Over the past 35 years, Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) has become one of the leading film festivals in the United States – attracting 100,000 attendees and offering 11 days of 200+ films, tributes and panels, fulfilling their mission to engage, enrich, and inspire people through the power of film. We celebrate the art of cinema and provide impactful educational experiences for our local, national and global communities.

Schedule:
Thursday February 9, 2023
Arlington Theatre
11:00am: The Lost King - 103 min
8:00pm: Montecito Award Angela Basse It

Fiesta 5 Theatre Auditorium #2
10:00am: Daughler of Rage - 61 min
1:00pm: Know Your Place - 118 min
4:00pm: Lakelands - 99 min
7:20pm: The Grab - 104 min

Fiesta 5 Theatre Auditorium #4
10:20am: We Are Still Here - 90 min
1:20pm: Pinto - 115 min
4:20pm: The Art of Eating: The Life of M.F.K. Fisher - 86 min
7:40pm: Call Me Dancer - 84 min

Metro 4 Theatre Auditorium #1
8:00am: Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer - 90 min
11:00am: Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy - 100 min
2:00pm: La jauria - 86 min
5:00pm: Dear Memories - 98 min
8:00pm: The Soldier's Opinion - 55 min

Metro 4 Theatre Auditorium #2
8:10am: Samichay, in Search of Happiness - 87 min
11:20am: The Sixth Child - 92 min
2:20pm: Kerr - 101 min
5:20pm: Bones of Crows - 129 min
8:20pm: Tove's Room - 73 min

Metro 4 Theatre Auditorium #3
8:20am: Chile '76 - 95 min
11:40am: My Name is Happy - 82 min
2:40pm: Black Mambas - 81 min
5:40pm: Stay With Us - 93 min
8:40pm: American Dreamer - 98 min

Metro 4 Theatre Auditorium #4
8:30am: T.S. Eliot's Four Quartets - 82 min
12:00pm: Cinema Sabaya - 92 min
3:00pm: A Man - 121 min
6:00pm: Dancing with Mom - 76 min
9:00pm: Baby Ruby - 93 min

Friday February 10, 2023
Arlington Theatre
8:00pm: Outstanding Performer Award - Cate Blanchett

Fiesta 5 Theatre Auditorium #2
10:00am: Narrative Shorts 4 - 94 min
1:00pm: 26.2 to Life - 88 min
4:00pm: No Ordinary Campaign - 86 min
7:20pm: Stellar - 87 min

Fiesta 5 Theatre Auditorium #4
10:20am: The Art of Eating: The Life of M.F.K. Fisher - 88 min
1:20pm: Gumbo Coalition - 110 min
4:20pm: Soul of the Ocean - 78 min
7:40pm: The Nannies - 105 min

Metro 4 Theatre Auditorium #1
8:00am: Baby Ruby - 93 min
11:00am: Exodus - 102 min
200pm: Snow and the Bear - 93 min
5:00pm: Other People's Children - 104 min
8:00pm: Manuela - 70 min

Metro 4 Theatre Auditorium #2
8:10am: Dear Memories - 98 min
11:20am: R.M.N. - 125 min
2:20pm: Butterfly in the Sky - 86 min
5:20pm: Narrative Shorts 5 - 86 min
8:20pm: Karen Carpenter: Starving for Perfection - 99 min

Metro 4 Theatre Auditorium #3
8:20am: Stay With Us - 93 min
11:40am: Rachel's Farm - 84 min
2:40pm: Documentary Shorts 1 - 97 min
5:40pm: Dr. Tony Fauci - 115 min
8:40pm: Comer Office - 101 min

Metro 4 Theatre Auditorium #4
8:30am: Pinto - 115 min
12:00pm: El Equipo - 80 min
3:00pm: We Are Still Here - 90 min
6:00pm: Know Your Place - 118 min
9:00pm: Ibiza Blue - 103 min

Saturday February 11, 2023
Arlington Theatre
11:O0am: Writers Panel
2:00pm: Women's Panel
8:00pm: Maltin Modem Master Award Jamie Lee Curtis

Fiesta 5 Theatre Auditorium #2
10:00am: A Man - 121 min
1:00pm: The Sixth Child - 92 min
4:00pm: Documentary Shorts 2 - 91 min
7:20pm: Leila's Brothers - 159 min

Fiesta 5 Theatre Auditorium #4
10:20am: 26.2 to Life - S3 min
1:20pm: The Grab - 104 min
4:20pm: Rachel Hendrix - 119 min
7:40pm: Commitment to Life - 115 min

