# Ojai Film Festival 2026 Winners — Full List

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/ojai-film-festival-2026-winners-full-list/
- Published: 2026-11-08T23:42:41+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-09T00:33:54+00:00
- Original publisher: Deadline
- Original article: https://deadline.com/2026/11/ojai-film-festival-2026-winners-1237216937/
- Topics: Entertainment, Film

## Key points

- *Everybody Digs Bill Evans* won Best Dramatic Feature.
- *In Memoriam* took Best Comedic Feature.
- The festival also honoured films across several short and documentary categories.

## Summary

The Ojai Film Festival has announced its award winners as it concludes its 27th year. Grant Gee’s *Everybody Digs Bill Evans*, about the jazz pianist facing grief and creative paralysis after the death of bassist Scott LaFaro, won Best Dramatic Feature; Rob Burnett’s *In Memoriam*, starring Marc Maron as an actor seeking a place in the Oscars’ tribute reel, took Best Comedic Feature.

Other awards recognised films across documentary, animation, student and short-film categories, alongside special honours for artists including Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone, Bill Pullman and Paul Schrader. *Papertown* won Best Documentary Feature, *To Write Love* won Best Documentary Short, and *It All Comes Back* received the Social Impact and Vision Award.

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