The Santa Barbara International Film Festival announced plans Wednesday for 52 world premieres and 78 U.S. premieres spanning a total of 43 countries throughout the 11-day event.
“At a time where there’s a dwindling of movie theater attendance, the role of film festivals has never been more important,” said Sbiff executive director Roger Durling. “At Sbiff, with the 38th edition, our marching orders are clear, to celebrate movies and to nurture and exalt the film community, the artists as well as the cinephiles. It’s a great slate with 43 countries represented.”
The festival starts Feb. 8 with the world premiere of “Miranda’s Victim” from director-producer Michelle Danner. The period piece is set in the year 1963 and documents the true story of Patricia “Trish” Weir (Abigal Breslin), who attempts to put her abuser behind bars after being kidnapped and sexually assaulted at 18 years old.
Director Chandler Levack’s “I Like Movies” will...
“At a time where there’s a dwindling of movie theater attendance, the role of film festivals has never been more important,” said Sbiff executive director Roger Durling. “At Sbiff, with the 38th edition, our marching orders are clear, to celebrate movies and to nurture and exalt the film community, the artists as well as the cinephiles. It’s a great slate with 43 countries represented.”
The festival starts Feb. 8 with the world premiere of “Miranda’s Victim” from director-producer Michelle Danner. The period piece is set in the year 1963 and documents the true story of Patricia “Trish” Weir (Abigal Breslin), who attempts to put her abuser behind bars after being kidnapped and sexually assaulted at 18 years old.
Director Chandler Levack’s “I Like Movies” will...
- 1/18/2023
- by Katie Reul
- Variety Film + TV
The 38th edition of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, which will run Feb. 8-18, will open with Miranda’s Victim, one of 52 world premieres in this year’s lineup, and will close with the U.S. premiere of I Like Movies, one of 78 U.S. premieres, the fest announced Wednesday.
These are, of course, in addition to a slew of the career-retrospective tributes for which the fest is famous, which this year will celebrate the likes of Cate Blanchett, Brendan Fraser, Angela Bassett, Jamie Lee Curtis, Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson, as well as panels with breakthrough artists, artisans, directors, writers, producers, female creatives and international filmmakers.
The fest will also offer a variety of free educational programs, including Mike’s Field Trip to the Movies (for 4,000-plus fourth through sixth grade students from low-income schools throughout Santa Barbara County), which this year will feature a screening of Guillermo del Toro...
These are, of course, in addition to a slew of the career-retrospective tributes for which the fest is famous, which this year will celebrate the likes of Cate Blanchett, Brendan Fraser, Angela Bassett, Jamie Lee Curtis, Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson, as well as panels with breakthrough artists, artisans, directors, writers, producers, female creatives and international filmmakers.
The fest will also offer a variety of free educational programs, including Mike’s Field Trip to the Movies (for 4,000-plus fourth through sixth grade students from low-income schools throughout Santa Barbara County), which this year will feature a screening of Guillermo del Toro...
- 1/18/2023
- by Scott Feinberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Santa Barbara Film Festival To Open With Abigail Breslin Drama ‘Miranda’s Victim’ As Full Lineup Set
The Santa Barbara Film Festival has today unveiled the lineup for its 38th edition, taking place in-person from February 8-18.
The festival will open with the world premiere of the courtroom drama Miranda’s Victim, from director Michelle Danner. Pic tells the true story of Trish Weir (Abigail Breslin), who in 1963 was kidnapped and brutally raped by Ernesto Miranda. Committed to putting her assailant in prison, Trish’s life is destroyed by America’s legal system as she triggers a law that transforms the nation. Ryan Phillippe, Luke Wilson, Donald Sutherland, Mireille Enos, Andy Garcia and more also star.
Closing out Sbiff 2023 is the Chandler Levack-directed I Like Movies, which makes its U.S. premiere. The film starring Isaiah Lehtinen, Romina D’Ugo, Krista Bridges and Percy Hynes White follows the socially inept, 17-year-old cinephile Lawrence (Lehtinen) as he gets a job at a video store, there forming a complicated...
The festival will open with the world premiere of the courtroom drama Miranda’s Victim, from director Michelle Danner. Pic tells the true story of Trish Weir (Abigail Breslin), who in 1963 was kidnapped and brutally raped by Ernesto Miranda. Committed to putting her assailant in prison, Trish’s life is destroyed by America’s legal system as she triggers a law that transforms the nation. Ryan Phillippe, Luke Wilson, Donald Sutherland, Mireille Enos, Andy Garcia and more also star.
