Santa Barbara International Film Festival

























Santa Barbara International Film Festival
Sbiff logo.jpg
Location
Santa Barbara, California, United States
Founded 1986
Language English
Website sbiff.org

The Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) is an eleven-day film festival held in Santa Barbara, California since 1986.


In 2014, the festival screened over 200 films, including feature films and short films, from different countries and regions. Besides screenings, the festival also contains different sections, including celebrity tributes, industry panels and education programs.




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Influence


  • 3 Awards


  • 4 Santa Barbara Award


  • 5 Outstanding Performance of the Year Award


  • 6 American Riviera Award


  • 7 10-10-10 Student Film Competition


  • 8 References


  • 9 External links





History


Though founded in 1986, the festival has developed and changed over years.[citation needed]


When the present executive director, Roger Durling, first took over in 2002, he was confused by the low attendances of the film festival. It was believed that he noticed the "Sundance Effect" which refers to the popularity of Sundance Film Festival taken place in January. He then decided to move the festival to late January. Durling believed that by holding the film festival just days before Academy Awards in the spring, SBIFF can invite celebrities that have potential to win awards and provide audiences a chance meet them.[1]


Over the years, SBIFF has invited numerous potential award-winning celebrities, including Cate Blanchett, Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, Angelina Jolie, Jennifer Lawrence, Kate Winslet, and Heath Ledger.[citation needed]



Influence


It was believed that Santa Barbara International Film Festival tries to shines a light on independent and ethnic film-makers. In the past, Roger Durling saved a third of his festival's slots to films by Hispanic filmmakers in order to better represent Latino population in the area. Durling also decided to add nature films. "Now between you and me, I fall asleep at nature films," he said. '"But hey — they draw a huge crowd." Later, he decided to bring in surf flicks and adventure-sports film that would attract young college students. "Film festivals have a tradition of being for the elite, but they shouldn't be", Durling said. "It should be like a candy store. Anyone should be able to walk in and grab whatever they want."[2]


In the past, the festival has honored numerous independent filmmakers. Organizers of the festival have pointed out that some of their honorees were not the most popular stars, however, they all contributed to the industry at a great level. When Tom Selleck received a salute at SBIFF, Phyllis de Picciotto, the artistic director and founder of the festival back then, said that "He's not a movie star like Sigourney Weaver [another festival honoree], but he's such a special actor who's been all over the place. He's just tremendously appealing."[3]



Awards



  • Modern Master Award

  • Santa Barbara Award

  • Outstanding Performance of the Year

  • The American Riviera™ Award

  • Cinema Vanguard Award

  • Virtuosos Award

  • The Panavision Spirit Award for Independent Cinema

  • The Best International Film Award

  • The Nueva Vision Award for the best Spanish/Latin American film

  • Best Documentary Film Award

  • Bruce Corwin Award for Best Live Action Short Film

  • Bruce Corwin Award for Best Animation Short Film

  • The Fund for Santa Barbara Social Justice Award

  • The Audience Choice Award

  • 10-10-10 Student Filmmaking Competition

  • 10-10-10 Student Screenwriting Competition



Santa Barbara Award


[4]



  • 2005 : Annette Bening

  • 2006 : Naomi Watts

  • 2007 : Bill Condon

  • 2008 : Javier Bardem

  • 2009 : Kate Winslet

  • 2010 : Julianne Moore

  • 2011 : Geoffrey Rush

  • 2013 : Daniel Day-Lewis

  • 2014 : Oprah Winfrey

  • 2015 : Jennifer Aniston

  • 2016 : Sylvester Stallone

  • 2017 : Isabelle Huppert

  • 2018 : Saoirse Ronan



Outstanding Performance of the Year Award


[5]



  • 2004 : Charlize Theron for The Italian Job and Monster

  • 2005 : Kate Winslet for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Finding Neverland

  • 2006 : Heath Ledger for Brokeback Mountain

  • 2007 : Helen Mirren for The Queen

  • 2008 : Angelina Jolie for A Mighty Heart

  • 2009 : Penélope Cruz for Elegy and Vicky Cristina Barcelona

  • 2010 : Colin Firth for A Single Man

  • 2011 : James Franco for 127 Hours

  • 2012 : Viola Davis for The Help

  • 2013 : Jennifer Lawrence for Silver Linings Playbook and The Hunger Games

  • 2014 : Cate Blanchett for Blue Jasmine

  • 2015 : Steve Carell for Foxcatcher

  • 2016 : Brie Larson for Room & Saoirse Ronan for Brooklyn

  • 2017 : Ryan Gosling & Emma Stone for La La Land

  • 2018 : Allison Janney & Margot Robbie for I, Tonya

  • 2019 : Rami Malek for Bohemian Rhapsody



American Riviera Award



  • 2004 : Diane Lane

  • 2005 : Kevin Bacon

  • 2006 : Philip Seymour Hoffman

  • 2007 : Forest Whitaker

  • 2008 : Tommy Lee Jones

  • 2009 : Mickey Rourke

  • 2010 : Sandra Bullock

  • 2011 : Annette Bening

  • 2012 : Martin Scorsese

  • 2013 : Quentin Tarantino

  • 2014 : Robert Redford

  • 2015 : Patricia Arquette and Ethan Hawke

  • 2016 : Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams and Mark Ruffalo

  • 2017 : Jeff Bridges

  • 2018 : Sam Rockwell

  • 2019 : Viggo Mortensen



10-10-10 Student Film Competition


One feature of the film festival is the 10-10-10 competition. Students currently enrolled at Santa Barbara area high schools and colleges are invited to submit either a 10-page sample of writing for the Screenwriting portion of the competition, or a five-minute sample of their best filmmaking efforts for the directing portion. Ten writers are selected to write one 10-minute script each; the scripts are then matched with the ten filmmakers. Those students then have ten days to shoot and edit the completed ten-minute short film, during the ten days of the festival. Films are screened and winners are announced on closing night. A selection committee consisting of representatives from each school, Industry professionals and SBIFF representatives select the participants.



References





  1. ^ Price, Cindy (Dec 15, 2006). "The Sundance Effect". New York Times Company. Retrieved Dec 9, 2014..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ Price, Cindy (Dec 15, 2006). "The Sundance Effect". New York Times Company. Retrieved Dec 9, 2014.


  3. ^ Hellwarth, Ben (1996). "A Selleck's Market".


  4. ^ "Search results for Montecito Award". Santa Barbara International Film Festival. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved September 9, 2015.


  5. ^ "Celebrity Tributes". Santa Barbara International Film Festival. Retrieved 22 January 2015.




External links



  • SBIFF Website

  • Santa Barbara Film Commission


  • Santa Barbara International Film Festival - A Photoessay by Scott London




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