Feb 9th (Day 6) Things to Do: SBIFF2026

Today at the Festival

• FREE MOVIE - One Battle After Another - 10:30AM - Arlington Theater, 1317 State Street

• FILMMAKER SEMINAR - Documentary Activism - FREE ADMISSION - 11am - Music Academy of the West - 901 State Street

• FREE MOVIE WITH Q&A - Kpop Demon Hunters followed by a Q&A w/ Directors Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans - 2:00PM - Arlington Theater, 1317 State Street

• TRIBUTE - Hammond Cinema Vanguard Award Honoring Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, and Benicio Del Toro - 8PM, Arlington Theater, 1317 State Street

The following films will have Filmmaker Q&As on Friday, February 9th:

• DEAR LARA - 8:20am @ Film Center 2 with Director Lara St. John, Producer Patrick Hamm, Editor Christie Herring

• COMEDY SHORTS - 9:00am @ Film Center 4

• TENOR MY NAME IS PATI - 9:00am @ Riviera Theatre with director Rebecca Tansley & Torres Pati

• A LIFE ILLUMINATED - 9:20am @ Film Center 5 with Director Tasha Van Zandt and Subject Edie Widder

• RELATIVELY NORMAL - 11:20am @ Film Center 2 with Writer/Director Amy Wendel, Producer Jill Levinson, Production Designer Kimi Rice, Other cast & crew members

• ANIMATION SHORTS - 12:00pm @ Riviera Theatre

• THE LAST PICTURE SHOWS - 11:40am @ Film Center 3 with Director Rustin Thompson

• DOCUMENTARY SHORTS 2 - 12:00pm @ Riviera Theatre

• LET ME PAINT MY WORLD FOR YOU - 2:20pm @ Film Center 2 with Director Andrea Christina Furrer & Kai Harling

• SANTA BARBARA NARRATIVE SHORTS - 2:40pm @ Film Center 3

• NARRATIVE SHORTS 6 - TURNING POINTS - 3:00pm @ Film Center 4

• CALIFORNIA SCENARIO - 5:00pm @ Film Center 1 with Writer/Director James Takata & Cast Members Abby Miller, Brooklyn Prince, Jack Stuart

• TROPICAL PARADISE - 5:20pm @ Film Center 2 with Director Abner Benaim

• THIS IS NOT A DRILL - 5:40pm @ Film Center 3 with Director Oren Jacoby and Subject Sharon Wilson

• NARRATIVE SHORTS 2 - Crime and Mysteries - 6:00pm @ Film Center 4

• BOOKENDS - 6:00pm @ Riviera Theatre with Writer/Actor Noam Ash, Director Mike Doyle, Actor Charlie Barnett

• OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD: THE FIRST CORAL REEFERS - 8:00pm @ Film Center 1 with Director/Producer John H. Cunningham & Ted E. Haynes

• THE YELLOW TIE - 8:20pm @ Film Center 2 with Writer/Director Serge Ioan Celebidachi, Producer Adela Vrînceanu Celebidachi, Cinematographer Peter Menzies Jr., Writer James Olivier, Producer Cristina Dobritoiu