27th Ojai Film Festival Announces Winners on November 8: Everybody Digs Bill Evans Named Best Dramatic Feature, In Memoriam Best Comedic Feature
Ojai, California — The 27th Ojai Film Festival announced its award winners at a closing ceremony on November 8, 2026. The festival opened on November 4 with 74 films in its programme, as previously reported on this site; this report follows up with the closing awards.
The opening-night film, Grant Gee's Everybody Digs Bill Evans, was named Best Dramatic Feature. Anders Danielsen Lie stars as jazz pianist Bill Evans in the ten days after the sudden death of bassist Scott LaFaro; the film previously won a Silver Bear at the Berlin festival. The closing-night film, Rob Burnett's In Memoriam, was named Best Comedic Feature.
Distinguished Artist Awards went to Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone and to cinematographer Randall Einhorn. The Festival Theme Award, which honours the film that most powerfully embodies the festival's mission of enriching the human spirit through cinema, went to Steve Beebe's The Ballad of Lieutenant Dan. This report lists the festival's announced winners only, without evaluation.
(Source: VOXIMAG, full winners list for the 2026 Ojai Film Festival, November 8, 2026)
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Source: Ojai Film Festival
Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 电影节放映现场（资料图）。（Wikimedia Commons／CC BY 2.0）|A film festival screening (file photo). (Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0)
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