2026 Santa Barbara International Film Festival

The Festival opens on Wednesday, February 4. We count 100 feature films and 93 shorts!

The Festival opens on Wednesday, February 4, with the U.S. Premiere of A Mosquito in the Ear, a character-driven international drama that sets the tone for a program deeply invested in intimate storytelling and global perspectives. Opening Night also signals the debut of the McHurley Film Center, SBIFF’s newly renovated, state-of-the-art venue on State Street, which will host hundreds of screenings and filmmaker Q&As during the Festival and operate year-round as an arthouse cinema. (SCROLL DOWN BELOW THE DROPS TO READ THE REST).

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