Santa Barbara International Film Festival winners announcedFebruary 6, 2012 - 17:45 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Zam Salim’s Up There, about a young man stuck into a dead-end job welcoming the newly deceased into the afterlife, received the Paranavision Spirit Award for Independent Cinema at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, which concluded Sunday, Feb 5. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the prize includes a Panavision camera package worth $60,000. Ken Scott’s dramatic feature, Starbuck, about a class action suit against a sperm donor, earned the Audience Choice Award, sponsored by the SB Independent. The 27th edition of the festival announced winners at a brunch on Sunday at the Fess Parker Resort in Santa Barbara. A special Jury Prize for Artistic Distinction was awarded toBarrymore, directed by Erik Canuel and starring Christopher Plummer, who also was honored with the fest's Modern Master Award. The Best International Film Award went to Ismael Ferroukhi’s Free Men, about an Algerian Muslim immigrant who joins the French Resistance to save Algerian Jews. The Nueva Vision Award for the best Spanish/Latin American film was awarded to Julia Murat’s Found Memories, about a young photographer who finds a forgotten ghost town where only a handful of old people live. The jury awarded an Honorable Mention to The Rumble of the Stones, directed by Alejandro Bellame Palacios, Venezuela’s submission for the foreign language film Academy Award. The Best Documentary Film Award went to Walter Matteson’s Pretty Old, about four women competing in the 30th anniversary of the Ms. Senior Sweetheart Beauty Pageant in Fall River, Mass. The Cinema Nouveau Award went to Jean-Jacques Jauffret’s Heat Wave (Apres Le Sud). The Bruce Corwin Award for Best Live Action Short Film Under 30 Minutes went to L Train, directed by Anna Musso. And the Bruce Corwin Award for Best Animation Short Film went to The Missing Key, directed by Jonathan Nix. The Fund for Santa Barbara Social Justice Award, sponsored by The Fund for Santa Barbara for a documentary film that addresses social justice issues, was given to Bryan Hopkins’ Dirty Energy, which tells the story of those directly affected by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill.   Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Latest news Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals  Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation.Azerbaijan must respect human rights, Scholz tells Aliyev German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for greater respect for human rights in Azerbaijan.Armenia: Defense Ministry warns against involving army in political processes The Ministry’s statement came after a video surfaced online, showing soldiers joining the protests in Tavush.Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. |
