring Joel Edgerton, earned nominations including a Golden Globe nod; Edgerton was thrilled to join.
Bentley and Kwedar highlight community-driven storytelling and equal-pay initiatives that have positively affected the cast and crew.
The festival ran December 3–7 in Idaho and showcased 48 features and shorts.

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Story summary

At Sun Valley Film Festival, Clint Bentley, filmmaker, and Greg Kwedar, filmmaker, received Deadline’s Disruptors in Film Award for innovative filmmaking.
Their film Train Dreams, starring Joel Edgerton, earned nominations including a Golden Globe nod; Edgerton was thrilled to join.
Bentley and Kwedar highlight community-driven storytelling and equal-pay initiatives that have positively affected the cast and crew.
The festival ran December 3–7 in Idaho and showcased 48 features and shorts.