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If you are a nominee for an Oscar this year, you are probably making your travel plans to head to Santa Barbara. That is because the Santa Barbara International Film Festival will be taking place from February 7 to 17, and quite frankly if you aren’t there at some point between those dates, you likely aren’t also going to the Academy Awards on March 10. Bradley Cooper, Annette Bening, Mark Ruffalo, Paul Giamatti, Robert Downey Jr., and Jeffrey Wright are all receiving various festival awards and tribute evenings, while nominees Lily Gladstone, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Danielle Brooks, Colman Domingo, and America Ferrera are also going to be onstage receiving Virtuoso Awards. The Artisan awards will also be handed out to several Crafts nominees as well. All have been previously announced with only participants in the Director Of The Year evening still tba, but today the festival released names of those nominees who will be taking part in the various Producer, Writers, Womens, and International Panels that will occur over the course of the two weekends the fest is in progress. A whopping additional 26 Academy Award nominees have been set for those, bringing the overall number of nominees headed to Santa Barbara this year to over 50. With Oscar voting beginning just five days after SBIFF ends , it looks like timing is right for the fest to continue its reputation as a must-stop at the end of the very long campaign trail.
All Panels will be in-person at the historic Arlington Theatre. See full list below:
Saturday, February 10 at 11 AM – Producers Panel
Moderated by Nicole Sperling (THE NEW YORK TIMES)
Saturday, February 10 at 2 PM – International Panel
Moderated by Roger Durling
Tuesday, February 13 at 8 PM – Writers Panel
Moderated by Anne Thompson (INDIEWIRE)
Saturday, February 17 at 11 AM – Women’s Panel
Moderated by Madelyn Hammond
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