Awards and honorees at the 2009 Santa Barbara International Film Festival, to be held in the Southern California coastal town between January 22-February 1, 2009, include the Modern Master Award for Clint Eastwood (on Thursday, January 29, at the historic Arlington Theatre); the American Riviera Award for Mickey Rourke (on Friday, January 30); the Cinema Vanguard Award for Kristin Scott Thomas (on Tuesday, January 27, at the Lobero Theater); and the Outstanding Performer of the Year Award for Penélope Cruz (on Saturday, January 31, at the Arlington Theatre). This year's Kirk Douglas Award, handed out a few weeks ago, went to Ed Harris.
Past Modern Master Award winners include Michael Douglas, Peter Jackson, Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Sean Penn, Jeff Bridges, Diane Keaton, George Clooney, Will Smith, and Cate Blanchett.
Tickets are on sale at the Lobero Theater box office — (805) 963-0761 — and the Arlington Theater box office — (805) 963-4408 — at a 20 percent discount until December 20.
MARY AND MAX to Open Sundance 2009
Sundance, Prop. 8, and Boycotts
Danny Boyle, GOMORRAH, WALTZ WITH BASHIR: AFI FEST 2008
THE WRESTLER, EVERLASTING MOMENTS, LA RABIA: AFI FEST 2008
Tilda Swinton, Juliette Binoche, Bill Plympton: AFI FEST 2008
THE DESERT WITHIN, TWO-LEGGED HORSE, Documentary Shorts: AFI FEST 2008
ACHILLES AND THE TORTOISE, THE BROTHERS BLOOM: AFI FEST 2008
POUNDCAKE, WITCHHUNT, KASSIM THE DREAM, OF ALL THE THINGS: AFI FEST 2008
THE BAADER MEINHOF COMPLEX, JOHNNY MAD DOG: bfi London Film Festival 2008
i hope that Penelope Cruz will winj the Oscar this year. She's a beautiful and talented actress.