Starting next week, the Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) Film Center will embark on a major transformation, ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - A renovation plan is beginning next week to transform the Santa Barbara International Film Festival Film Center into a state-at-the art theatre. SBIFF acquired the lease of the ...

Phyllis de Picciotto, a co-founder of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, has died. She was 84. De Picciotto died ...

Plans for renovations to the former Fiesta Five movie theater have gone through the first round of reviews by the Santa ...

As the 40th Santa Barbara International Film Festival comes to a close, the winning films have been chosen. Claudia Puig, ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – The 41st Santa Barbara International Film Festival will take place February 4 through February 15, 2026 it was announced Wednesday. "There is nothing better than the ...

The SBIFF Film Center is closing soon for renovations and will bring its plans to the Santa Barbara Historic Landmarks ...

The ILLUMINATE Film Festival ... and Mark and Jay Duplass. The festival, now in its 11th year, takes place May 1-4, 2025 in Santa Barbara, with a global Virtual Festival running May 5-11.

After spending her early childhood in Chicago, de Picciotto and her family moved to L.A. She graduated from Fairfax High ...