SBIFF #40 Press Conference

Each year, just before the Santa Barbara International Film Festival opens, ROGER DURLING, the festival's Executive Director, gives an overview of what's in store, and reveals that year's poster. Delayed on account of the LA Fires, the festival was unveiled on Friday, January 17, 2025.

Also on hand were other members of the SBIFF who help produce the festival and its many events. TEEN PRESS reporters had the opportunity to interview them, along with the artist Mary Heebner, and well-known journalist John Palminteri.