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SBIFF is a 501(c)(3) non-profit arts and education organization dedicated to making a positive impact utilizing the power of film. SBIFF is a year-round organization that is best known for its main film festival that takes place each year in February. Over the past 30 years the Santa Barbara International Film Festival has become one of the leading film festivals in the United States – attracting 90,000 attendees and offering 11days of 200+ films, tributes and symposiums. We bring the best of independent and international cinema to Santa Barbara, and we continue to expand our year-round operation to include a wide range of educational programming, fulfilling our mission to engage, enrich and inspire our community through film.
In June 2016, SBIFF entered a new era with the acquisition of the historic and beloved Riviera Theatre. The theatre is SBIFF’s new home and is the catalyst for our program expansion. This marks the first time that Santa Barbara has had a 24/7 community center focused on the art of film and is an incredible opportunity to expand our mission of educational outreach. Particularly important to SBIFF is making available high quality learning opportunities for underserved and vulnerable populations. Our programs and reach are more robust than ever before.
This was the last day of the Festival. We hope you've been having as much fun as we have. If you haven't had a chance to partake, don't miss out! Below is the scheduled for tomorrow, Saturday, February 9th.
Free Daily Film Screenings
Admission will be on a first-come, first-served basis
following passholder admission.
Free Film: Diving Deep: The Life and Times of Mike deGruy
2:00pm at the Lobero Theatre
AppleBox Family Films
Free Film: Incredibles 2
(Sponsored by Metropolitan Theatres)
10:00am at the Arlington Theatre
10-10-10 Student Competition Films Free Screening
2:00pm - 4:00pm at the Arlington Theatre
Free Filmmaker Seminar
Sponsored by Driscoll's
Topic: Santa Barbara Filmmakers
11:00 am at the Festival Pavilion (Lobero Theatre Courtyard located on Anacapa Street side)
Closing Night Film (Sold Out) Spoons: A Santa Barbara Story
8:00pm at the Arlington Theatre
The following films are TBA updates and Filmmaker Q&A's on Saturday 2/9:
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film with William Conlin (director, co-writer), Tom Burman (executive producer, writer, main subject), Shawn Patterson (composer), Vincent Van Dyke (subject), Bobby Porter (subject) - 8:00 AM @ Metro 1
TBA: What Have We Done to Deserve This? - 8:20 AM @ Metro 3
Two Times You with Salomon Askenazi (director), Sara Cohen (actress) - 8:30 AM @ Metro 4
Fine Lines with Dina Khreino (director), Lynn Hill (climber) - 10:20 AM @ Fiesta 4
Quiet Storm with Johnny Sweet (director) - 11:00 AM @ Metro 1 (Sponsored by SEE International)
Peel with Rafael Monserrate (director), Jeffrey Thal (producer) - 11:20 AM @ Metro 2
TBA: Put Grandma in the Freezer - 11:40 AM @ Metro 3
Animated Shorts with Siqi Song (director, Sister), Jonah Ansell (director, MOOSE), Drew Hodges (director, The Fallen Tree), Lisbet Scott (composer, The Fallen Tree) - 12:00 PM @ Metro 4
Ham on Rye with Tyler Taormina (director) - 1:00 PM @ Fiesta 3
Silent Forests with Mariah Wilson (director), Zebediah Smith (cinematographer) - 1:20 PM @ Fiesta 4 (Sponsored by Toyota Mirai)
Wherever You Are with Bonifacio Angius (director), Francesca Niedda (actress), Alessandro Gazzale (actor) - 2:00 PM @ Metro 1
TBA: Diving Deep: The Life and Times of Mike deGruy - 2:00 PM @ Lobero (Free)
Doc Shorts: California Stories with Robin Hauser (director), Nicolas Coles (Director, Ture Love/True Crime on an American Tour Bus), Taylor Horky (Director, The Mayor), Brett Nocoletti (director, The Running Man of Pasadena) - 2:20 PM @ Metro 2
I Used to be Normal: A Boyband Fangirl Story with Jason Joseffer (cinematographer), Sadia (subject) - 3:00 PM Metro 4
Ordinary Gods with Pascui Rivas (director) - 4:00 PM @ Fiesta 3 (Sponsored by SEE International)
Guest Artist with Timothy Busfield (director) - 4:20 PM @ Fiesta 4
Zulu Summer with Joseph Litzinger (director), Eric Michael Schrader (director)- 5:00 PM @ Metro 1 (Sponsored by SEE International)
Celeste with Ben Hackworth (director) - 5:20 PM @ Metro 2
TBA: Nose to Tail - 6:00 PM @ Metro 4
TBA: The Map to Paradise - 7:00 PM @ Fiesta 3
TBA: Better Together - 7:00 PM @ Lobero
TBA: Seed For Change - 8:00 PM @ Metro 1
TBA: Fire on the Hill: The Cowboys of South Central L.A. - 8:20 PM @ Metro 2
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