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TODAY at SBIFF - Feb 14

Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2025: Must-See Events

Friday, February 14

• The Brutalist - Followed by a Q&A with Adrien Brody (9AM, RIVIERA THEATRE)
• Sing Sing - FREE ADMISSION (11AM, Arlington Theatre)
• Bustin Down The Door - Followed by a Q&A with Ian Cairns, Peter Townend, and Shaun Tomson FREE ADMISSION (2PM, Arlington Theatre)
• Colman Domingo receives the Montecito Award (8:00 PM, Arlington Theatre).
• Free Filmmaker Seminars - Open to the public, 735 State Street, Suite 103 - Sponsored by Fuji Film - Fight the Power: Documentary Activism - 11:00AM

The 40th annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) runs from February 4–15, 2025, bringing Hollywood’s brightest stars, exclusive premieres, and industry honors to the heart of Santa Barbara. Here’s a breakdown of the key events happening each day:

Scroll down for all Films with Q&As including some U.S. and World Premiere films.

Filmmaker Q&As (Search any movie for their synopsis and details)

The following films will have Filmmaker Q&A's on Thursday, February 14:

• TRIUMPH - 8.40am @ Film Center 3 with Actor Julian Kosov

• MOLLIE’S PACK - 8.20am @ Film Center 2 with Director Thomas Winston

• THE BRUTALIST - 9am @ Riviera with Actor Adrien Brody

• MISTRESS DISPELLER - 11.40am @ Film Center 3 with Director Elizabeth Lo

• DOCUMENTAR SHORTS 1: ARTIST'S STORIES - 12.20pm @ Film Center 2 with Icebreakers - Director/Producer Marlo Poras, Director/Producer Jocelyn Glatzer, Subject/SkaterJoel Dear, Subject/Skater Christian Erwin, Subject/Skater Wade Corbett. All Things Metal - Director Motoki Otsuka, Producer Lucy Sexton, Cinematographer Ryan Rude. Betye Saar: Drifting Toward Twilight - Director/Producer/Director of Photography Kyle Provencio Reingold. The New Yorker Theater: The Talbots' Legacy - Director/Producer Sergio Maza

• MARCHING IN THE DARK - 2.20pm @ Film Center 2 with Producer Hanne Phlypo

• THIRD ACT - 2.40pm @ Film Center 3 with Director Tadashi Nakamura

• SANTA BARBARA: NARRATIVE SHORTS - 5.20pm @ Film Center 2 with Mr. Floof - Director Claire Taback Sliney, Producer Tori Kotsen, Producer Maanvi Jalota. Mother's Day - Director Kathryn Boyd Brolin, Producer Brooke Dooley, Cinematography Christopher Pilarski, Editor Michael Costello, Editor Lauren Stava. Shutter Bird - Director/Co-Writer Réi, Actor Isabella Ferreira, Producer Adil Chamakh, Director of Photography Dawn Shim, Composer Amanda Jones. 4th Dementia - Director/Writer Ian Wexler, Writer/Producer/Actor Ally Condrath, Writer/Producer Kyle Miller, Writer/Actor Jake Mann. Snow Day! - Creator Kiara Lin, Voice of Lisa Shelby Rabara, Voice of Mumma Jennifer Paz, Voice of Ema Maile Flanagan, Animator Beatrice Tolan, Animator Liv Crossland, Colorist Dalila Dutpayeva, Concept Artist Charlie Rice. The Flamingo - Writer/Director Corina Mazzi, Director of Photography Ino Yang Popper, Actor Leah Lamarr

• PADDLE OUT - 3.20pm @ Film Center 5 with Director/Producer Sebi Lee, Editor Jimmy Cohen, Producer Andrew Siegman, Co-Producer Hans Hagen, Executive Producer Lori Pappagoergas, Executive Producer Chris Pappagoergas

• ROADS OF FIRE - 3pm @ Riviera with Director Nathaniel Lezra

• BUSTIN' DOWN THE DOOR - 2pm @ Arlington with Director Jeremy Gosch, 1976 World Surfing Champion Peter Townend, Former President & Founder of Association of Surfing Professionals Ian Cairns, 1977 World Surfing Champion Shaun Tomson, Actor Gregory Harrison

• IN THE RED - 6pm @ Riviera with Director Mimi Chakarova, Composer/Sound Engineer Gavin Templeton, Field Producer Julias Canada, Narrator/Subject Joseph Stubbs, Film Subject Michelle Isley, Firefighter Subject Eric Lanier, Firefighter Subject Dexter Harris, Firefighter Subject Wellington Jackson, Producer Aisha Knowles

• DEMOCRACY UNDER SIEGE - 9pm @ Riviera with Director Laura Nix & Cartoonist Ann Telnaes