The Santa Barbara International Film Festival announced it is launching a new program, Stories Matter, in partnership with and led by best-selling author, actress, writer and award-winning documentarian, Leslie Zemeckis.

The Santa Barbara International Film Festival announced today the launch of SBIFF Film Talk, a new online series of screenings and discussions between SBIFF’s programmers and filmmakers.

The Santa Barbara International Film Festival with the generous support of the Manitou Fund announced today that it has permanently equipped all four Metro 4 Theatres and two screens at Fiesta 5 Theatres with state of the art OTOjOY hearing loop technology, just in time for the 35th annual Film Festival.

It is common for ooh’s and aah’s to follow when one is asked where they live and the answer is, Santa Barbara. 

The film Parasite, directed by Korea’s Bong Joon Ho, has made a lot of lists. It’s currently on the Academy Awards nominee list six times over.

And on the seventh day, the Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s 35th edition reached its crescendo, with the Maltin Modern Master Award - arguably the event’s centerpiece attraction - bestowed upon iconic actor/producer Brad Pitt.