Arnold Schwarzenegger Receives Vision Award Sun Valley Film Festival

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Gus Van Sant will be honored with the Vision Award during Sun Valley Film Festivalwhich will take place December 3-7 in Sun Valley, Idaho. Schwarzenegger will receive the award on December 3, and Van Sant will receive the Vision Award on December 5.

The festival will screen 16 narrative and documentary films, as well as 32 short films. The festival will open with “Brotherhood” and “Is This Thing On?” like a final night movie. Additional programs include Dead Man's Wire, The Testament of Ann Lee, Train Dreams and The Plague.

This year's honorees include Clint Bentley and Greg Kvedar, who will receive Deadline's Disruptor Award, as well as Patrick Schwarzenegger, who will receive the Rising Star Award, and Ondi Timoner, who will receive the Impact Award.

Read the full festival program below.

Narratives and documentaries

“Above the Line” (dir. Jeffrey Scott Collins)

“Ask E. Gene” (dir. Ivy Meeropol)

“Caroline Caroline” (dir. Adam Carter Rehmeier)

“The Dating Game” (dir. Violet Du Feng)

Wire a Dead Man (dir. Gus Van Sant)

“Gregg Allman: Music of My Soul” (dir. James Keach)

Hard Turn: Through the Lens of Barbara Van Cleave (dir. Cynthia Matty-Huber)

“The Plague” (dir. Charlie Pollinger)

The Testament of Ann Lee (dir. Mona Fastvold)

“Tusk: Brotherhood of the Elephants”

“Dream Train” (dir. Clint Bentley)

Shorts

“All the Walls Came Down” (dir. Ondi Timoner)

“With All My Heart” (dir. Michael Govier and Will McCormack)

“Going Forward” (dir. Peter Cambor)

Idaho Film Block (featuring short films shot exclusively in Idaho)

“Pine” (dir. Lila Pate)

New Yorker documentary series including Two Men Swapping Spit (dir. Natalie Musteata, Alexander Singh), Criminal (dir. Rob Imbriano) and the documentary short Cashing Out (dir. Matt Nadel).

“The salvation of our ancestors. Reflections of Dr. Birutė Galdikas” (dir. Charles Annenberg Weingarten)

“Truck” (dir. Elizabeth Rao)

“Pest Party” (dir. Elizabeth Giamatti)

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