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.

After 12 days of screenings, panels, and interviews, the 40th annual Santa Barbara Film Festival (SBIFF) has come to an end. The closing-night film, A Missing Part (Une Part Manquante) provided an ...

The film recently won the audience award at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. (L.A. Times Studios, an affiliate of the Los Angeles Times, is also a sponsor of Slamdance.) ...

Volunteers help out at the at the 40th Santa Barbara International Film Festival at Arlington Theatre on February 06, 2025 in Santa Barbara, California. (Photo by Tibrina Hobson/Getty Images for Santa ...

The Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) honored eight actors for the Virtuosos Award on Sunday, Feb. 9 at the Arlington Theatre. These actors were awarded based on their performance in ...

High-pitched shrieks resounded inside the Arlington Theatre on Sunday night a half-hour before the Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s Virtuosos Awards were set to begin.. The projected ...

Ariana Grande is channeling her role as "Glinda" from "Wicked.". On Sunday, the singer and actress was pretty in pink as she posed in a vibrant ball gown from Armani Privé's Fall/Winter 2022 ...

Jacques Audiard ('Emilia Pérez'), Sean Baker ('Anora'), Brady ... ’s James Mangold — will attend and be feted at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s Directors of ...

Film Review | Exotic Cinematic Dance. Sean Baker’s ‘Anora,’ Winner of the Palme d’Or at Cannes, Is a Bawdy, Genre-Tweaking Bedazzler. ... (Better Things), who will be paid tribute at the 2025 Santa ...

Major renovations will start sometime after the 40th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival in February 2025, SBIFF hopes to begin showing movies at the location sometime in mid-November.