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Santa Barbara Indie Film Fest
2024 Year End
Winners & Awards
Overall Winners
Best Feature Film:
"The Veteran"
by Jeremy Waltman
Best Documentary Film:
"American Pot Story: Oaksterdam"
by Ravit Markus & Dan Katzir
Best Short Film:
"Wabi Sabi"
by Josephine Green Zhang
Best Documentary Short Film:
"Fresh to Frightening: The Sharon Green Story"
by Gareth Kelly
Best Animated Short Film:
"A Fawn In The Minefield"
by Jee Suk Kim, Habini Bae, Martinus Solum & Sean Condie
Best Music Video:
"Wall of Tom -
Drive Through Fire"
by Adam Christopher-Hawk
Best Local Filmmaker:
"Bike Short"
by Kevin McDevitt
Best Youth Short Film:
"All That Is Unknown"
by Malcom Tircuit
Best Youth Animated Short Film:
"Kaine Interception"
by Johnny White
Best Youth Documentary
Short Film:
"On The Brink: The Battle For Democracy"
by Zidaan Kapoor
Best Feature Script:
"The Burning Man"
by Jordan Andrew Oliver
Best Short Script:
"Simpelton"
by Jeffery Morin
Awards of Excellence
Feature Film:
"Salsipuedes St"
by Dennis Sandoval
Documentary Film:
"Common Ground"
by Josh & Rebecca Tickell
Short Film:
"Hold Me"
by Andrew Tingle & Terezia Benova
Short Film:
"Under"
by Aloura Melissa Charles
Documentary Short Film:
"The Vessel"
by Brendan Garvey
Animated Short Short Film:
"Being Frank"
by Jason Joel Lethcoe
Local Filmmaker:
"The Bill"
by Michael Karman
Local Youth Filmmaker:
"Maybe: The Short Film"
by Dawson Fuss
& Sawyer Brice
Youth Short Film:
"A Fading Canvas"
by Angela Huang
Youth Short Documentary Film:
"Foundation"
by Jack Hinz
Awards of Achievement
Documentary Film:
"More Than Just a Party Band"
by Robert Redfield
Short Film:
"Go Easy"
by Logan Schmideler
Doc Short Film:
"I Was Born In The Portal"
by Justin La Turno
Local Filmmaker:
"Locals Only: The Big Little Pub"
by Gareth Kelly
Animated Short Film:
"Overthinking Tea"
by Scarlett Ssu-Chia CHen
Short Script:
"The Hatch"
by Ed Vela
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