The Santa Barbara Worldwide Movie Competition introduced plans Wednesday for 52 world premieres and 78 U.S. premieres spanning a complete of 43 nations all through the 11-day occasion.
“At a time the place there’s a dwindling of movie show attendance, the position of movie festivals has by no means been extra necessary,” mentioned SBIFF government director Roger Durling. “At SBIFF, with the 38th version, our marching orders are clear, to have fun films and to nurture and exalt the movie group, the artists in addition to the cinephiles. It’s an amazing slate with 43 nations represented.”
The pageant begins Feb. 8 with the world premiere of “Miranda’s Sufferer” from director-producer Michelle Danner. The interval piece is ready within the yr 1963 and paperwork the true story of Patricia “Trish” Weir (Abigal Breslin), who makes an attempt to place her abuser behind bars after being kidnapped and sexually assaulted at 18 years outdated.
Director Chandler Levack’s “I Like Motion pictures” will shut out the pageant with its U.S. premiere on Feb. 18. Isaiah Lehtinen stars within the characteristic as Lawrence Kweller, a 17-year-old introvert and lover of cinema who befriends the supervisor of a video retailer.
Academy Award frontrunners and performers like Angela Bassett, Cate Blanchett, Jamie Lee Curtis, Brendan Fraser, Austin Butler, Kerry Condon, Danielle Deadwyler, Nina Hoss, Stephanie Hsu, Jeremy Pope, Ke Huy Quan, Jeremy Sturdy and Colin Farrell are set to obtain tribute awards through the pageant on the Arlington Theatre. The awards schedule is on the market for viewing on the SBIFF web site. Extra honorees will likely be introduced main as much as the occasion.
One other award will likely be offered to a dramatic movie on the pageant that aligns with the mission of the Anti-Defamation League “to safe justice and honest remedy for all.”
SBIFF additionally introduced the implementation of an all-new Worldwide Administrators Panel at 7 p.m. on Feb. 12 with free admission. Three different panels will return to the historic Arlington Theatre this yr: the Writers Panel at 11 a.m. on Feb. 11; the Ladies’s Panel at 2 p.m. on Feb. 11; and the Producers Panel at 11 a.m. on Feb. 12.
Different highlights of SBIFF 2023 embody academic applications just like the Movie Research Program for undergraduate movie college students, the 10-10-10 Scholar Screenwriting and Filmmaking Mentorship and Competitors for highschool and faculty filmmakers, Mike’s FieldTrip to the Motion pictures for youths in grades 4 via six and free filmmaker seminars at Tamsen Gallery.
For an entire lineup of movies screening on the occasion, go to the SBIFF web site or app. For an inventory of options premiering at this yr’s Santa Barbara Worldwide Movie Competition, see beneath.
World Premiere Function Movies
21 Miles in Malibu
Directed by Nic Davis
United States
American Outlaws
Directed by Sean McEwen
United States
Bringing Again Our Wetland
Directed by Michael Love
United States
Bullets
Directed by Peter Pontikis
Sweden
Name Me Dancer
Directed by Leslie Shampaine, Pip Gilmour
United States
Dedication to Life
Directed by Jeffrey Schwarz
United States
Dancing with Mother
Directed by Trish Neufeld
Canada
The Soiled Divide
Directed by Paul Freedman
United States
Dr. Tony Fauci
Directed by Mark Mannucci
United States
Full Circle
Directed by Josh Berman
United States
Go On, Be Courageous
Directed by Miriam McSpadden, Brian Beckman
United States
Grace Level
Directed by Rory Karpf
United States
The Harvest
Directed by Caylee So
United States
HELEN|BELIEVE
Directed by Dylan Mulick
United States
The Home Band
Directed by Laura Brownson
United States
Ibiza Blue (La corriente)
Directed by Jesús Lloveras
Spain
Karen Carpenter: Ravenous for Perfection
Directed by Randy Martin
United States
Killing Me Softly With His Songs
Directed by Danny Gold
United States
The Legend of MexMan
Directed by Josh Polon
United States
Miranda’s Sufferer
Directed by Michelle Danner
United States
