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Three-time Academy Award nominee latest addition to Santa Barbara International Film Festival lineup

Mark Ruffalo will be honored at the 2024 Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
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Mark Ruffalo will be honored at the 2024 Santa Barbara International Film Festival.

Mark Ruffalo will receive the festival's American Riviera Award.

A three time Oscar nominee has just been added to the lineup of honorees for the upcoming Santa Barbara International Film Festival.

Mark Ruffalo will receive the 2024 festival’s American Riviera Award on February 11.

Ruffalo received Academy Award nominations for his roles in the movies “Spotlight,” “Foxcatcher,” and “The Kids Are Alright.’ He’s starring in the upcoming movie “Poor Things,” which will be released next month.

The American Riviera Award is presented to actors who have made significant contributions to American cinema.

Past honorees include Robert Redford, Patricia Arquette, Forrest Whitaker, and Jeff Bridges. The 39th annual Santa Barbara festival will take place February 7-17.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.