40th Santa Barbara International Film Festival
Official 40th anniversary poster | |
| Opening film | Jane Austen Wrecked My Life by Laura Piani |
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| Closing film | A Missing Part by Guillaume Senez |
| Location | Santa Barbara, California, United States |
| Founded | 1986 |
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| Hosted by | Santa Barbara International Film Festival (organization) |
| Artistic director | Claudia Puig |
| No. of films | 185 |
| Festival date | Opening: 4 February 2025 Closing: 15 February 2025 |
| Website | SBIFF |
The 40th Santa Barbara International Film Festival, is the 2025 edition of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, which took place from February 4 to February 15, 2025, at Santa Barbara, California, United States. In October November and December 2024, honorary awards were announced which are: Outstanding Performer of the Year Award for Ralph Fiennes; Kirk Douglas Award For Excellence In Film for Will Ferrell; Maltin Modern Master Award for Angelina Jolie and Arlington Artist Of The Year Award for Timothée Chalamet.
On November 19, 2024, Virtuosos Award was announced for Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain), Harris Dickinson (Babygirl), Karla Sofía Gascón and Selena Gomez (Emilia Pérez), Ariana Grande (Wicked), Clarence Maclin (Sing Sing), Mikey Madison (Anora) and John Magaro (September 5)
It opened with Jane Austen Wrecked My Life a French and English-language romantic comedy French film by Laura Piani.
It closed on February 15, with A Missing Part (Une part manquante) a Belgian-French drama film by Guillaume Senez, story of a French taxi driver in Tokyo, who lost custody of his half-Japanese daughter after a divorce. In the festival 185 films from 60 countries were showcased. Out of Plain Sight, a documentary film directed by Daniel Straub, Rosanna Xia, unveiling the hidden environmental catastrophe just beyond Southern California's shores, won 'The Audience Choice Award'.