Closing out Sbiff 2023 is the Chandler Levack-directed I Like Movies, which makes its U.S. premiere. The film starring Isaiah Lehtinen, Romina D’Ugo, Krista Bridges and Percy Hynes White follows the socially inept, 17-year-old cinephile Lawrence (Lehtinen) as he gets a job at a video store, there forming a complicated...
- 1/18/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
On the JoBlo Movies YouTube channel, we will be posting one full movie every day of the week, giving viewers the chance to watch them entirely free of charge. Today’s Free Movie of the Day is writer/director Martin Gooch’s 2018 post-apocalyptic sci-fi movie Atomic Apocalypse, and you can watch it over on the YouTube channel linked above, or you can just watch it in the embed at the top of this article.
Atomic Apocalypse has the following synopsis, provided by Gooch himself:
In Post Apocalyptic North America, one family fights for survival in this sci-i road trip of epic proportions in a nightmare world without gasoline, electricity, or humanity. Sheltered mother Kate loses her injured survivalist husband Sam, and love struck daughter Suzi in a matter of days after they join handsome loner Joe in search of a rumored hidden nuclear bunker full of food and medicine. Suddenly alone and lost,...
Atomic Apocalypse has the following synopsis, provided by Gooch himself:
In Post Apocalyptic North America, one family fights for survival in this sci-i road trip of epic proportions in a nightmare world without gasoline, electricity, or humanity. Sheltered mother Kate loses her injured survivalist husband Sam, and love struck daughter Suzi in a matter of days after they join handsome loner Joe in search of a rumored hidden nuclear bunker full of food and medicine. Suddenly alone and lost,...
- 9/6/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Vision CEO Lise Romanoff says pandemic has created opportunities with distributors, TV channels.
Los Angeles-based Vision Films has closed a deal with Mexican exhibitor Cinemex to release faith-based feature Lady Of Guadalupe across the Spanish-speaking country next month.
The drama, purportedly based on a true story, will open on December 10 and screen in more than 200 cinemas throughout Mexico in Cinemex partner venues.
Guillermo Iván (Telemundo’s Al Otro Lado Del Muro) plays a skeptical reporter who becomes a believer after he studies the legend of Juan Diego and Our Lady of Guadalupe for an article about faith.
Juan Diego was...
Los Angeles-based Vision Films has closed a deal with Mexican exhibitor Cinemex to release faith-based feature Lady Of Guadalupe across the Spanish-speaking country next month.
The drama, purportedly based on a true story, will open on December 10 and screen in more than 200 cinemas throughout Mexico in Cinemex partner venues.
Guillermo Iván (Telemundo’s Al Otro Lado Del Muro) plays a skeptical reporter who becomes a believer after he studies the legend of Juan Diego and Our Lady of Guadalupe for an article about faith.
Juan Diego was...
- 11/30/2020
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Vision CEO Lise Romanoff says pandemic has created opportunities with distributors, TV channels.
Los Angeles-based Vision Films has closed a deal with Mexican exhibitor Cinemax to release faith-based feature Lady Of Guadalupe across the Spanish-speaking country next month.
The drama, purportedly based on a true story, will open on December 10 and screen in more than 200 cinemas throughout Mexico in Cinemax partner venues.
Guillermo Iván (Telemundo’s Al Otro Lado Del Muro) plays a skeptical reporter who becomes a believer after he studies the legend of Juan Diego and Our Lady of Guadalupe for an article about faith.
Juan Diego was...
Los Angeles-based Vision Films has closed a deal with Mexican exhibitor Cinemax to release faith-based feature Lady Of Guadalupe across the Spanish-speaking country next month.
The drama, purportedly based on a true story, will open on December 10 and screen in more than 200 cinemas throughout Mexico in Cinemax partner venues.
Guillermo Iván (Telemundo’s Al Otro Lado Del Muro) plays a skeptical reporter who becomes a believer after he studies the legend of Juan Diego and Our Lady of Guadalupe for an article about faith.
Juan Diego was...
- 11/30/2020
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Stars: Krista DeMille, Andrea Sweeney-Blanco, Jesús Lloveras, William Mark McCullough, Ron Roggé, Christina DeRosa, Neil Dickson, Domenica Cameron-Scorsese, Lex Anastasia, Andrea R. Baker, Cory Birkenbuel, Ryder Kole Emerson, Nicholas Fabrio, Ice Fox, Randy Granstrom | Written and Directed by Martin Gooch
Previously named Black Flowers (the title under which it screened at Sci-Fi London a couple of years ago), the newly titled Atomic Apocalypse, directed and written by Martin Gooch (The Gatehouse), is a post-apocalyptic science-fiction film set in the broken terrain of North America.