Metro 4 Theatre Auditorium #1
8:00am: Lakelands - 99 min
11:00am: Manuela - 70 min
2:00pm: Gumbo Coalition - 110 min
5:00pm: Rachel's Farm - 84 min
8:00pm: Viking - 104 min

Metro 4 Theatre Auditorium #2
8:10am: The Soldiers Opinion - 55 min
11:20am: Documentary Shorts 3 - 86 min
2:20pm: Narrative Shorts 3 - 93 min
8:20pm: Butterfly in the Sky - 86 min

Metro 4 Theatre Auditorium #3
8:20am: Dr. Tony Fauci - 115 min
11:40am: No Ordinary Campaign - 86 min
2:40pm: The Right to Read - 79 min
5:40pm: Wade in the Water - 60 min
8:40pm: Grace Point - 84 min

Metro 4 Theatre Auditorium #4
8:30am: Black Mambas - 81 min
12:00pm: Dancing with Mom - 76 min
3:00pm: Bones of Crows - 129 min
6:00pm: American Dreamer - 98 min
9:00pm: La jauria - 86 min

Sunday February 12, 2023
Arlington Theatre
11:00am: Producers Panel
2:00pm: International Directors Panel Free Admission

Fiesta 5 Theatre Auditorium #2
10:00am: Narrative Shorts 3 - 03 min
1:00pm: Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer - 90 min
4:00pm: Tove's Room - 73 min
7:20pm: Documentary Shorts 1 - 97 min

Fiesta 5 Theatre Auditorium #4
10:20am: Commitment to Life - 115 min
1:20pm: Anxious Nation - 100 min
4:20pm: Stellar - 87 min
7:40pm: The Harvest - 110 min

Metro 4 Theatre Auditorium #1
8:00AM  -  Call Me Dancer - 84 min
11:00am: Kerr - 101 min
2:00pm: Category: Woman - 76 min
5:00pm: Cinema Sabaya - 92 min
8:00pm: Narcosis - 111 min

Metro 4 Theatre Auditorium #2
8:10am: Samichay, in Search of Happiness - 87 min
11:20am: Karen Carpenter: Starving for Perfection - 99 min
2:20pm: Narrative Shorts 2 - 86 min
5:20pm: Chile 768:20pm:  - 95 min

Metro 4 Theatre Auditorium #3
8:20am: Snow and the Bear - 93 min
11:40am: The Right to Read - 79 min
2:40pm: Wade in the Water - 60 min
5:40pm: Corner Office - 101 min
8:40pm: A Bit of Light - 98 min

Metro 4 Theatre Auditorium #4
8:30am: Other People's Children - 104 min
12:00pm: Bullets - 94 min
3:00pm: Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy - 100 min
6:00pm: Semret - 85 min
9:00pm: Autobiography - 115 min

Monday February 13, 2023
Arlington Theatre
11:00am: Return to Seoul - 119 min
8:00pm: Variety Artisans Award

Fiesta 5 Theatre Auditorium #2
10:00am: Soul of the Ocean - 78 min
1:00pm: Semret - 85 min
4:00pm: Documentary Shorts 3 - 85 min
7:20pm: Narrative Shorts 4 - 94 min

Fiesta 5 Theatre Auditorium #4
10:20am: Narrative Shorts 5 - 89 min
4:20pm: Lyra - 91 min
7:40pm: Susie Searches - 104 min

Metro 4 Theatre Auditorium #1
8:00am: My Name is Happy - 82 min
11:00am: The Taste of Apples is Red - 83 min
2:00pm: Exodus - 102 min
5:00pm: The Happiest Man in the World - 95 min
8:00pm: Three Nights A Week - 103 min

Metro 4 Theatre Auditorium #2
8:10am: Traces - 98 min
11:20am: Rachel Hendrix - 119 min
2:20pm: The Harvest - 110 min
5:20pm: Bullets - 94 min
8:20pm: The Young Arsonists - 97 min

Metro 4 Theatre Auditorium #3
11:40am: T.S. Eliot's Four Quartets - 82 min
2:40pm: Full Circle - 105 min
5:40pm: Everybody Wants to Be Loved - 80 min
8:40pm: Bringing Back Our Wetland - 65 min

