2026 Santa Barbara International Film Festival
The 41st edition of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival returns February 4–14, 2026, marking a pivotal year in the festival’s evolution. Spanning eleven days, SBIFF 2026 brings together global premieres, major industry tributes, and an expanded slate of panels and educational programs—while simultaneously inaugurating a new permanent home for cinema in downtown Santa Barbara.
A MOSQUITO IN THE EAR follows Andrew and Daniela as they travel to Goa, India to retrieve their newly adopted 4-year-old daughter, Sarvari.
In apartheid South Africa, a young man's aspirations as a musician clash with preserving his family's laundry business amid intensifying racial discrimination against Black entrepreneurs.
A handwritten manuscript of Dante Alighieri's poem "The Divine Comedy" makes its way from a priest to a mob boss in New York City, where it is taken by author Nick Tosches after he's asked to verify its authenticity.
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