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Ojai Film Festival 2026 Winners — Full List
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.
In short
- *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.