MUMBAI: The Santa Barbara International Film Festival will honour Vera Farmiga, Peter Sarsgaard, Stanley Tucci and Christoph Waltz with its Cinema Vanguard Award at the Lobero Theatre in Santa Barbara on 12 February.

The award recognizes actors who have "forged his/her own path, taking artistic risks and making a significant and unique contribution to film."

Farmiga, whose credits include Breaking and Entering and Nothing But the Truth, appears next in Jason Reitman‘s Up in the Air. Sarsgaard, who has appeared in Garden State, Kinsey and Shattered Glass can be seen in An Education. Tucci, who played Julia Child‘s husband in Julie & Julia is also playing a stellar role in the upcoming The Lovely Bones. Waltz picked up the best actor award at the Festival de Cannes in May for his performance in Inglourious Basterds.

The Santa Barbara festival runs from 4 to 14 February.