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SBIFF 2025 wrapped with Awards 3h6n2t2025 SANTA BARBARA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL AWARD WINNING FILMS ANNOUNCED Awards were announced at a ceremony this morning hosted by El Encanto, a Belmond Hotel, in Santa Barbara with Jury and Filmmakers in attendance.
“It's an undeniable pleasure to celebrate such a diverse and wonderful array of winning films," said Claudia Puig, SBIFF Programming Director. " We have been so excited to showcase storytelling from 60 countries around the world in our slate of 185 films at SBIFF. The jury winners this year hail from Cyprus, Spain, , Iran, Taiwan, and the US and exemplify the best of creative independent filmmaking, covering subjects ranging from immigration, pay equity. environmental dangers, unwanted pregnancy, neuroscience and hempcrete construction. Congratulations to all the winning filmmakers, and a big thank you to our dedicated jurors.”
The winning films were chosen by jury Margaret Lazarus, Max Barbakow, Estrella Araiza, Shawn Patterson, Jeff Christian, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Gregory Nava, Andres Castillo, and Jeff Arch. The Audience Choice Award sponsored by The Santa Barbara Independent OUT OF PLAIN SIGHT directed by Daniel Straub, Rosanna Xia
Panavision Spirit Award for Independent Cinema O HORIZON directed by Madeleine Rotzler
The Jeffrey C. Barbakow Award for Best International Feature Film YEN AND AI-LEE directed by Tom Shu-yu Lin
The Best Documentary Award ROADS OF FIRE directed by Nathaniel Lezra
The Nueva Vision Award for Spain/Latin America Cinema GLIMMERS directed by Pilar Palomero
The Best Animated Short Film Award THE THREE SISTERS directed by Timur Kognov
The Best Documentary Short Film Award THE GREEN BUFFALO directed by Joel Caldwell
The Best Live-Action Short Film Award BITTER CHOCOLATE directed by Sahar Sotoodeh
All three of these short award recipients are now eligible for the 2026 Academy Awards.
The Social Justice Award sponsored by the Fund for Santa Barbara SEPARATED directed by Errol Morris
The ADL Stand Up Award sponsored by the ADL LILLY directed by Rachel Feldman
The ASC Award for Cinematography sponsored by The American Society of Cinematographers COLOR BOOK directed by David Fortune
19.02.2025 | Santa Barbara's blog Cat. : AWARDS
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