SBIFF Honors Stellan Skarsgård with Montecito Award
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – When Stellan Skarsgård arrived at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival he went straight to his fans.
Skarsgård is the first Best Supporting Academy Award nominee in an International film.
The Norwegian family drama "Sentimental Value" cast also includes Elle Fanning, who like Skarsgård plays a movie star.
On Tuesday night, Sentimental Value director Joachim Trier, who is nominated for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay Oscar, received one of the Outstanding Directors Awards from the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
Actor Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, who earned a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for the film, was also in town on Super Bowl Sunday to receive a Virtuosos Award.
Skarsgård described the film as his best work and said he recently visited Santa Barbara for a screening.
He seemed thrilled that his colleagues were honored by the festival, too.
Local movie stars Bo Derek and John Corbett arrived early to see his tribute, too.
"Stellan Scarsgård- I'm a huge fan and I love the movie "Sentimental Value," don't miss it and it is just so wonderful that we have this right in our own community."
Corbett is a academy voter and said they have been watching 3 films a night.
They have also been enjoying the SBIFF>
"It is so cool to just watch everybody here and you know Roger Durling is a good friend of ours, and he invites us every year, so we try to come and show our support," said Corbett.
Josh Brolin also walked the red carpet. He was on hand to present Skargård with the Montecito Award.
"Sentimental Value" is streaming, but Scarsgård recommends seeing it on the big screen.
One of the fans who waited to see Skarsgard arrive said she loved the movie.
"Sentimental Value"might be my favorite movie of the year," said Julia Riskin, " it is such a beautiful story and made me think of my own relationship with my own family," said Riskin.
Your News Channel will have more SBIFF tributes throughout the week.
For more information visit https://sbiff.org
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