It's one of the most powerful empathy building tools that we have,” said Santa Barbara International Film Festival Managing Director Sean Pratt. Festival workers say this short film is one of ...

Sean Pratt is the Managing Director of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. He says "we're looking to, donate these seats to anyone that can use them.

SANTA BARBARA, CA — The 40th annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) is underway, featuring a slate of 33 world premieres, 74 U.S. premieres from 60 countries along with ...

The annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) transforms the streets of the luxurious beach town of Santa Barbara into a cinephile’s utopia. This year’s festival ran from March 2 ...

The city of Santa Barbara’s lease with Metropolitan Theatres ends Sept. 30, and it is in discussions to lease the property to the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.

Earlier this year, the 39th edition of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival celebrated an array of top award contenders, such as Oscar-winners Robert Downey Jr., Da’Vine Joy Randolph ...

This is a guide to the Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s free movie offerings at this year’s event.. After a reimagined, mostly virtual schedule for 2021 due to the pandemic, SBIFF ...

In 2016, the festival previously revitalized Santa Barbara's Riviera Theater, which is now the festival's year-round home, showing new international and independent films every day.