Atomic Apocalypse follows a family on their journey to survive the harsh new world they find themselves in. The lead performance comes from Krista DeMille (Distance) as Kate, who, along with her husband Sam, played by Ron Rogge (Stranger Things) and daughter Suzy (Andrea Sweeney), find themselves in trouble when Sam is injured by a run-in with a gang of bandits. They meet Joe, who joins them on their travels.
Previously named Black Flowers (the title under which it screened at Sci-Fi London a couple of years ago), the newly titled Atomic Apocalypse, directed and written by Martin Gooch (The Gatehouse), is a post-apocalyptic science-fiction film set in the broken terrain of North America.
Atomic Apocalypse follows a family on their journey to survive the harsh new world they find themselves in. The lead performance comes from Krista DeMille (Distance) as Kate, who, along with her husband Sam, played by Ron Rogge (Stranger Things) and daughter Suzy (Andrea Sweeney), find themselves in trouble when Sam is injured by a run-in with a gang of bandits. They meet Joe, who joins them on their travels.
- 1/31/2020
- by Chris Cummings
- Nerdly
Following a nuclear apocalypse, new lines have been drawn in the sands of civilian life, and some shouldn't be crossed in Martin Gooch's new film Atomic Apocalypse, especially when the welcome mat consists of two skulls and a blood-lettered sign. Ahead of its February release from High Octane Pictures, we've been provided with an exclusive clip to share with Daily Dead readers that follows a trio of survivors into the land of the flesh eaters.
You can see how the flesh eaters react to new visitors in our exclusive clip below, and keep an eye out for Atomic Apocalypse when it comes to VOD and DVD on February 4th from High Octane Pictures:
"Acclaimed award-winning sci-fi epic Atomic Apocalypse premieres On Demand and Disc this February from High Octane Pictures
Described by critics as both an “absolute joy” (CNN) and “eccentric & effervescent” (Projected Figures), the electrifying film is set...
You can see how the flesh eaters react to new visitors in our exclusive clip below, and keep an eye out for Atomic Apocalypse when it comes to VOD and DVD on February 4th from High Octane Pictures:
"Acclaimed award-winning sci-fi epic Atomic Apocalypse premieres On Demand and Disc this February from High Octane Pictures
Described by critics as both an “absolute joy” (CNN) and “eccentric & effervescent” (Projected Figures), the electrifying film is set...
- 1/22/2020
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Under Executive director Roger Durling, the Santa Barbara International Film Festival has flourished by riding the awards season wave via starry onstage interviews with Oscar contenders.
Every year, screenwriters, directors and producers promote their causes on panels, and the likes of Jeff Bridges (a local), Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling, Denzel Washington, and Casey Affleck and Michelle Williams submit to in-depth tributes from Leonard Maltin and Pete Hammond, among others. This year I had the pleasure of a wide-ranging conversation with Best Actress Oscar-nominee Isabelle Huppert. (See video excerpts below.)
And Saturday, the festival wound up its 32nd edition by handing out its annual jury prizes. All eleven are listed below.
The Audience Choice Award went to Yonatan Nir’s “My Hero Brother,” which also took home the Best Documentary Award. It tells the story of a group of young people with Down syndrome who embarking on an arduous trek through the Himalayas.
Every year, screenwriters, directors and producers promote their causes on panels, and the likes of Jeff Bridges (a local), Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling, Denzel Washington, and Casey Affleck and Michelle Williams submit to in-depth tributes from Leonard Maltin and Pete Hammond, among others. This year I had the pleasure of a wide-ranging conversation with Best Actress Oscar-nominee Isabelle Huppert. (See video excerpts below.)
And Saturday, the festival wound up its 32nd edition by handing out its annual jury prizes. All eleven are listed below.
The Audience Choice Award went to Yonatan Nir’s “My Hero Brother,” which also took home the Best Documentary Award. It tells the story of a group of young people with Down syndrome who embarking on an arduous trek through the Himalayas.
- 2/11/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Under Executive director Roger Durling, the Santa Barbara International Film Festival has flourished by riding the awards season wave via starry onstage interviews with Oscar contenders.
