40th Santa Barbara International Film Festival Winners — Full List

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As the 40th Santa Barbara International Film Festival comes to a close, the winning films have been chosen. Claudia Puig, SBIFF director of programming, announced the winners on Saturday during a ceremony at El Encanto, following screenings, filmmaker Q&As, industry panels and celebrity tributes taking place throughout the city since Feb.

4. “It’s an undeniable pleasure to celebrate such a diverse and wonderful array of winning films,” said Puig. “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, Germany, Iran, Taiwan and the U.S. 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.” After Zoe Saldaña received the SBIFF’s American Riviera Award this week at the historic Arlington Theatre, jury members Margaret Lazarus, Max Barbakow, Estrella Araiza, Shawn Patterson, Jeff Christian, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Gregory Nava, Andres Castillo and Jeff Arch chose the winning films See the full list of 40th Santa Barbara International Film Festival winners below. The Audience Choice Award sponsored by The Santa Barbara IndependentOut of Plain Sight directed by Daniel Straub, Rosanna Xia Panavision Spirit Award for Independent CinemaO Horizon directed by Madeleine Rotzler The Jeffrey C.