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2023 Santa Barbara International Film Festival to feature 52 world premieres

The 38th annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival will run February 8-18, and feature films from 43 countries.
Lance Orozco
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KCLU
The 38th annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival will run February 8-18, and feature films from 43 countries.

Stars being honored include Cate Blanchett, Jamie Lee Curtis, Brendan Fraser, Colin Farrell, and Brendan Gleeson.

The Santa Barbara International Film Festival has announced details of its 2023 event, which will feature 52 world premieres and 78 U.S. premieres.

The opening night movie on February 8 will be the world premiere of the drama “Miranda’s Victim,” which stars Abigal Breslin, Luke Wilson, Donald Sutherland and Andy Garcia.

A number of stars will be honored at different in-person events. They include Angela Bassett, Cate Blanchett, Jamie Lee Curtis, Brendan Fraser, Austin Butler, Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson.

The 38th annual festival will be 11 days long, running from February 8-18.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.