Every year, screenwriters, directors and producers promote their causes on panels, and the likes of Jeff Bridges (a local), Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling, Denzel Washington, and Casey Affleck and Michelle Williams submit to in-depth tributes from Leonard Maltin and Pete Hammond, among others. This year I had the pleasure of a wide-ranging conversation with Best Actress Oscar-nominee Isabelle Huppert. (See video excerpts below.)
And Saturday, the festival wound up its 32nd edition by handing out its annual jury prizes. All eleven are listed below.
The Audience Choice Award went to Yonatan Nir’s “My Hero Brother,” which also took home the Best Documentary Award. It tells the story of a group of young people with Down syndrome who embarking on an arduous trek through the Himalayas.
Every year, screenwriters, directors and producers promote their causes on panels, and the likes of Jeff Bridges (a local), Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling, Denzel Washington, and Casey Affleck and Michelle Williams submit to in-depth tributes from Leonard Maltin and Pete Hammond, among others. This year I had the pleasure of a wide-ranging conversation with Best Actress Oscar-nominee Isabelle Huppert. (See video excerpts below.)
And Saturday, the festival wound up its 32nd edition by handing out its annual jury prizes. All eleven are listed below.
The Audience Choice Award went to Yonatan Nir’s “My Hero Brother,” which also took home the Best Documentary Award. It tells the story of a group of young people with Down syndrome who embarking on an arduous trek through the Himalayas.
- 2/11/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Chicago – The film festival circuit is not for the faint of heart. Two young Spanish filmmakers – Geoffrey Cowper and Jesús Lloveras – are making their way across the U.S., as they promote their film “Day Release” (Tercer Grado). The pair started out in California – with a couple of film festivals there – and then stopped in Chicago, for the 31st Chicago Latino Film Festival.
“Day Release” is a gritty heist film, set against a scenario in which a prisoner (portrayed by Jesús Lloveras) is given a short time release from his sentence, and uses it to try and redeem what is left of his life. When his only relative kicks him to the curb, it is up to a stripper that he had met on his first night out to help him on the road to redemption. Geoffrey Cowper directed the film, and co-wrote the script and produced the film with Lloveras.
“Day Release” is a gritty heist film, set against a scenario in which a prisoner (portrayed by Jesús Lloveras) is given a short time release from his sentence, and uses it to try and redeem what is left of his life. When his only relative kicks him to the curb, it is up to a stripper that he had met on his first night out to help him on the road to redemption. Geoffrey Cowper directed the film, and co-wrote the script and produced the film with Lloveras.
- 4/23/2015
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
The Santa Barbara International Film Festival has unveiled its 2015 line-up which includes films representing 54 countries, 23 world premieres and 53 U.S. premieres. The U.S. premiere of Niki Caro’s McFarland USA will close out the 30th fest. Based on the 1987 true story and starring Kevin Costner and Maria Bello, the film follows novice runners from McFarland, an economically challenged town in California’s farm-rich Central Valley, as they give their all to build a cross-country team under the direction of Coach Jim White (Costner), a newcomer to their predominantly Latino high school. The unlikely band of runners overcomes the odds to forge not only a championship cross-country team but an enduring legacy as well.
The festival runs from January 27-February 7.
Below is the list of World and U.S. Premiere films followed by the list of titles by sidebar categories.
World Premieres
A Better You, USA
Directed by Matt Walsh
Cast: Brian Huskey,...
The festival runs from January 27-February 7.
Below is the list of World and U.S. Premiere films followed by the list of titles by sidebar categories.
World Premieres
A Better You, USA
Directed by Matt Walsh
Cast: Brian Huskey,...
- 1/8/2015
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline
A self-acknowledged "showcase for Academy Award frontrunners," the Santa Barbara International Film Festival is often overlooked for the actual films that earn it festival status. An amalgamation of international discoveries and ’merica’s circuit highlights, the Sbiff curates a week of best-of-the-best to pair with their star-praising. The 2015 edition offers another expansive selection, bookended by two films that aren’t on any radars just yet. Sbiff will open with "Desert Dancer," producer Richard Raymond’s directorial debut. Starring Reece Ritchie and Frieda Pinto, the drama follows a group of friends who wave off the harsh political climate of Iran’s 2009 presidential election in favor of forming a dance team, picking up moves from Michael Jackson, Gene Kelly and Rudolf Nureyev thanks to the magic of YouTube. The festival will close with "McFarland, USA," starring Kevin Costner and Maria Bello. Telling the 1987 true story of a Latino high school’s underdog cross-country team,...
- 1/8/2015
- by Matt Patches
- Hitfix
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