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SBIFF By Josef Woodard | Fri Dec 05, 2025 | 4:15pm

Something Not So Wicked This Way Comes

SBIFF’s Kirk Douglas Award Gala at the Ritz-Carlton Bacara spotlights veteran “rising star” Cynthia Erivo, of ‘Wicked’ fame.

SBIFF By Leslie Dinaberg | Tue Oct 07, 2025 | 5:00pm

Actor played twin brothers in critical and box office hit ‘Sinners’.

Community By Nick Welsh | Tue Apr 15, 2025 | 1:58pm

De Picciotto asked the City Council for a grant to start the film festival 40 years ago.

SBIFF By Ella Bailey | Fri Feb 21, 2025 | 1:36pm

“A Missing Part” showcases a complicated father-daughter relationship.

SBIFF By Tia Trinh | Fri Feb 21, 2025 | 12:36pm

A journey (in and) out of this world, from ‘Avatar’ to Marvel, and now ‘Emilia Pérez’.

SBIFF By Leslie Dinaberg, photos by Ingrid Bostrom | Wed Feb 19, 2025 | 3:45pm

The 40th anniversary of Santa Barbara International Film Festival is one for the record books.

SBIFF By Josef Woodard | Tue Feb 18, 2025 | 3:08pm

At 40, the Santa Barbara International Film Festival followed a time-tested format, but with a critical new game and home.

SBIFF By Josef Woodard | Sun Feb 16, 2025 | 8:46pm

That’s a wrap on the 2025 Santa Barbara International Film Festival for our Senior Arts Writer.

SBIFF By Leslie Dinaberg | Sat Feb 15, 2025 | 4:45pm

Oscar-nominated for ‘Emilia Pérez’, the versatile actress pirouettes through many genres.

By Leslie Dinaberg | Sat Feb 15, 2025 | 1:46pm

SBIFF’s Montecito Award presentation is a love fest starring Colman Domingo, Roger Durling, and Oprah Winfrey.