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SBIFF is a 501(c)(3) non-profit arts and education organization dedicated to making a positive impact utilizing the power of film. SBIFF is a year-round organization that is best known for its main film festival that takes place each year in February. Over the past 30 years the Santa Barbara International Film Festival has become one of the leading film festivals in the United States – attracting 90,000 attendees and offering 11days of 200+ films, tributes and symposiums. We bring the best of independent and international cinema to Santa Barbara, and we continue to expand our year-round operation to include a wide range of educational programming, fulfilling our mission to engage, enrich and inspire our community through film.
In June 2016, SBIFF entered a new era with the acquisition of the historic and beloved Riviera Theatre. The theatre is SBIFF’s new home and is the catalyst for our program expansion. This marks the first time that Santa Barbara has had a 24/7 community center focused on the art of film and is an incredible opportunity to expand our mission of educational outreach. Particularly important to SBIFF is making available high quality learning opportunities for underserved and vulnerable populations. Our programs and reach are more robust than ever before. Javier Bardem Receives Montecito Award at Santa Barbara International Film Festival
After Javier Bardem received the Montecito Award, a long-time Santa Barbara tradition. Montecito is the town just south of Santa Barbara on the 101, most of it tucked within hills and behind trees, a playground with class. Javier Bardem has class and piercing eyes, and good looks that often get masked behind the intense roles he plays, and the dizzying variety in his body of work. He’s Spanish, from Madrid (where he walks everywhere and doesn’t have to drive a car—so he doesn’t drive), and from a family of actors. His family has been on stage so long that Bardem recounted the time that “actors couldn’t be buried on sacred ground as they were associated with prostitutes.” Times have changed, certainly, not only for Bardem. In an interview with Festival Executive Director Roger Durling, Bardem mused on his acting career. He really doesn’t drive, so the scene in No Country for Old Men in which he had to drive…well, he was reportedly terrified. Speaking of No Country, Bardem’s role in which has earned him his most recent Oscar nomination (he was also nominated for his lead role in Before Night Falls), it was the Coen Brothers who reportedly decided on the haircut for his character, the sinister Anton Chigurh. After the haircut, Bardem said, he was able to inhabit the character. But the haircut was a tough thing to wear. “Going to the supermarket with that haircut was weird.” Maybe weird, but certainly effective. To read more about what Felicia wrote about the Javier Bardem tribute, visit: http://www.edhat.com/site/tidbit.cfm?id=2103 Javier Bardem Receives the Montecito Award at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival By Felicia 31.01.2008 | Santa Barbara's blog Cat. : Anton Chigurh Anton Chigurh Before Night Falls Coen brothers Entertainment Entertainment Film Javier Bardem Javier Bardem Javier Bardem Javier Bardem Receives Madrid Montecito Award no country for old men No Country for Old Men Oscar Oscar Nominee Roger Durling Santa Barbara Santa Barbara International Film Festival Santa Barbara International Film Festival the Santa Barbara International FIlm Festival Honors
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