Santa Barbara International Film Festival
January 28- February 2, 2009
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The perfect way to savor the glamour and excitement of Hollywood… enjoy up close and personal for 5 days and 5 nights in beautiful Santa Barbara … a whirlwind of tributes, panels, and screenings.
Near Los Angeles, San Simeon and award-winning wineries.
Gorgeous beach-front accommodations make this the perfect winter getaway weekend. The Santa Barbara International Film Festival is brimming with exciting film events. In addition to screening more than 200 features, SBIFF brings together industry professionals for lively, informative and revealing discussions and organizes tributes featuring some of Hollywood's most exciting talent.
Talk Cinema’s Santa Barbara package includes: 5 nights ocean view accommodations at Fess Parker's Doubletree Resort, an accreditation package that includes admission to 2 gala tributes (the hallmark of this festival), admission to the closing weekend panel (writers/producers and/or directors discuss the state of the industry today), admission to the closing night screening, a 10-pack set of admissions for films with "cinema pass" level admission status for easy access to films, and daily briefings with your hosts.
Santa Barbara and neighboring Montecito have so much to offer, including the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, The Santa Barbara Mission, its Museum of Art, Stearns Wharf, and fabulous boutiques and restaurants, beach front strolls. A trip to Santa Barbara is not complete without lunch or snack at La Super Rica taqueria made famous by Julia Childs, once a regular customer. From neighboring Ventura, you can enjoy a cruise to Channel Islands National Park. More than 190 surrounding wineries have earned reputations for high-quality vintages that rival those of Northern California.
