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Santa Barbara International Film Festival
To honor and remember Santa Barbara’s former status as the world’s film capital (before Los Angeles took over), the annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival invites hundreds of filmmakers to Santa Barbara, California from late January to early February. The festival has film exhibitions, educational programs relating to new filmmaking techniques and celebrity tributes. The Santa Barbara International Film Festival always draws big names; past attendees have included Anthony Hopkins, Edward Norton, Sean Penn and Kevin Spacey. Santa Barbara’s is a non-profit film festival.

-- Santa Barbara festival review by Avital Binshtock