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Santa Barbara International Film Festival

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    Jury Award

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    Best Documentary Film

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      Winner

      The Boy Mir

      7.0 (121)
      Phil Grabsky
    • [object Object]

      Crazy Wisdom: The Life & Times of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche

      7.1 (220)
      Johanna Demetrakas
    • [object Object]

      Dancing Chaplin

      6.7 (31)
      Masayuki Suô
    • [object Object]

      Darwin

      6.9 (430)
      Nick Brandestini
    • [object Object]

      Land

      7.2 (48)
      Julian T. Pinder
    • [object Object]

      Nostalgia for the Light

      7.6 (6.4K)
      Patricio Guzmán
    • [object Object]

      Pablo's Hippos

      6.8 (116)
      Antonio Von Hildebrand
      Lawrence Elman
    • [object Object]

      Phunny Business: A Black Comedy

      6.8 (87)
      John Davies
    • [object Object]

      Skateistan: Four Wheels and a Board in Kabul

      8.6 (77)
      Kai Sehr
    • [object Object]

      Someplace with a Mountain

      7.4 (28)
      Steve Goodall
    • [object Object]

      Troubadours

      6.9 (104)
      Morgan Neville
    • [object Object]

      We Still Live Here: Âs Nutayuneân

      8.1 (59)
      Anne Makepeace

    Best East Meets West Cinema

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      Winner

      Patisserie Coin De Rue

      6.4 (359)
      Yoshihiro Fukagawa
    • [object Object]

      Boku to tsuma no 1778 no monogatari

      7.0 (298)
      Mamoru Hoshi
    • [object Object]

      A Barefoot Dream

      7.1 (429)
      Tae-gyun Kim
    • [object Object]

      Fire of Conscience

      6.2 (1.1K)
      Dante Lam
    • [object Object]

      No Doubt

      6.6 (204)
      Soo-young Park
    • [object Object]

      Red Light Revolution

      6.5 (109)
      Sam Voutas
    • [object Object]

      Musubime

      7.1 (10)
      Yûichi Onuma

    Best Eastern Bloc

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle

      7.0 (6.7K)
      Florin Serban
    • [object Object]

      Belvedere

      6.9 (213)
      Ahmed Imamovic
    • [object Object]

      Dance Marathon

      5.6 (85)
      Magdalena Lazarkiewicz
    • [object Object]

      Just Between Us

      6.6 (1.1K)
      Rajko Grlic
    • [object Object]

      The Abandoned

      6.5 (356)
      Adis Bakrac
    • [object Object]

      The Light Thief

      6.5 (456)
      Aktan Arym Kubat
    • [object Object]

      Tilt

      7.3 (3.6K)
      Viktor Chouchkov
    • [object Object]

      Women in Temptation

      6.7 (834)
      Jirí Vejdelek

    Best International Film

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      Winner

      Togetherness Supreme

      8.0 (37)
      Nathan Collett
    • [object Object]

      Gigola

      5.1 (458)
      Laure Charpentier
    • [object Object]

      Just Between Us

      6.6 (1.1K)
      Rajko Grlic
    • [object Object]

      King's Road

      5.8 (325)
      Valdís Óskarsdóttir
    • [object Object]

      Limbo

      6.0 (516)
      Maria Sødahl
    • [object Object]

      Miss Mouche

      6.8 (22)
      Bernard Halut
    • [object Object]

      Simple Simon

      7.0 (11K)
      Andreas Öhman
    • [object Object]

      Soul of Sand

      5.7 (105)
      Sidharth Srinivasan
    • [object Object]

      First Stone

      5.2 (55)
      Ebrahim Forouzesh
    • [object Object]

      Women in Temptation

      6.7 (834)
      Jirí Vejdelek

    Best Motion Picture Ensemble of the Year

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      Winner

      The King's Speech

      8.0 (722K)
      Anthony Andrews
      Claire Bloom
      Helena Bonham Carter
      Jennifer Ehle
      Colin Firth
      Michael Gambon
      Derek Jacobi
      Guy Pearce
      Geoffrey Rush
      Timothy Spall

    Cinema Vanguard Award

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    • Nicole Kidman at an event for The Paperboy (2012)
      Winner
      • Nicole Kidman

    Virtuoso Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Another Year

      7.4 (32K)
      Lesley Manville
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      True Grit

      7.6 (367K)
      Hailee Steinfeld
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Winter's Bone

      7.1 (155K)
      John Hawkes
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Animal Kingdom

      7.2 (62K)
      Jacki Weaver
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Social Network

      7.8 (792K)
      Andrew Garfield

    Montecito Award

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    • Geoffrey Rush
      Winner
      • Geoffrey Rush

    Modern Master Award

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    • Christopher Nolan at an event for Inception (2010)
      Winner
      • Christopher Nolan

    Audience Choice Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Troubadours

      6.9 (104)
      Morgan Neville

    Kirk Douglas Award for Excellence in Film

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    • Harrison Ford
      Winner
      • Harrison Ford

    American Riviera Award

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    • Annette Bening in The Face of Love (2013)
      Winner
      • Annette Bening

    Outstanding Performer of the Year Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      127 Hours

      7.5 (414K)
      James Franco

    Honorable Mention

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    International Film

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      Winner

      Pure

      6.9 (5.1K)
      Alicia Vikander

    Nueva Vision Award

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      Winner

      Nostalgia for the Light

      7.6 (6.4K)
      Patricio Guzmán
    • [object Object]

      180º

      5.7 (104)
      Fernando Kalife
    • [object Object]