Metro 4 Theatre Auditorium #4
8:30am: Who Are the Marcuses? - 90 min
12:00pm: The Nannies - 105 min
3:00pm: Daughter of Rage - 91 min
6:00pm: El Equipo - 80 min
9:00pm: Red Shoes - 82 min

Tuesday February 14, 2023
Arlington Theatre
8:00pm: American Riviera Award Brendan Fraser

Fiesta 5 Theatre Auditorium #2
10:00am: Narcosis - 111 min
1:0Opm: How is Kaba? - 101 min
4:00pm: Narrative Shorts 2 - 86 min
7:20pm: Second Act - 114 min

Fiesta 5 Theatre Auditorium #4
10:20am: Category: Woman - 76 min
1:20pm: Safe Place - 103 min
4:20pm: Anxious Nation - 100 min
7:40pm: Santa Barbara Shorts 2 - 74 min

Metro 4 Theatre Auditorium #1
8:00am: The Volunteer - 99 min
11:00am: Viking - 104 min
2:00pm: Red Shoes - 82 min
5:00pm: A Letter from Helga - 112 min
8:00pm: Filip - 121 min

Metro 4 Theatre Auditorium #2
8:10am: 1 Like it Here - 88 min.
11:20am: Animation Shorts - 99 min
2:20pm: The Baby Daddy - 78 min
5:20pm: A Bit of Light - 98 min
8:20pm: Return to Seoul - 119 min

Metro 4 Theatre Auditorium #3
8:20am: Patrick and the Whale - 72 min
11:40am: Lyra - 91 min
2:40pm: Everybody Wants to Be Loved - 80 min
5:40pm: Jane Campion, The Cinema Woman - 98 min
8:40pm: The House Band - 83 min

Metro 4 Theatre Auditorium #4
8:30am: Fathers & Mothers - 96 min
12:00pm: Ibiza Blue - 103 min
3:00pm: Three Nights A Week - 103 min
6:00 PM -  Full Circle - 105min
9:00pm: Into My Name - 93 min

Wednesday February 15, 2023
Arlington Theatre
8:00pm: Virtuosos Award

Fiesta 5 Theatre Auditorium #2
10:00am: Susie Searches - 104 min
1:00pm: Bringing Back Our Wetland - 65 min
4:00pm: The Taste of Apples is Red - 83 min
7:20pm: A Bunch of Amateurs - 95 min

Fiesta 5 Theatre Auditorium #4
10:20am: Nature & Environment Shorts - 85 min'
1:20pm: Shot in the Arm - 92 min
4:20pm: Starring Jerry As Himself - 75 min
7:40pm: Comedy Shorts - 86 min

Metro 4 Theatre Auditorium #1
8:00am: The Happiest Man in the World - 95 min
11:00am: Autobiography - 115 min
2:00pm: The Young Arsonists - 97 min
5:00pm: Traces - 98 min
8:00pm: Bread and Salt - 100 min

Metro 4 Theatre Auditorium #2
11:20am: Woman al Sea - 84 min
2:20pm: The Dirty Divide - 97 min
5:20pm: Summerlight... and Then Comes the Night - 112 min
8:20pm: Retreat - 82 min

Metro 4 Theatre Auditorium #3
8:20am: The Lost King - 103 min
11:40am: The Other Widow - 84 min
2:40pm: Go On, Be Brave - 111 min
5:40pm: Santa Barbara Shorts 2 - 74 min
8:40pm: Savoy - 78 min

Metro 4 Theatre Auditorium #4
12:00pm: The Volunteer - 99 min
3:00pm: Who Are the Marcuses? - 90 min
6:00pm: The Quiet Girl - 96 min
9:00pm: LOLA - 80 min

Thursday February 16, 2023
Arlington Theatre
8:00pm: Cinema Vanguard Award - Colin Farrell and Brendan Glee son

Fiesta 5 Theatre Auditorium #2
10:00am: How is Katia? - 101 min
1:00pm: Filip - 121 min
4:00pm: Into My Name - 93 min
7:20pm: The Other Widow - 84 min

Fiesta 5 Theatre Auditorium #4
10:20am: Wild Flowers - 107 min
1:20pm: The Prank - 90 min
4:20pm: Leila's Brothers - 159 min
7:40pm: Santa Barbara Shorts 1 - 79 min

Metro 4 Theatre Auditorium #1
8:00am: Housewitz - 71 min
11:00am: A Letter from Helga - 112min
2:00pm: Savoy - 78 min
5:00pm: The Quiet Girl - 96 min
8:00pm: Woman at Sea - 84 min

