Premieres dominate Santa Barbara fest
'Chair' takes American Spirit award
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Fest's American Spirit award went to "Man In The Chair," headlining Christopher Plummer and Michael Angarano. Logan Smalley's doc on wheelchair-bound teen Darius West, "Darius Goes West: The Roll of His Life," received aud laurels.
Top international feature prize-winner was Jan Hrebejk's latest wide-ranging comedy-drama, "Beauty in Trouble," while Gold Vision Award was handed to a pair of pics, Adam Green's and Joel David Moore's world-preem debut, "Spiral," and Alante Alfandari's French mystery, "Fissures."
Repping fest's growing Ibero-American selection was Nueva Vision winner, "DarkBlueAlmostBlack," by Spanish helmer Daniel Sanchez Arevalo.
Direct from its smash Sundance preem, Dan Klores' "Crazy Love" nabbed best doc, while a pair of docs--Petricia Foulkrod's "The Ground Truth" and James Wood's "Crude Impact"--shared in Fund for Santa Barbara's social justice award.
