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Santa Barbara Indie Film Fest
2025
Winners & Awards
Overall Winners
Best Feature Film:
"The Hail Mary"
by Daniel Roebuck
Best Documentary Film:
"They Fight With Cameras"
by Nina Rosenblum, Daniel Allentuck
Best Dramatic
Short Film:
"Ownership"
by Yvonne Huff Lee
Best Horror or Thriller
Short Film:
"Running Oz"
by Ryan Patrick Kelley
Best Animated Short Film:
"Ghost Writer"
by Jason Joel Lethcoe
Best Sci - Fi or Fantasy
Short Film:
"Battle of LA"
by Patrick Pizzolorusso
Best Comedy Short Film:
"The Allergy Table"
by Pat Battistini
Best Local
Short Film:
"Liminal"
by Janelle Christa
Best Local Short
Documentary Film:
"Ventura Nights"
by Ryan W. Murphy
Best Short
Documentary Film:
"Operation Babylift"
by Dirk Braun
Best Youth Short Film:
"Since Forever"
by Lila Kia - Keating
Best Youth Documentary
Short Film:
"Second Chance"
by India Anne Mitchell
Awards of Excellence
Feature Film:
"Santa Zeta"
by Antonio Munoz de Mesa
Dramatic Short Film:
"Generation Well"
by Jack Serra
Dramatic Short Film:
"Day 474, and the
Lingerings Thereafter"
by Kelly L. Perine, Adam Charles Rubin
Horror or Thriller
Short Film:
"Bugaboo"
by Benjamin Morehead
Sci - Fi or Fantasy
Short Film:
"Mothertheif"
by Brendan Cleak
Local Feature Film:
"The Golden Hours"
by Jorrit Van Der Kooi
Local Short Film:
"Stars Above"
by Jason Mendoza
Comedy Short Film:
"Why Dogs Howl"
by Sandi Johnson
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