Santa Barbara International Film Festival honored actress Angela Bassett on her career with the Montecito Award. Black Panther director Ryan Coogler presented the award to the actress. SBIFF executive director Roger Durling summarized her astonishing
Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2022 closed tonight with the documentary film Dionne Warwick: Don’t Make Me Over. The documentary honors one of the greatest female vocalists in history between 1955 and 1999. During her
Santa Barbara Film Festival honors some of the best directors of last year with the Outstanding Directors of the Year Award. Five directors were honored at the event, including Paul Thomas Anderson for Licorice Pizza,
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Afsaneh Salari likes to tell real stories that are touching and relevant. When the first-time director Hasan Noori pitched to Salari about an aspiring rock band in Iran traveling into the heart of Afghanistan to
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Ashish Pant always wanted to direct a feature film that relates back to the people and subjects of his home country—India. The idea of opportunity sparked with the drama The Knot (Uljhan) that allowed him to showcase
[caption id="attachment_176699" align="alignnone" width="748"] Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF)[/caption] Despite moving the dates to later in the year, Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) announced two formats to experience the events this year occurring
[caption id="attachment_154805" align="alignnone" width="2000"] Abe's Story by Adam Stewart banner[/caption] It’s the ultimate origin story as director Adam H. Stewart brought Abe’s Story to life. At the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, Abe’s Story was
[caption id="attachment_128367" align="alignnone" width="446"] Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) banner[/caption] Director Bong Joon Ho and Parasite are certainly making history. Fresh from winning the Golden Globes for Best Motion Picture, Parasite is one of
One of the biggest stars of Hollywood graced the red carpet with his presence in Santa Barbara. The Santa Barbara International Film Festival presented the Maltin Modern Master Award to Brad Pitt in a touching
Laura Dern had a remarkable year with Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story and Greta Gerwig’s Little Women. The Santa Barbara International Film Festival honored the actress with the Cinema Vanguard Award for her career and recent
