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SBIFF Honors Sacha Baron Cohen with Outstanding Performer of the Year Award
The British actor is recognized for his work in Borat Subsequent Moviefilm and The Trial of the Chicago 7
Aaron Sorkin, top, director of “The Trial of the Chicago 7,” presents Sacha Baron Cohen with the Outstanding Performer of the Year award. At bottom left are moderator Scott Feinberg and Santa Barbara International Film Festival Executive Director Roger Durling. By Jade Martinez-Pogue, Noozhawk Staff Writer | @MartinezPogue
April 8, 2021
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The award recognizes individuals who have distinguished themselves with exceptional performances in film during the past year.
“The Trial of the Chicago 7” is a historical legal drama following a group of anti-Vietnam War protesters. Baron Cohen plays Abbie Hoffman, an American political and social activist. “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” is a mockumentary where Cohen plays an undercover Kazakh journalist trying to give his daught
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SBIFF: Two closing night films highlight Santa Barbara skate, art scene
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - In the closing days of the 2021 Santa Barbara International Film Festival, two short films will be part of the closing night festivities. Both highlight Santa Barbara and the local filmmaker behind them.
Casey McGarry joined FOX11 Friday morning to discuss his two films in the festival. Electric Lady tells the story of Ana Marie Coffey, who for nearly 30 years danced on roller skates near Santa Barbara s dolphin fountain. The film blends video from current times and Coffey s archives from the 1980s.
McGarry s other film is Vuja De. Showcasing a journey in to the dreams of Santa Barbara artist Michael E. Long and his historic art studio.
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“Do you have a handkerchief?” Shirish Mathur (Vikas Kumar) asks his wife Geeta Mathur (Saloni Batra). The two have just run over a rickshaw puller, and Shirish doesn’t want blood on his seats. “The Knot,” which premiered at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, follows the couple after the crash which Geeta plays down as an accident and Shirish disregards, and which saddles Manoj (Nehpal Gautam), the victim’s relative, with immense pain and enormous medical bills.
Most of “The Knot” is veneer, a thin glass that, if knocked on, would shatter. It’s a good thing writer-director Ashish Pant doesn’t knock very hard. Pant softly approaches the accident and the resulting decay of the Mathurs’ relationship, which was already on the decline. This is a story of class and suffering, and not a very fascinating one at that.