Santa Barbara Film Festival Articles

Nicole Kidman, Oscar winner for Stephen Daldry’s The Hours and potential Oscar nominee for John Cameron Mitchell’s upcoming Rabbit Hole, will be handed the Cinema Vanguard Award at the 26th edition of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, which runs January 27 -February 6, 2011. The Nicole Kidman tribute will take place on Saturday, February 5, 2011, at Santa Barbara’s historic Arlington Theatre. As per [...]

Rachel McAdams, Diane Keaton, Harrison Ford in Roger Michell’s Morning Glory Harrison Ford, whose Morning Glory opens in the US on Nov. 10, will receive the Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s Kirk Douglas Award for Excellent in Film at a black-tie gala dinner, which serves as a fundraiser for SBIFF, at The Four Seasons Biltmore in Santa Barbara on Friday, November 19. “I’m delighted to [...]

Annette Bening, Julianne Moore in Lisa Cholodenko’s The Kids Are All Right Annette Bening, a top contender for the 2011 Best Actress Academy Award for her performance as a lesbian mother in The Kids Are All Right, will receive the Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s (SBIFF) American Riviera Award. The ceremony honoring Bening, 52, will take place at the Arlington Theatre on Friday, January 28, [...]

Stuart Hazeldine’s Exam (top); Kaarina Hazard, Heikki Nousiainen in Klaus Härö’s Letters to Father Jaakob (bottom) The Santa Barbara International Film Festival came to a close today. Held about in the coastal town 90 miles north of Los Angeles, the festival attracted a number of Hollywood personalities, including honorees Colin Firth and Julianne Moore. The information below about the Santa Barbara festival’s award winners is [...]