Bentonville Film Festival 2026: Winners Announced Including 'If I Go Will They Miss Me' and 'Jane Elliott Against the World'
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Carole Horst
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The Bentonville Film Festival announced its 2026 winners, with the festival opening with the Kevin Bacon-Kyra Sedgwick thriller "Family Movie" and closing with a special screening of the first episode of "Little House on the Prairie" from showrunner Rebecca Sonnenshine, who received the Rising to the Challenge Award. Additional winners include special jury mentions for "The Musical" (directorial vision), "BRB" (lead performances), and the documentary "Summer 2000: The X-Cetra Story." The top winners are "If I Go Will They Miss Me" and "Jane Elliott Against the World."
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VarietyBentonville Film Festival 2026: Winners Announced Including 'If I Go Will They Miss Me' and 'Jane Elliott Against the World'variety.comKey quotes
· 3 pulledThe festival opened with the Kevin Bacon-Kyra Sedgwick thriller 'Family Movie.'
It closed June 21 with a special screening of the first episode of 'Little House on the Prairie,' from showrunner Rebecca Sonnenshine.
She was honored with the festival's Rising to the Challenge Award.
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