Metro 4 Theatre Auditorium #2
8:10am: Maestro - 87 min
11:20am: Comedy Shorts - 86 min
2:20pm: ItAintOver - 99 min
5:20pm: Animation Shorts - 99 min
8:20pm: Coyote - 89min

Metro 4 Theatre Auditorium #3
8:20am: The 50 - 92 min
11:40am: LOLA - 80 min
2:40pm: North Circular - 85 min
5:40pm: Helen | Believe - 93 min
8:40pm: 21 Miles in Malibu - 56 min

Metro 4 Theatre Auditorium #4
8:30am: Luxembourg, Luxembourg - 106 min
12:00pm: 112 mini The Hotel
3:00pm: I Like it Here - 88 min.
6:00pm: Sanaa - 119 min
9:00pm: The Baby Daddy - 78 min

Friday February 17, 2023
Arlington Theatre
11:00am: The Quiet Girl - 96 min
8:00pm: Outstanding Directors Award

Fiesta 5 Theatre Auditorium #2
10:00am: Bread and Salt - 100 min
1:00pm: Killing Me Softly With His Songs - 103 min
4:00pm: Pray for Our Sinners - 92 min
720pm: Nature & Environment Shorts - 85min

Fiesta 5 Theatre Auditorium #4
10:20am: Retreat - 82 min
1:20pm: The Legend of MexMan - 89 min
4:20pm: The House Band - 83 min
7:40pm: Our Father, the Devi - 108 min

Metro 4 Theatre Auditorium #1
8:00am: Second Act - 114 min
11:00am: North Circular - 85 min
2:00pm: Coyote - 89 min
5:00pm: The Chambermaid - 110 min
8:00pm: The Dirty Divide - 97min

Metro 4 Theatre Auditorium #2
8:10am: Jane Campion, The Cinema Woman - 98 min
11:20am: Summerlight... and Then Comes the Night - 112 min
2:20pm: Documentary Shorts 2 - 91 min
5:20pm: A Bunch of Amateurs - 95 min
8:20pm: The Prank - 90min

Metro 4 Theatre Auditorium #3
8:20am: R.M.N. - 125 min
11:40am: Go On, Be Brave - 111 min
2:40pm: Vishniac - 90 min
5:40pm: Narrative Shorts 1 - 95 min
8:40pm: American Outlaws - 99min

Metro 4 Theatre Auditorium #4
8:30am: Starring Jerry As Himself - 75 min
12:00pm: Valeria is Getting Married - 76 min
3:00 PM -  Alam - 109 min
6:00 PM -  Luxembourg, Luxembourg - 106 min
9:00pm: The Hotel - 112 min

Saturday February 18, 2023
Arlington Theatre
2:00pm: 10-10-10 Student Shorts Free Admission - 120 min
8:00pm: I Like Movies Closing Night Film - 99 min

Fiesta 5 Theatre Auditorium #2
10:00am: Youth CineMedia Shorts Free Admission - 90 min
1:00pm: Sanaa - 119 min
4:00pm: The 50 - 92 min
7:20pm: Killing Me Softly With His Songs - 103 min

Fiesta 5 Theatre Auditorium #4
10:20am: The Chambermaid - 110 min
1:20pm: Helen | Believe - 93 min
4:20pm: Grace Point - 84 min
7:40pm: 21 Miles in Malibu - 56 min

Metro 4 Theatre Auditorium #1
11:00am: Our Father, the Devil - 108 min
2:00pm: Housewitz - 71 min
5:00pm: Maestro - 87 min
8:00pm: Wild Flowers - 107 min

Metro 4 Theatre Auditorium #2
8:10am: Valeria is Getting Married - 76 min
11:20am: Pray for Our Sinners - 92 min
2:20pm: Narrative Shorts 1 - 95 min
5:20pm: Patrick and the Whale - 72 min

Metro 4 Theatre Auditorium #3
8:20am: It Ain't Over - 99 min
11:40am: Santa Barbara Shorts 1 - 79 min
2 40pm: American Outlaws - 99 min
5:40pm: The Legend of MexMan - 89 min
8:40pm: Vishniac - 90 min

Metro 4 Theatre Auditorium #4
12:00 PM -  Alam - 109 min
3:00pm: Fathers & Mothers - 96 min
6:00pm: Shot in the Arm - 92 min

Date: February 9 - 18, 2023

Location: Various Venues in Santa Barbara, CA

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