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Premiere Cinema Society members granted admission starting 30 minutes prior to showtime.

Non-Premiere Cinema Society  members granted admission starting 20 minutes prior to showtime.

With space permitting, general admission ticket holders granted admission starting 10 minutes prior to showtime until theatre is full or everyone is admitted. Tickets available around 1 week before event date for $20 at sbiffriviera.com and at the door ($15 for guests of members).

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Origin

SBIFF's Riviera Theatre 2044 Alameda Padre Serra, Santa Barbara, CA, United States

Origin Followed by a Q&A with Writer/Director Ava DuVernay and Actor Jon Bernthal Courtesy of Neon Written and directed by Academy Award nominee Ava DuVernay, ORIGIN […]

Memory

SBIFF's Riviera Theatre 2044 Alameda Padre Serra, Santa Barbara, CA, United States

Memory Followed by a Q&A Writer/Director Michel Franco and Actors Jessica Chastain and Peter Sarsgaard Courtesy of Ketchup Entertainment Sylvia is a social worker who leads […]

The Zone of Interest

SBIFF's Riviera Theatre 2044 Alameda Padre Serra, Santa Barbara, CA, United States

The Zone of Interest Followed by a Q&A with Sound Designer Johnnie Burn Courtesy of A24 Winner of the Grand Prix and the FIPRESCI Prize at […]

Maestro

SBIFF's Riviera Theatre 2044 Alameda Padre Serra, Santa Barbara, CA, United States

CINEMA SOCIETY MEMBERS ONLY. NO GENERAL PUBLIC TICKETS AVAILABLE. Maestro Followed by a Q&A Courtesy of Netflix Maestro is a towering and fearless love story chronicling […]

The Delinquents

SBIFF's Riviera Theatre 2044 Alameda Padre Serra, Santa Barbara, CA, United States

The Delinquents Courtesy of MUBI Argentina's official Oscar submission Bank employee Morán (Eliás) schemes to steal enough money to liberate himself from corporate monotony, then confesses […]

May December

SBIFF's Riviera Theatre 2044 Alameda Padre Serra, Santa Barbara, CA, United States

May December Followed by a Q&A with Director Todd Haynes and Actors Julianne Moore and Charles Melton Courtesy of Netflix Decades after their scandalous relationship made […]

The Color Purple

SBIFF's Riviera Theatre 2044 Alameda Padre Serra, Santa Barbara, CA, United States

The Color Purple Followed by a Q&A with Director Blitz Bazawule and Editor Jon Poll Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures Produced by Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg, […]

Napoleon

SBIFF's Riviera Theatre 2044 Alameda Padre Serra, Santa Barbara, CA, United States

Napoleon Followed by a Q&A with Actress Vanessa Kirby Courtesy of Sony Pictures Napoleon is a spectacle-filled action epic that details the checkered rise and fall […]

Common Ground

SBIFF's Riviera Theatre 2044 Alameda Padre Serra, Santa Barbara, CA, United States

Common Ground Followed by a Q&A with Directors Josh Tickell and Rebecca Harrell Tickell Courtesy of Big Picture Ranch Common Ground is the sweeping and uplifting […]

Shrinking

SBIFF's Riviera Theatre 2044 Alameda Padre Serra, Santa Barbara, CA, United States

Shrinking (Episode 1 and 2) Followed by a Q&A with Creator/Writer/Actor Jason Segel Courtesy of Apple TV+ “Shrinking” follows a grieving therapist (Jason Segel) who starts […]

Oppenheimer

SBIFF's Riviera Theatre 2044 Alameda Padre Serra, Santa Barbara, CA, United States

Oppenheimer Followed by a Q&A with Emily Blunt Courtesy of Universal Pictures During World War II, Lt. Gen. Leslie Groves Jr. appoints physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer […]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

SBIFF's Riviera Theatre 2044 Alameda Padre Serra, Santa Barbara, CA, United States

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem Followed by a Q&A with Writer/Director Jeff Rowe Courtesy of Paramount Pictures In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, after […]