39th Santa Barbara International Film Festival

39th Santa Barbara International Film Festival
Official poster
Opening filmMadu by Matthew Ogens and Joel Kachi Benson
Closing filmChosen Family by Heather Graham
LocationSanta Barbara, California, United States
Founded1986
Awards
Hosted bySanta Barbara International Film Festival (organization)
No. of films183
Festival dateOpening: 7 February 2024 (2024-02-07)
Closing: 17 February 2024 (2024-02-17)
WebsiteSBIFF
Santa Barbara International Film Festival

The 39th Santa Barbara International Film Festival, is the 2024 edition of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, which took place from February 7 to February 17, 2024, at Santa Barbara, California, United States.[1]

In November and December honorary awards were announced which are: Outstanding Performer of the Year Award for Bradley Cooper; Kirk Douglas Award For Excellence In Film for Ryan Gosling and Virtuosos Award for Lily Gladstone, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Greta Lee, Charles Melton, Danielle Brooks, Colman Domingo, America Ferrera, and Andrew Scott.[2]

The festival opened with the documentary Madu by Matthew Ogens and Joel Kachi Benson, story of a 12-year-old Nigerian boy Anthony Madu who moves to England to study ballet at a prestigious dance school.[3] This year the festival inaugurated a new award 'Arlington Award', named for the historic venue where all the fest’s annual tributes timed to Oscar season take place. The award honors "an artist who is greatly admired and who has demonstrated an incomparable commitment to film and its craft". Annette Bening is the first recipient of the award.[4]

The festival closed on February 17, with Chosen Family by Heather Graham, story of a yoga teacher Ann who is trying to find inner peace despite having problems in life. In total the festival showcased 45 world premieres and 77 US premieres altogether from 48 countries, with approximately 100 thousand attendees during the week slatted with screenings of over 200+ films. The winners were announced at a ceremony in Santa Barbara.[5]

Official selection

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Opening and closing films

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English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s)
Opening film
Madu Matthew Ogens and Joel Kachi Benson United States, Nigeria, United Kingdom
Closing film
Chosen Family Heather Graham United States

World Premiere Feature Films

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English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s)
76 Days Joe Wein United States
Alien Contact Rick Rosenthal United States
Art and Life: The Story of Jim Phillips John Edward Makens United States
Books & Drinks Geoffrey Cowper Dominican Republic
Chosen Family Heather Graham United States
Dandelions Basil Mironer United States
Diving into the Darkness Nays Baghai Australia
Electra Hala Matar Bahrain
The Fight for Black Lives Micere Keels United States
Giants Rising Lisa Landers United States
God & Country Dan Partland United States
Lili Sylwia Rosak Poland
The Long Game Jace Anderson United States
Madu Matthew Ogens and Joel Kachi Benson United States, Nigeria, United Kingdom
The Movie Man Matt Finlin Canada
Okie Kate Cobb United States
Running for the Mountains Babette Hogan, Julie Eisenberg United States
Send Kelp! Blake McWilliam Canada
Veselka Michael Fiore United States

