On the 5th night of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, TEEN PRESS reporters IRIS & STELLA are on the red carpet to cover tonight's event: The American Riviera Award, honoring MARK RUFFALO. The award was created to "recognize actors who have made a significant contribution to American Cinema," for which he received the award in 2016, but was unable to attend. Tonight he is joined by his co-star from "Poor Things", EMMA STONE, who is on hand to deliver the award.
Photo courtesy of SBIFF & photographer Becky Sapp
Here the gals get one question with the honoree...(and lots of infra-red focusing lights)!
IRIS & STELLA get ready for the red carpet, and we all get to see what they didn't--the honoree making the rounds of fans out on State Street--and more.
Event footage & photography courtesy of SBIFF -- Photographer: Becky Sapp, and House Video Crew: YTS Films
Here the reporters get to meet documentarian CALLIE BARLOW, talking about her film "Our Neighbors, the Peacocks".
Here the reporters converse with narrative filmmaker ENRICO MARIA ARTALE (study his pronunciation to get it right) about his film "El Paraiso".
Here our reporters get their feet wet on the red carpet with a brief encounter with documentary filmmaker ANDRÉS LIRA, and his documentary
"Primero, Sueño".