Congratulations to the latest winners of Santa Barbara Film Awards

June 8th, 2023

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Best Narrative Feature 

RED FAUST

Dir: Zsolt Pozsgai

 

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Best Documentary Feature

The Erie Situation

Dir: David J Ruck

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Best Narrative Short 

Best Director 

Nothing Happened

Dir: Katya Yakubov

 

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Best Documentary short 

Murales en movimiento. José Clemente Orozco y las hermanas Campobello

Dir: LAURA Gonzalez y Matute

 

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Best Experimental 

The Silent Smile

Dir: Adan Chavez

 

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Best Animation 

Giant 

Dir:  Gustavo Lopez

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Best Female Filmmaker 

Portrait of a Cowboy

Dir: Devon Wycoff

 

Best Actress 

Stephanie Barkley

For: Portrait of a Cowboy

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Best First Time Filmmaker 

Built for Sin

Dire: Alessandro Ceschi, Ai Wan

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Best Comedy 

Arden High

Dirs: Stephen Wayne, Jeffrey Querin

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Best Composer 

Deep Breath

Music: Karen Homafar

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Best Editor 

Bailaora - Mi pies son mi voz (This is my voice)

Editor: Pablo Croce

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Best Music Video 

I've Become

Dir: Lynette Aleman

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Best TV Series/Pilot/Web

Incoming: The Wives - Episodes 1-4

Dir: Kerry Drumm

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Best Student Film 

American Halloween

Dir: Ben Julian Ephraim

 

 

Best Unproduced script 

The Paragraph

Writer: Carol Jean McPhee