
Santa Barbara
Film Awards
Dedicated to promoting and awarding international and American indie film and screenplay projects.
Winners
Announced on April, 2022
Best Narrative Feature & Best Director
STOYAN
Director: Roberto Ruiz Céspedes
Best Documentary Feature
AUTISM ACROSS THE GLOBE
Director: Rima Joseph Irani
Best Documentary short
La Fiera: The Piera Rodriguez Story
Director: Spencer Trinwith
Best Narrative Short
When The Dust Settles
Director: Sam Lapham
Best Experimental
Mad Mieter
Directors: M+M (Weis / De Mattia)
Best Animation
ArtMinute1 – The perfect selfie
Directors: Asta Wellejus, Teddy Kristiansen
Best Science Fiction
Drifting Shadow
Director: Amar Ganjoy
Best Producer
THE UGLY TRUTH
Producers: Alexander König, Eva Habermann
Best Cinematography
STOYAN
DOP: Kenneth Oribe
Best Editor
STOYAN
Editor: Paul Mateos Verdejo
Best Composer
Climb
Music: Eric Colvin
Best Actress
Cathryn De Prume
For: It's Probably Me
Best Actor
Máté Szabó
For: DARKING WAY
Best Unproduced script
BLOOD TATTOO
Writer: Bruce Hickey
Best TV Series/Pilot/Web
PARIS PARIS
Director: DOMINIC DESJARDINS
Best Comedy
Third Act
Director: Doug Montoya
Best Student Film
Secret Recipe
Director: Yuan Yang
Best Music Video
A Feast That Never Comes
Director: Maria Juranic
Best First Time Filmmaker
8 years
Director: Jose David Alcázar
Best Female Filmmaker
Under the Ground: The Story of Liberation News Service
Director: Dorothy Dickie
Best Independent Film
The Cleaners
Directors: Philippe Demers, Olivier Ste-Marie
Best Trailer
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