US Premiere Feature Films

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English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s)
Achilles Farhad Delaram Iran, France, Germany
Andragogy Budi Pekerti Wregas Bhanuteja Indonesia
Atikamekw Suns Soleils Atikamekw Chloé Leriche Canada
The Ballad of a Hustler Heitor Dhalia United States, Brazil
Before It Ends Når befrielsen kommer Anders Walter Denmark
Birthday Girl Michael Noer Denmark
The Blue Star La estrella azul Javier Macipe Spain, Argentina
Cinema Laika Veljko Vidak France, Finland
Cold Kuldi Erlingur Thoroddsen Iceland
Cold Sigh Nahid Azizi Sedigh Iran
Coup! Austin Stark, Joseph Schuman United States
Crush: Message in a Bottle Maya Gallus Canada
Dance First James Marsh United Kingdom
Days of Happiness Les jours heureux Chloé Robichaud Canada
Dear Jassi Tarsem Singh India, Canada, United States
Disconnect Me Alex Lykos Australia
Edge of Everything Sophia Sabella, Pablo Feldman United States
El paraiso Enrico Maria Artale Italy
Estonia Måns Månsson, Juuso Syrjä Finland, Sweden, Belgium, Estonia
Excursion Ekskurzija Una Gunjak Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, France, Norway, Qatar
French Girl James A. Woods, Nicolas Wright Canada
Good Savage Santiago Mohar Volkow Mexico
Green Night Han Shuai Hong Kong
Hoard Luna Carmoon United Kingdom
Homecoming Máhccan Suvi West, Anssi Kömi Finland, Norway
I'm Just Here for the Riot Asia Youngman, Kathleen Jayme Canada
The King Tide Christian Sparkes Canada
The Last Daughter Brenda Matthews, Nathaniel Schmidt Australia
The Last Movie Olaug Spissøy Kyvik Norway
Let Me Go Laissez-moi Maxime Rappaz Switzerland
Medium Christina Ioakeimidi Greece
Mimang 미망 Kim Tae-yang South Korea
The Movie Teller La contadora de películas Lone Scherfig Spain, France, Chile
Mr. Freeman Mads Matthiesen Denmark
Much Ado About Dying Simon Chambers Ireland
On Earth as in Heaven Sur la terre comme au ciel Nathalie Saint-Pierre Canada
On the Edge État limite Nicolas Peduzzi France
The Other Son El otro hijo Juan Sebastián Quebrada Colombia, France, Argentina
Over the Cracks Sous le tapis Camille Japy France
Photophobia Ivan Ostrochovský, Pavel Pekarčík Slovakia, Czech Republic, Ukraine
Point of Change Rebecca Coley United Kingdom, United States, Australia and Indonesia
Prison in the Andes Penal Cordillera Felipe Carmona Chile, Brazil
Queen of Bones Robert Budreau United States, Canada
A Ravaging Wind Paula Hernández Argentina, Uruguay
The Reeds Cemil Ağacıkoğlu Turkey
Rickerl Adrian Goiginger Austria, Germany
The Rooster Mark Leonard Winter Australia
Seagrass Meredith Hama-Brown Canada
Snow Leopard 雪豹 Pema Tseden China
Suze Linsey Stewart, Dane Clark Canada
That They May Face the Rising Sun Pat Collins Ireland
The Tundra Within Me Eallogierdu Sara Margrethe Oskal Norway
Unmoored Caroline Ingvarsson United Kingdom
Until the Music Is Over Até que a Música Pare Cristiane Oliveira Brazil, Italy
Uproar Paul Middleditch, Hamish Bennett New Zealand
The Vourdalak Adrien Beau France

Non Premiere Feature Films

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English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s)
Abroad 어브로드 Giovanni Fumu South Korea, United States
All You Hear is Noise Ned Castle, Matt Day United States
Another Happy Day Nora Fiffer United States
Ashima Kenji Tsukamoto United States
Blaga's Lessons Уроците на Блага Stephan Komandarev Bulgaria
Brothers Bratři Tomáš Mašín Czech Republic, Germany, Slovakia
Bye Bye Tiberias Lina Soualem France, Palestine, Belgium, Qatar
City of Wind Sèr sèr salhi Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir Mongolia, Portugal, Netherlands, Germany, Qatar, France
The Contestant Clair Titley United Kingdom
Copa 71 Rachel Ramsay, James Erskine United Kingdom
The Cowboy and the Queen Andrea Nevins United States
Eat Bitter Pascale Appora-Gnekindy, Ningyi Sun Central African Republic, China
Ezra Tony Goldwyn United States
First Time Female Director Chelsea Peretti United States
First We Bombed New Mexico Lois Lipman United States
Fresh Kills Jennifer Esposito United States
A Happy Day Hisham Zaman Norway
I’ll Be Right There Brendan Walsh United States
In the Rearview Maciek Hamela Poland, France, Ukraine
Joika James Napier Robertson New Zealand, Poland
La Extorsión Martino Zaidelis Argentina, USA
Limbo Ivan Sen Australia
A Look Through His Lens Matthew Berkowitz, Gregory Hoblit United States, France, Ireland, United Kingdom
Lucha: A Wrestling Tale Marco Ricci United States
Mourning in Lod Hilla Medalia United States
One Life James Hawes United Kingdom
Pet Shop Days Olmo Schnabel United States, Italy, United Kingdom, Mexico
Seven Blessings Ayelet Menahemi Israel
Shari & Lamb Chop Lisa D’Apolito United States
Show Her the Money Ky Dickens United States
Sira Apolline Traoré Burkina Faso, Senegal, France, Germany
Solitude Einvera Ninna Pálmadóttir Iceland, Slovakia, France
Sorry/Not Sorry Caroline Suh, Cara Mones United States
The Taste of Things Trần Anh Hùng France
Thank You Very Much Alex Braverman United States
TransMexico Claudia Sanchez United States
We Are Guardians Edivan Guajajara, Chelsea Greene, Rob Grobman United States, Brazil
We Grown Now Minhal Baig United States
Wicked Little Letters Thea Sharrock United Kingdom
Without Air Katalin Moldovai Hungary

