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The Refocus Film Festival, held in Iowa City from Oct. 9-12, will open with "Train Dreams," an adaptation of a novella by Iowa Writers' Workshop alumnus Denis Johnson.

The film, directed by Clint Bentley and starring Joel Edgerton, Felicity Jones, and others, premiered at Sundance and will be available on Netflix Nov. 21.

The festival will honor Johnson's legacy with an appearance by his biographer, Ted Geltner.

The Refocus Film Festival coincides with the Iowa City Book Festival and celebrates the art of adaptation through filmmaking.

Refocus Film Festival is celebrating film adaptation in the most Iowa City way.

The fourth annual festival will open with "Train Dreams," a new film from the Academy Award-nominated writer-turned-director Clint Bentley. The fil

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