Welcome to the Santa Cruz Film Festival

Festival Passes Now on Sale

Get yours now.  Don't miss a thing!  

All Access Festival Passes are available now.  Guarantee your admission to every Santa Cruz Film Festival screening and event.  Purchase one today.  The Land of the Astronauts, Carl Colpaert, USA (Audience Award Co-Winner, Best Narrative Feature, SCFF 2011) 

Buy your Festival Pass today!

          • General Admission $185
          • Senior $160 
          • Student $110 

Festival passes give you access to all Santa Cruz Film Festival screenings and events throughout the Festival, May 10-19, 2012, including the Opening and Closing Night Galas, Special Presentations, Panels/Workshops and Parties.

Purchase your Festival Pass now.

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 Call for Entries Still Going!

SCFF is now accepting submissions for its 11th Season, May 10-19, 2012.  Any film or video completed after January 1, 2011 is invited to submit.  Find out more, and submit your film today!

Regular deadline is February 10, 2012.  Enter today!

The 11th Santa Cruz Film Festival will take place May 10-19, 2012 at the Del Mar Theatre, The Nickelodeon and other venues around town.  It promises to be another amazing year of films, parties, events and workshops.

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The 10th Santa Cruz Film Festival wrapped up Saturday, May 15, 2011 at the Rio Theatre.  Immediately preceding the screening, the winners of the Jury Prizes and Audience Awards were announced.  The complete list of winners is below.

Everything Which is . . . Yes, John Vincent Barrett  (Audience Award Winner, Best Locally Produced Work, SCFF 2011)

The Festival was a smashing success.  A record 5000 attendees joined us at our 71 screenings of 167 films representing 33 countries, 4 panels and nightly parties.  Filmmakers from all over the world joined us for enlightening and entertaining conversations following their screenings, and industry and professional leaders shared their wisdom and experience at the educational panels. 

Thanks to the community of Santa Cruz, our sponsors, our stable of talented filmmakers, and our dedicated and enthusiastic audience for contributing and participating in another great, exciting year of independent film.

See you next year!

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Congratulations to the 17 films that were winners in the Grand Jury and Audience Award competitions.  The works made by this creative, diverse group is truly remarkable.  We are proud to be contributing to their success, and to supporting and celebrating the work of all 167 films the Festival presented in 2011.  They’re all winners!

GRAND JURY PRIZE WINNERS
Best Narrative Feature
Goodbye, Cruel World (Adiós Mundo Cruel), Jack Zagha Kababie, Mexico

Best Documentary Feature
PressPausePlay, Victor Köhler and David Dworsky, Sweden

EarthVision Environmental Film Grand Jury Prize
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front, Marshall Curry, USA

Spirit of Action Jury Prize
A Good Day to Die, David Mueller and Lynn Salt, USA

Emerging Filmmaker Prize
Prairie Love, Dusty Bias, USA

AUDIENCE AWARDS
Best Narrative Feature (tie)
Falling Overnight, Conrad Jackson, USA
The Land of the Astronauts, Carl Colpaert, USA

Morton Marcus Documentary Feature Award
An Ecology of Mind, Nora Bateson, USA

Best EarthVision Environmental Film
Play Again, Tonje Hessen Schei, USA

Best Narrative Short
Half Moon, Adina Istrate, UK

Best Documentary Short
El Andalón, Consuelo Alba, USA

Best Locally-Produced Work
Everything Which Is . . . Yes, John Vincent Barrett, USA

Best Animated Film
Daisy Cutter (La cortadora de margaritas), Enrique García and Rubén Salazar, Spain

Best Experimental Work
All Flowers in Time, Jonathan Caouette, Canada

Best Student Work (University-level)
Sin País, Theo Rigby, USA (Stanford University)

Evan Kuhn Youth Film Award (Under 18-years-old)
Blank Canvas, Hannah Sullivan, USA

SPECIAL MENTION
Given by the Festival to a film that had a unique and special impact and response.
Just Like Us, Ahmed Ahmed, USA