Sing Sing<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\tBut, harkening to the indie roots of the filmmakers, there is a creative spin to the proceedings.<\/p>\n
\n\tBentley and Kwedar will also develop a slate with up-and-coming filmmakers selected from the world\u2019s top festivals and film schools. Netflix will fund the development and production of these low-budget films, and release them.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe two filmmakers, now along with Netflix, have made it a focus to discover new voices and to make what are considered high-risk titles in the indie space, which has seen many traditional modes of financing and distribution collapse since the days of Covid.<\/p>\n
\n\tEthos, which the duo launched in 2024, already operates differently from most other production companies. Its productions see everyone who works on its films, from above the line to below the line, paid the same wage. Additionally, everyone hired on their productions receives equity from its films.<\/p>\n
\n\tMaking a living in independent film is a defining tenet for the duo.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cIn founding Ethos, our hope was to create a home where independent filmmakers can make bold, enduring work in an environment that is equitable and sustainable for the whole community of artists working on these films,\u201d said Bentley and Kwedar in a statement. \u201cWe\u2019re grateful to Netflix for their commitment to this vision and for their belief in us as artists and we\u2019re excited for this partnership.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tStated Sean Berney, Netflix\u2019s head of film acquisitions, \u201cI\u2019ve been fortunate to cross paths with so many gifted filmmakers at festivals and markets, Clint and Greg among them. What really stood out to me when working with them, aside from their raw talent, was how genuinely invested we both are in nurturing the next wave of filmmakers and giving them a real chance to make their mark.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tBentley and Kwedar are darlings on the festival circuit thanks to their growing body of acclaimed independently-made work. Their feature debut Transpecos premiered at SXSW where it won the audience award, while their follow-up Jockey premiered at Sundance where it won a special jury prize for best actor for Clifton Collins Jr.<\/p>\n
\n\tSing Sing premiered at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival and went on to win the 2024 SXSW Festival audience award while also receiving three Academy Award nominations and three Independent Spirit Awards nominations, among other accolades.<\/p>\n
\n\tTrain Dreams was a key contender this past awards season after its debut at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, where Netflix acquired it. It snagged four Independent Spirit Awards, winning three, while also earning five Oscar nominations.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe duo are currently in post on Saturn Return, a Chicago-set romance starring Charles Melton, Rachel Brosnahan and Will Poulter. Kwedar directed the feature from a script written by Gaelyn Golde with revisions by he and Bentley. The film will be released on Netflix later this year.<\/p>\n
\n\tTo handle their growing company, Bentley and Kwedar are currently looking for a creative director for Ethos to run day-to-day operations.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe duo are repped by CAA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Choo, choo. Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar, the filmmakers behind Netflix\u2019s Oscar-nominated drama Train Dreams, have signed a…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":777830,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[171,53,229790,154038,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-777829","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-movies","10":"tag-sing-sing","11":"tag-train-dreams","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-unitedstates","14":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116529019449465848","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777829"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777829\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}