“TransMexico,” “Fringe of The whole lot” and Andragogy” are among the many winners of the thirty ninth annual Santa Barbara Worldwide Movie Pageant.

The SBIFF, whose mission is to find and showcase the “greatest in unbiased and worldwide cinema,” has turn into one of many main movie festivals in america – attracting roughly 100,000 attendees for a packed week slatted with screenings of over 200+ movies.

A panel of jury members chosen the winners, which included Lesley Chilcott, Alex Keledjian, Chris Landon, Lael Loewenstein, Jacqueline Lyanga, David Magdael, Gail Mancuso, Greg Nava, Pituka Ortega Heilbron, Carla Renata, Gil Robertson, Ondi Timoner, Clay Tweel and Ali Wolfe.

“We’re so grateful to our devoted group of jurors for his or her wonderful alternatives,” Claudia Puig, SBIFF’s programming director, stated in an announcement. “The profitable movies inform tales that span the globe, from the magic of film palaces within the Atacama Desert to the beautiful thriller of ice caves in Antarctica to the social hazards of cancel tradition in Indonesia. All are riveting tales instructed with verve and originality. We at SBIFF are thrilled to congratulate this 12 months’s jury award winners.”

The Santa Barbara Worldwide Movie Pageant occurred from Feb. 7-17, with official occasions together with screenings, filmmaker Q&As, business panels, and celeb tributes, held all through the town.

The winners had been introduced Saturday at a ceremony on the El Encanto Lodge in Santa Barbara.

See the total winners checklist right here:

Viewers Alternative Award

“TransMexico” Directed by Claudia Sanchez

Panavision Spirit Award for Impartial Cinema

“Fringe of The whole lot” Directed by Sophia Sabella and Pablo Feldman

Jeffrey C. Barbakow Award – Finest Worldwide Characteristic Movie

“Andragogy” Directed by Wregas Bhanuteja

Finest Documentary Award

“Diving Into the Darkness” Directed by Nays Baghai

Nueva Imaginative and prescient Award for Spain/Latin America Cinema

“The Blue Star” (“La Estrella Azul”) Directed by Javier Macipe

Finest Nordic Movie Award

“Earlier than It Ends” (“Når Befrielsen Kommer”) Directed by Anders Walter

Social Justice Award for Documentary Movie

“The Final Daughter” Directed by Brenda Matthews and Nathaniel Schmidt

The ASC Award for Cinematography

“The Film Teller” Directed by Lone Scherfig

ADL Stand Up Award

“The Final Daughter” Directed by Brenda Matthews and Nathaniel Schmidt

Finest Documentary Quick Movie Award

“A Man’s Man” Directed by Myles Desenberg

Bruce Corwin Award – Finest Dwell-Motion Quick Movie

“Space Boy” Directed by Iggy London

Bruce Corwin Award – Finest Animated Quick Movie

“On the eighth Day” (“Au 8ème Jour”) Directed by Agathe Sénéchal, Alicia Massez, Elise Debruyne, Flavie Carin and Théo Duhautois