The Santa Barbara International Film Festival welcomed 1000 students as part of the "Mike's Field Trip to the Movies" event. Another group comes in a week. Movie makers speak after the film.

Cynthia Erivo will receive the Santa Barbara International Film Festival's 18th annual Kirk Douglas Award for Excellence in Film. 'Wicked: For Good' new footage reveals Elphaba and Glinda's emotional ...

The Santa Barbara Film Festival on Thursday said that it has hired longtime film critic and programmer Claudia Puig as its programming director. The hire means she will lead the curation for the ...

Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) has announced the inaugural SBIFF Filmmaker Fund. SBIFF’s Filmmaker Fund is offered in partnership with The Veraison Fund in celebration of ...

Businesses near the Santa Barbara Interntional Film Festival theatres expect to see a spike in sales. The festival runs through Feb. 15.

The Oscar nominee and Emmy, Grammy and Tony winner will be feted on Dec. 4, less than two weeks after the release of 'Wicked: ...

The feature film Salsipuedes Street will have its world premiere at Carpinteria’s Alcazar Theatre on Sunday. Written by Santa Barbara–based playwright Toby Campion, the film follows the lives of ...

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 ...

Taking the lead from Sundance Film Festival, the Santa Barbara International Film Festival will host virtual online film-screenings, Q&As, industry panels and celebrity tributes.

Betsy Green Local historian and author Betsy J. Green will give a talk titled “Silents on the Islands,” 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept ...

Day 4 of the 37th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival presented by UGG began with the Writers panel conversation on Saturday morning. Cinephiles gathered together for Oscar nominated ...