Santa Barbara Film Festival Articles

James Taylor, Carole King in Morgan Neville's Troubadours The winners of the 2011 Santa Barbara International Film Festival were announced Sunday morning at the Fess Parker Doubletree Resort. [Full list of Santa Barbara Film Festival winners.] Among the winners was Morgan Neville's Troubadours, which received the Audience Award. Neville's documentary offers a portrait of the Los Angeles music scene from the late '60s to the [...]

Sigrid Thornton in Michael Rymer's Face to Face TROUBADOURS Wins Santa Barbara Film Festival Audiece Award Panavision Spirit Award for Independent Cinema: Michael Rymer's Face to Face Best International Film Award: Nathan Collett's Togetherness Supreme Special Jury Mention: Alicia Vikander for Pure The Nueva Vision Award: Nostalgia for the Light, Patricio Guzmán Best East Meets West Cinema Award: Patisserie (Coin de rue) by Yoshihiro Fukagawa [...]

Geoffrey Rush, The King's Speech Geoffrey Rush, a likely Best Supporting Actor Academy Award nominee for Tom Hooper's The King's Speech, will receive the Montecito Award at the 2011 Santa Barbara International Film Festival, which runs January 27– February 6, 2011.  The Rush tribute will take place Monday, January 31, at the historic Arlington Theatre. According to the Santa Barbara Film Festival press release, "the [...]

Kristin Scott Thomas, Sarah's Key Gilles Paquet-Brenner's Elle s'appelait Sarah / Sarah's Key, about a connection between Nazi-occupied France and a couple living in modern-day Paris, will open the 2011 Santa Barbara International Film Festival, which runs January 27-February 6. Paquet-Brenner and one of the film's leading players, Kristin Scott Thomas, are expected to be present at the screening. The opening night presentation will take [...]