Arnold Schwarzenegger and Gus Van Sant will receive the Vision Award at the Sun Valley Film Festival, which will be held from December 3rd to December 7th in Sun Valley, Idaho. Schwarzenegger will receive the award on December 3rd and Van Sant will receive the Vision Award on December 5th.
The festival will screen 16 narrative and documentary features and 32 shorts throughout the event. The festival opens with “The Brotherhood” and “Is This Thing On?” as a closing night film. Additional shows include “Dead Man’s Wire,” “The Testament of Ang Lee,” “Train Dreams” and “The Plague.”
This year’s winners include Clint Bentley and Greg Kweder, who will receive the Disruptor Award, presented by Deadline, as well as Patrick Schwarzenegger, who will receive the Rising Star Award, and Ondi Timoner, who will receive the Impact Award.
See the full festival lineup below.
stories and documentaries
“Above the Line” (directed by Jeffrey Scott Collins)
“Ask E Jean” (directed by Ivy Mehropol)
“Carolina Caroline” (directed by Adam Carter Rehmeyer)
“The Date Game” (directed by Violet de Font)
“Dead Man’s Wire” (directed by Gus Van Sant)
“Greg Allman: The Music of My Soul” (directed by James Keach)
“A Hard Twist: Through the Lens of Barbara Van Cleve” (directed by Cynthia Matti-Hoover)
“The Plague” (directed by Charlie Pollinger)
“Ang Lee’s Will” (directed by Mona Fastvold)
“Tusker: Brotherhood of Elephants”
“Train Dreams” (directed by Clint Bentley)
shorts
“All the Walls Come Down” (directed by Ondi Timoner)
“All Heart” (directed by Michael Govier, Will McCormack)
“Go Forward” (directed by Peter Camber)
Idaho Film Block (featuring short films shot exclusively in Idaho)
“Pine” (directed by Lyla Pate)
The New Yorker’s documentary series include “Exchanging Saliva” (Natalie Musteata, directed by Alexandre Shin), “Criminal” (directed by Loeb Imbriano), and the short documentary “Cash Out” (directed by Matt Nadel).
“Saving Our Ancestors – Memoirs of Dr. Birte Galdikas” (directed by Charles Annenberg Weingarten)
“The Truck” (directed by Elizabeth Rao)
“Wrecking Party” (directed by Elizabeth Giamatti)
