The 36th annual festival, which ran a hybrid in-person/virtual event that began March 31, wraps today with the unveiling of its juried awards. Jury members this year included Tony Anselmo, Antwone Fisher, David Freid, Li Cheng, Geoffrey Cowper, Patricia Rosema, Siqi Song, Mark Stafford, Rita Taggart, Paul Walter Hauser, Anthony and Arnette Zerbe.

Bruce Corwin Award – Animated Short Film

Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, Dean Hamer, and Joe Wilson’s KAPAEMAHU

Statement from the Filmmakers of KAPAEMAHU

Mahalo a nui loa to the Santa Barbara International Film Festival for this tremendous honor. Our goal in making Kapaemahu was to help shine light on an aspect of Hawaiian culture that has been hidden from history for far too long and that, if better known, might help bring healing to a troubled world. Receiving the Bruce Corwin Award for Best Animated Short Film is an extraordinary boost to the journey yet ahead in this project. With gratitude and warmest aloha to all.

Here’s the full list of other winners:

Audience Choice Award sponsored by The Santa Barbara Independent

Jeff Harasimowicz’s ALASKAN NETS

Documentary Short Film Award

Richard Reens’s PANT HOOT

Bruce Corwin Award – Live-Action Short Film

Christopher Oroza-Nostas’s SAVIOR

Documentary Award sponsored by SEE International

Nina Stefanka’s MIRAGE (MIRAGGIO)

Jeffrey C. Barbakow Award – International Feature Film

Nisan Dağ’s WHEN I’M DONE DYING

Panavision Spirit Award for Independent Cinema

Alanna Brown’s TREES OF PEACE

Nueva Vision Award for Spain/Latin America Cinema

Eduardo Crespo’s WE WILL NEVER DIE

Valhalla Award for Best Nordic Film

Henrik Ruben Genz’s ERNA AT WAR (ERNA I KRIG)

Social Justice Award for Documentary Film

Michael Webber’s THE CONSERVATION GAME

The ADL Stand Up Award sponsored by ADL Santa Barbara/Tri-Counties, the Skinner Social Impact Fund, and Steve and Cindy Lyons

Alanna Brown’s TREES OF PEACE