Friend Raiser

As the 34th annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival kicked off across the road at the Arlington, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) hosted a “friend raiser” for 80 guests at Villa & Vine with a public service announcement Start a Conversation being shown before the main feature Diving Deep: The Life and Times of Mike deGruy – who died in a helicopter crash in Australia in 2012 while filming for director James Cameron – directed by his widow, Mimi.

It was also announced the ADL Stand Up award had been given to Campeones, a Spanish film about a developmentally disabled basketball team and their journey to being champions.

Among the guests were Jeff and Margo Barbakow, David Edelman, Dan and Amy Meisel, and Mark and Zoe Silverberg.