Posted by Larry Gleeson
Kieran Culkin, Harris Dickinson, Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez, Ariana Grande, Clarence Maclin, Mikey Madison, and John Magaro to be Honored!
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2024
{November 19, 2024] SANTA BARBARA, CA – The Santa Barbara Worldwide Movie Pageant is delighted to announce this yr’s recipients of the Virtuosos Award, an honor created to acknowledge a choose group of expertise whose noteworthy performances in movies this season has propelled them into the forefront of nationwide cinematic dialog. Kieran Culkin, Harris Dickinson, Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez, Ariana Grande, Clarence Maclin, Mikey Madison, and John Magaro will talk about their work and obtain their awards in particular person on Sunday, February 9 through the fortieth Santa Barbara Worldwide Movie Pageant. The night will probably be moderated for the fifteenth yr by Dave Karger, Turner Traditional Motion pictures host.
“It’s my fifteenth consecutive yr internet hosting this occasion, and this yr’s lineup is as spectacular as ever, starting from megastars like Selena Gomez and Ariana Grande, to veteran actors like Kieran Culkin and John Magaro, to true breakouts like Clarence Maclin, Mikey Madison, Harris Dickinson, and Karla Sofía Gascón. I can’t wait to collect all of them in entrance of the fantastic Santa Barbara viewers,” remarked Dave Karger.
The final 4 yr’s Virtuosos honorees have been Lily Gladstone, Da’Vine Pleasure Randolph, Greta Lee, Charles Melton, America Ferrera, Andrew Scott, Austin Butler, Kerry Condon, Danielle Deadwyler, Nina Hoss, Stephanie Hsu, Jeremy Pope, Ke Huy Quan, Jeremy Sturdy, Caitriona Balfe, Ariana DeBose, Jamie Dornan, Alana Haim, Ciarán Hinds, Emilia Jones, Troy Kotsur, Simon Rex, Saniyya Sidney, Riz Ahmed, Maria Bakalova, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Andra Day, Sidney Flanigan, Vanessa Kirby, Tahar Rahim, and Zendaya.
The fortieth Santa Barbara Worldwide Movie Pageant will happen LIVE February 4 – February 15, 2025. Official occasions together with screenings, filmmaker Q&As, business panels, and movie star tributes, will probably be held at SBIFF’s Riviera Theatre and its new Movie Heart, plus the historic Arlington Theatre.. Passes for the 2025 Pageant are on sale now at sbiff.org.
Final yr, the pageant had a program of 200+ movies from over 48 nations with honorary awards feted on Robert Downey Jr., Bradley Cooper, Mark Ruffalo, Paul Giamatti, Jeffrey Wright, Martin Scorsese, Justine Triet, Billie Eilish, and Ludwig Göransson.
A-list and business visitors will as soon as once more ascend to Santa Barbara, making it a must-stop location on the awards circuit, and delivering a file variety of movies with many World and U.S. premieres. The movie lineup and schedule will probably be introduced January 2025.
In regards to the Santa Barbara Worldwide Movie Pageant
The Santa Barbara Worldwide Movie Pageant (SBIFF) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit arts and academic group devoted to discovering and showcasing the very best in unbiased and worldwide cinema. Over the previous 39 years, SBIFF has develop into one of many high 10 movie festivals in the US – attracting 100,000 attendees and providing 11 days of 200+ movies, tributes and symposiums, fulfilling their mission to have interaction, enrich, and encourage the Santa Barbara neighborhood by movie.
SBIFF continues its dedication to schooling and the neighborhood all through many free academic applications and occasions. SBIFF’s applications assist over 18,000 children, college students and households in our area people by introducing movie as an artwork type to younger kids with applications like AppleBox and Mike’s FieldTrip to the Motion pictures; educating movie evaluation to highschool and school college students with applications like Rosebud and the Movie Research Program; and educating the craft of screenwriting and filmmaking with Movie Camp and 10-10-10 Mentorship applications. Most significantly SBIFF’s applications are at all times directed in direction of the under-represented and under-served communities inside Santa Barbara County.
Extra lately, SBIFF secured a long-term lease for the enduring multi-plex at 916 State Avenue within the coronary heart of downtown Santa Barbara. This landmark acquisition paves the best way for the creation of a state-of-the-art Movie Heart — a vibrant, year-round vacation spot that may function a central hub for cinema lovers and the guts of SBIFF’s famend Movie Pageant. Constructing on the success of the Riviera Theatre revitalization in 2016 and the opening of its personal Training Heart in 2019 within the downtown space, SBIFF continues to strengthen its dedication to the cultural material of Santa Barbara.
Keep tuned!
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