2024 SBIFF Short Films

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English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s)
72 Marissa Chibás United States
841 Rachel Burnett United States
The ABCs of Book Banning Sheila Nevins United States
Above & Within Patrick Hall United States
Alarms Apnées Nicolas Panay France
And Now I Lay Me Down Rani DeMuth United States
Area Boy Iggy London United Kingdom
The Ballad of Tita and the Machines Miguel Angel Caballero United States
Basri & Salma in a Never-Ending Comedy Basri & Salma dalam Komedi yang Terus Berputar Khozy Rizal Indonesia, United States
A Bird Called Memory Pássaro Memória Leonardo Martinelli Brazil, United Kingdom
The Birthday Party Il compleanno di Enrico Francesco Sossai Germany, France, Italy
A Body Called Life Spencer MacDonald United States
Boo Genevieve Aniello United States
Breaking Silence Amy Bench, Annie Silverstein United States
The Breakthrough Daniel Sinclair United States
Dammi Yann Mounir Demange France, United Kingdom
Dog Apartment Koerkorter Priit Tender Estonia
Don’t Cry, Gabriel Pleure pas Gabriel Mathilde Chavanne France

Awards

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  • Audience Choice Award: TransMexico by Claudia Sanchez
  • Panavision Spirit Award for Independent Cinema: Edge of Everything by Sophia Sabella and Pablo Feldman
  • Jeffrey C. Barbakow Award – Best International Feature Film: Andragogy by Wregas Bhanuteja
  • Best Documentary Award: Diving Into the Darkness by Nays Baghai
  • Nueva Vision Award for Spain/Latin America Cinema: The Blue Star (La estrella azul) by Javier Macipe
  • Best Nordic Film Award: Before It Ends (Når Befrielsen Kommer) by Anders Walter
  • Social Justice Award for Documentary Film: The Last Daughter by Brenda Matthews and Nathaniel Schmidt
  • The ASC Award for Cinematography: The Movie Teller by Lone Scherfig
  • ADL Stand Up Award: The Last Daughter by Brenda Matthews and Nathaniel Schmidt
  • Best Documentary Short Film Award: A Man’s Man by Myles Desenberg
  • Bruce Corwin Award – Best Live-Action Short Film Area Boy by Iggy London
  • Bruce Corwin Award – Best Animated Short Film On the 8th Day (Au 8ème Jour) by Agathe Sénéchal, Alicia Massez, Elise Debruyne, Flavie Carin and Théo Duhautois

References

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  1. ^ Pedersen, Erik (26 April 2023). "Santa Barbara Film Festival 2024 Dates Set". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  2. ^ Hipes, Patrick (18 December 2023). "Santa Barbara Film Festival Honorees: Jeffrey Wright To Receive 2024 Montecito Award". Deadline. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  3. ^ Thompson, Jaden (16 January 2024). "'Madu' to Open Santa Barbara International Film Festival". Variety. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  4. ^ a b Hammond, Pate (30 January 2024). "'Nyad' Oscar Nominee Annette Bening To Receive Santa Barbara Film Festival's Inaugural Arlington Award". Deadline. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  5. ^ a b Diego Ramos Bechara (17 February 2024). "'TransMexico,' 'Edge of Everything,' 'Andragogy' Among Santa Barbara Film Festival Winners". Variety. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  6. ^ "Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2024 Lineup Released". Creative Media Times. 17 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  7. ^ "2024 Program Announcement". SBIFF. 17 January 2024. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
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  9. ^ Christy Piña (10 November 2023). "Ryan Gosling Set to Receive Excellence in Film Award From Santa Barbara Film Festival". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  10. ^ Wu, Valerie; Thompson, Jaden; Brew, Caroline (16 November 2023). "Robert Downey, Jr. to Receive Maltin Modern Master Award at Santa Barbara International Film Festival". Variety. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  11. ^ Scott Feinberg (18 December 2023). "Santa Barbara Film Fest: 'American Fiction' Star Jeffrey Wright Set for Montecito Award". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  12. ^ Feinberg, Scott (30 November 2023). "Santa Barbara Film Fest: Maestro Star Bradley Cooper Tapped for Outstanding Performer of the Year Award". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  13. ^ Valerie Wu; Jaden Thompson; Caroline Brew (18 December 2023). "Mark Ruffalo to Receive American Riviera Award at Santa Barbara International Film Festival". Variety. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  14. ^ Scott Feinberg (29 January 2024). "Santa Barbara Film Fest: 'Holdovers' Oscar Nominee Paul Giamatti Tapped for Cinema Vanguard Award (Exclusive)". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
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