2025 SBIFF Filmmaker Fund Winners Announced!

by SBIFF February 17, 2025, 7:23 am 176 Views

Filmmaker Fund award winners (Photo by Rebecca Sapp/Getty Images for Santa Barbara International Film Festival)

This year we launched, in partnership with The Veraison Fund, SBIFF’s Filmmaker Fund to help foster independent filmmakers of Santa Barbara County. We received 100 applications this year. A jury of industry professionals reviewed them and invited select submissions to pitch their projects.

The following four filmmakers have been selected to receive production grants of $10,000 each.

Santiago Bailey-Musacchio – IF YOU KNOW WHERE TO LOOK

Joy Bronson – THE FIGHT TO FIGHT: THE BATTLE FOR GENDER EQUALITY IN THE U.S. MILITARY

Julia Kupiec – ONLY CHILD

Nicole Noren – THE CONCEPTION

Written by SBIFF

The Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit arts and educational organization. Over the past 35 years, SBIFF has become one of the leading film festivals in the United States.