Santa Barbara winners announced
Suzanne Chisolm and Michael Parfit's documentary Saving Luna, which recounts efforts to save a lone baby killer whale, was voted the audience choice for best feature at the 23rd annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival, which concluded Sunday.
The fest winners were announced at the Closing Night ceremonies, which also included the U.S. premiere of Giuseppe Tornatore's The Unknown Woman.
Richie Mehta's Amal was awarded the Panavision Spirit Award for Independent Cinema, recognizing an indie feature made outside mainstream Hollywood.
The Heineken Red Star Award, set aside for "the most progressive and gifted independent film director," went to Tao Ruspoli for his Fix, starring Shawn Andrews and Olivia Wilde, which offers up a one day-odyssey through the Los Angeles as two documentary filmmakers try to get a young man from jail to rehab.
The German feature Beautiful Bitch, directed by Martin Theo Krieger, was named best foreign film.
The Nueva Vision Award for the best Spanish-language film went to La edad de la peseta (The Silly Age), directed by Pavel Giroud.
The fest winners were announced at the Closing Night ceremonies, which also included the U.S. premiere of Giuseppe Tornatore's The Unknown Woman.
Richie Mehta's Amal was awarded the Panavision Spirit Award for Independent Cinema, recognizing an indie feature made outside mainstream Hollywood.
The Heineken Red Star Award, set aside for "the most progressive and gifted independent film director," went to Tao Ruspoli for his Fix, starring Shawn Andrews and Olivia Wilde, which offers up a one day-odyssey through the Los Angeles as two documentary filmmakers try to get a young man from jail to rehab.
The German feature Beautiful Bitch, directed by Martin Theo Krieger, was named best foreign film.
The Nueva Vision Award for the best Spanish-language film went to La edad de la peseta (The Silly Age), directed by Pavel Giroud.
- 2/4/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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