The Santa Barbara Film Festival unveiled the winners of its 37th edition on Saturday morning, awarding its Audience Award to the Irish-language film Roise and Frank.
This year’s festival jury winners include Jon-Sesrie Goff’s After Sherman as Best Documentary, and Shawkat Amin Korki’s The exam (Ezmûn) winning the Jeffrey C. Barbakow Award for Best International Feature Film.
Roise and Frank (Mo ghrá buan), directed by Rachael Moriarty and Peter Murphy, centers on Róise (Brid Ni Neachtain), a grieving widow who befriends a dog who may just be her reincarnated late husband. The pic was screened earlier this week at the Dublin Film Festival where it won Best Ensemble.
Overall, this year’s in-person festival attracted 200 films from 54 countries as well as its usual roster of panel galas celebrating the best film of the year – a traditional stop on the awards circuit. This year included Q&As with Oscar nominees Kristen Stewart, Ariana DeBose, Troy Kotsur, Will Smith, Aunjanue Ellis, Benedict Cumberbatch, Javier Bardem and Nicole Kidman, among others.
The winning films were chosen by this year’s jury: Carlos Aguilar, Justine Bateman, Dupe Bosu, Julie Carmen, Annlee Ellingson, Tim Grierson, Beandrea July, Elizabeth Lo, Scott Mantz, Jose Novoa, Gil Robertson, Charles Solomon, Angie Wang, Steve Zahn, and Anthony & Annette Zerbe.
Here is the full list of 2022 winners:
People’s choice
Roise and Franck
Rachael Moriarty and Peter Murphy
Documentary short film
10
Jordan Matthew Horowitz
Bruce Corwin Award (Best Live Action Short Film)
No ghost in the morgue (No ghosts in the morgue)
Marilyn Cooke
Bruce Corwin Award (Best Animated Short)
The apprentice shaman
Zachary Kunuk
Best Documentary
After Sherman
Jon-Sesrie Goff
Jeffrey C. Barbakow Award (Best International Feature Film)
The exam (Ezmun)
Shawkat Amin Korki
Middle Eastern/Israeli Film
you look like me (You look like me)
Dina Bitter
Nordic/Dutch film
Miss Viborg
Marianne Blicher
Nueva Vision Prize for Cinema Spain/Latin America
9
Martín Barrenechea and Nicolas Branca
Panavision Spirit Award for Independent Film
Scarborough
Shasha Nakhai and Rich Williamson
Social Justice Award for Documentary Film
Gita
Emma Macey-Storch
ADL Stand Up Awards
Our worlds collide
Jordan W. Barrow and Matt Edwards