Clint Eastwood receives famed Lucky Brand Modern Master Award at the 24th Santa Barbara International Film Festival, their highest honor. SBIFF Executive Director Roger Durling announced the Lucky Brand Modern Master Award. The award established in 1995, was created to honor an individual who has enriched our culture through his/her accomplishments in the motion picture industry. “ Clint Eastwood is inarguably one of our greatest directors, one of our greatest producers and one of our greatest actors ever – to call him a Modern Master is simply an understatement.” Stated SBIFF Roger Durling. The Santa Barbara International Film Festival is a non-profit organization dedicated to enriching local culture and raising consciousness of film as an art form. The SBIFF presents quality American and world independent films, Latin American and Asian sidebars as well as documentary cinema within the setting of downtown Santa Barbara.