      5x Favela: Agora por Nós Mesmos

      6.7 (299)
      Cacau Amaral
      Cadu Barcellos
      Luciana Bezerra
      Manaira Carneiro
      Rodrigo Felha
      Wagner Novais
      Luciano Vidigal
    • [object Object]

      Todo lo que tú quieras

      6.4 (591)
      Achero Mañas
    • [object Object]

      Dormir al sol

      6.3 (98)
      Alejandro Chomski
    • [object Object]

      By Day and by Night

      5.8 (82)
      Alejandro Molina
    • [object Object]

      Light in Darkness: The Return of Red Light Bandit

      5.9 (123)
      Helena Ignez
      Ícaro Martins
    • [object Object]

      The Colors of the Mountain

      7.1 (1.8K)
      Carlos César Arbeláez
    • [object Object]

      The Great Vazquez

      6.2 (1.2K)
      Óscar Aibar
    • [object Object]

      Os Inquilinos

      6.8 (227)
      Sergio Bianchi
    • [object Object]

      To Hell with the Ugly

      5.8 (2K)
      Nacho G. Velilla

    Bruce Corwin Award

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    Best Animated Short Film

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      Winner

      The Lost Thing

      7.3 (3.8K)
      Andrew Ruhemann
      Shaun Tan
    • [object Object]

      Alex and the Ghosts

      Éric Warin

    • Ámár

      6.4 (26)
      Isabel Herguera
    • [object Object]

      Amazonia

      6.0 (112)
      Sam Chen
    • [object Object]

      Blind Date

      6.2 (28)
      Nigel Davies
    • [object Object]

      Daisy Cutter

      7.2 (39)
      Enrique García
      Rubén Salazar
    • [object Object]

      New Digs

      7.0 (9)
      Martin Sen
    • [object Object]

      On the Water

      7.5 (26)
      Yi Zhao
    • [object Object]

      Ormie

      6.9 (322)
      Rob Silvestri
    • [object Object]

      Le cirque

      6.7 (40)
      Nicolas Brault
    • [object Object]

      The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore

      7.8 (5.9K)
      William Joyce
    • [object Object]

      The Gruffalo

      7.5 (8.2K)
      Jakob Schuh
      Max Lang
    • [object Object]

      The Trembling Veil of Bones

      8.0 (28)
      Matthew Talbot-Kelly
    • [object Object]

      La tranchée

      7.3 (88)
      Claude Cloutier

    Best Live Action Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      West of the Moon

      7.7 (84)
      Brent Bonacorso
    • [object Object]

      A Letter from Home

      Mark Kirkland
    • [object Object]

      A Parachute Falling in Siberia

      7.3 (22)
      Ian Meadows
    • [object Object]

      ¿Te vas?

      7.2 (26)
      Cristina Molino
    • [object Object]

      Esperándola

      6.9 (12)
      James Joint
    • [object Object]

      Berik

      6.6 (44)
      Daniel Borgman
    • [object Object]

      Dearly Departed

      7.0 (7)
      Ilo Orleans
    • [object Object]

      Grave Dawn

      8.0 (18)
      D.J. Turner
    • [object Object]

      Last Resort

      Barney Elliott
    • [object Object]

      Les fleurs de l'âge

      6.4 (47)
      Vincent Biron
    • [object Object]

      North Atlantic

      8.0 (364)
      Bernardo Nascimento
    • [object Object]

      Steve

      7.0 (822)
      Rupert Friend
    • [object Object]

      Stones

      Giulio Musi
    • [object Object]

      The Escape

      9.2 (17)
      James Connelly
    • [object Object]

      The Great Race

      7.2 (93)
      Kote Camacho
    • [object Object]

      The Lost Explorer

      7.9 (11)
      Tim Walker

    • La routine

      Philippe Bénard
    • [object Object]

      United We Stand

      7.5 (25)
      Alejandro Pedregal

    Social Justice Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      When I Rise

      8.5 (81)
      Mat Hames
      Tied with Nostalgia for the Light (2010).
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      Winner

      Nostalgia for the Light

      7.6 (6.4K)
      Patricio Guzmán
      Tied with When I Rise (2010).

    Panavision Spirit Award for Independent Cinema

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Face to Face

      6.7 (354)
      Michael Rymer
    • [object Object]

      All She Can

      5.4 (288)
      Amy Wendel
    • [object Object]

      Good for Nothing

      6.0 (860)
      Mike Wallis
    • [object Object]

      Love

      5.4 (9.1K)
      William Eubank
    • [object Object]

      The American Dream

      5.5 (125)
      Jamil Walker Smith
    • [object Object]

      Small Town Murder Songs

      5.9 (3.1K)
      Ed Gass-Donnelly
    • [object Object]

      That's What I Am

      7.0 (11K)
      Michael Pavone
    • [object Object]

      You Are Here

      5.9 (319)
      Daniel Cockburn

    10-10-10 Student Award

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    Best Screenplay - College

    • Winner

      Silent Mercy

      Mary Jane Johnson
      Santa Barbara City College

    Best Screenplay - High School

    • Winner

      A Heart's Journey

      Aija Mayrock
      Laguna Blanca School

    Best Short Film - College

    • Winner

      The Dissolution

      Brent Rumble
      Brooks Institute

    Best Short Film - High School

    • Winner

      Monarch Manuscript

      Tate Larrick
      MAD Academy

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    Santa Barbara, California, USA

    Event links

    • http://www.sbiff.org/
    • http://www.heineken.com/usa/cc/mm/film/redstar_2008.html

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