Rachel Hendrix
Directed by Victor Nuñez
United States
Rachel’s Farm
Directed by Rachel Ward
Australia
The Proper to Learn
Directed by Jenny Mackenzie
United States
Samichay, in Search of Happiness (Samichay, en busca de la felicidad)
Directed by Mauricio Franco Tosso
Peru
The Group (El equipo)
Directed by Bernardo Ruiz
United States
Tove’s Room (Toves værelse)
Directed by Martin Zandvliet
Denmark
Vishniac
Directed by Laura Bialis
United States
Voices Rising: The Music of Wakanda Perpetually
Directed by Bernardo Ruiz
Wade within the Water: A Journey Into Black Browsing and Aquatic Tradition
Directed by David Mesfin
United States
U.S. Premiere Function Movies
Alam
Directed by Firas Khoury
Palestine
Autobiography
Directed by Makbul Mubarak
Indonesia
Child Ruby
Directed by Bess Wohl
United States
A Little bit of Mild
Directed by Stephen Moyer
United Kingdom
Black Mambas
Directed by Lena Karbe
Germany
Bones of Crows
Directed by Marie Clements
Canada
Bread and Salt (Chleb i sól)
Directed by Damian Kocur
Poland
A Bunch of Amateurs
Directed by Kim Hopkins
United Kingdom
The Chambermaid (Sluzka)
Directed by Mariana Čengel Solčanská
Slovakia
Coyote (Le coyote)
Directed by Katherine Jerkovic
Canada
Daughter of Rage (La hija de todas las rabias)
Directed by Laura Baumeister
Nicaragua
Expensive Recollections
Directed by Nahuel Lopez
Germany
Everyone Desires to Be Cherished (Alle wollen geliebt werden)
Directed by Katharina Woll
Germany
Exodus
Directed by Abbe Hassan
Sweden
Fathers & Moms (Fædre og mødre)
Directed by Paprika Steen
Denmark
Filip
Directed by Michał Kwiecinski
Poland
The Resort (Lu guan)
Directed by Wáng Xiăoshuài
Chinese language Hong Kong
How is Katia? (Yak Tam Katia?)
Directed by Christina Tynkevych
Ukraine
I Like Motion pictures
Directed by Chandler Levack
United States
Into My Identify (Nel mio nome)
Directed by Nicolò Bassetti
Italy
Jane Campion, The Cinema Lady (Jane Campion, la femme cinéma)
Directed by Julie Bertuccelli
France
La jauría
Directed by Andrés Ramírez Pulido
Colombia
Lakelands
Directed by Robert Higgins, Patrick McGivney
Eire
Leila’s Brothers
Directed by Saeed Roustaee
Iran
A Letter from Helga (Svar við bréfi Helgu)
Directed by Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttir
Iceland
Lyra
Directed by Alison Millar
Eire
Maestro(s)
Directed by Bruno Chiche
France
A Man (Aru otoko)
Directed by Kei Ishikawa
Japan
Manuela
Directed by Clara Cullen
United States
My Identify is Completely satisfied
Directed by Nick Learn, Ayse Toprak
United Kingdom
The Nannies (Les femmes du sq.)
Directed by Julien Rambaldi
France
Narcosis
Directed by Martijn de Jong
Netherlands
North Round
Directed by Luke McManus
Eire
The Different Widow (Pilegesh)
Directed by Ma’ayan Rypp
Israel
Pinto
Directed by Narges Abyar
Iran
Purple Footwear (Zapatos rojos)
Directed by Carlos Eichelmann Kaiser
Mexico
Retreat (Réduit)
Directed by Leon Schwitter
Switzerland
Sanaa
Directed by Sudhanshu Saria
India
Savoy
Directed by Zohar Wagner
Israel
Second Act (Andra akten)
Directed by Mårten Klingberg
Sweden
Semret
Directed by Caterina Mona
Switzerland
The Sixth Little one (Le sixième enfant)
Directed by Léopold Legrand
France
Keep With Us (Reste un peu)
Directed by Gad Elmaleh
France
Stellar (Ananghoonska)
Directed by Darlene Naponse
Canada
Summerlight And Then Comes The Night time (Sumarljós og svo kemur nóttin)
Directed by Elfar Aðalsteins
Iceland
T.S. Eliot’s 4 Quartets
Directed by Sophie Fiennes
United Kingdom
The Style of Apples is Purple (Ta’am al tufah, ahmar)
Directed by Ehab Tarabieh
Israel
Three Nights A Week (Trois nuits par semaine)
Directed by Florent Gouëlou
France
Traces (Tragovi)
Directed by Dubravka Turić
Croatia
Valeria is Getting Married (Valeria mithatenet)
Directed by Michal Vinik
Israel
The Volunteer (La voluntaria)
Directed by Nely Reguera
Spain
Wild Flowers (Girasoles silvestres)
Directed by Jaime Rosales
Spain
Lady at Sea (Grand marin)
Directed by Dinara Drukarova
Iceland
The Younger Arsonists
Directed by Sheila Pye
Canada