Mar 29, 2021 · Nearly five decades later, Durling has helped to shape the Academy Awards season through his role as the executive director of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. When he first took it over he said the film festival was “terrible.” “I knew how to turn it around, instinctually,” he said.

Jan 22, 2024 · Santa Barbara International Film Festival Executive Director Roger Durling has signed a new five year contract. It runs through 2029.

Feb 13, 2019 · Roger Durling has been the Executive Director of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival for 18 years. During his tenure, SBIFF has garnered a reputation among industry professionals as one of the top film festivals in the United States.

14 hours ago · Late yesterday morning (Sunday, 2.9) SBIFF honcho Roger Durling moderated an international directors panel at the Arlington theatre. The honorees were I’m Still Here‘s Walter Salles, Emilia Perez‘s Jacques Audiard (who also wrote and produced), The Seed of the Sacred Pig‘s Mohammad Rasoulof and Flow‘s Gints Zilbalodis (who also wrote and produced).

6 days ago · As the 40th anniversary of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) hits the town this week with an impressive lineup of celebrity star power and cinematic diversity, Executive Director Roger Durling is even more excited about another milestone: For the first time ever, SBIFF will be using its own facilities to screen the majority ...

Sep 1, 2021 · Like so many of the pandemic-driven routines that shaped our lives over the past two years, the process by which Roger Durling wrote his new book, Cinema in Flux: A Year of Connecting Through Film, began casually enough.

Jan 31, 2024 · Roger Durling has been writing for the Independent for a long time. He is one of the better-known Santa Barbarans in both quantity and quality of contributions as the executive director of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) and as a professor at Santa Barbara City College.

Executive director, Santa Barbara International Film Festival. Roger Durling. Self: The Inn Crowd.

Nov 19, 2024 · Actor Timothée Chalamet, the star of the highly acclaimed Bob Dylan biopic, will be coming to the Santa Barbara International Film Festival next year in the lead up to the Academy Awards. Roger...

Oct 1, 2021 · “Cinema in Flux” was published independently by Roger Durling and SBIFF with the help of Print-New York. The book contains a timeline of current events that occurred over the course of the past year, along with film titles that he believed related to …