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Santa Barbara, CA:Santa Barbara International Film Festival Makes New Home at Riviera Theatre

Posted on Wednesday, May 18, 2016 1:18 PM


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The Santa Barbara International Film Festival has made a new home at the Metropolitan Riviera Theatre in Santa Barbara, California, according to an announcement that appeared on the film festival's web site recently.

The Santa Barbara International Film Festival has found a new home: the historic Riviera Theatre. The Riviera Theatre will allow SBIFF to expand their current slate of education programs, preserve an important historic landmark, and create a cultural hub for all things film.

The decision to make the Riviera the new home was unanimously approved by SBIFF’s Board of Directors in March 2016. The lease was negotiated by SBIFF Board president Mark Scher and board members Bob Brada and Eric Phillips, Jeff Barbakow with Michael Towbes and the Towbes Group, coinciding with the Group’s 60th anniversary.

“As we enter our 32nd year, the Santa Barbara International Film Festival has cemented itself as a part of our great city’s history” stated Mark Scher, President of SBIFF and owner of the Scher Investment Group. “We believe a long-term home at the Riviera Theatre is a pivotal point in the evolution of SBIFF and will allow us the opportunity to greatly expand our programming and bring a real cultural center for film to the Santa Barbara Community. I couldn’t be more thrilled for SBIFF and the City of Santa Barbara.”

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We have a new entry for this operation, the SBIFF - Riviera Theatre, and since Metropolitan Theatres continues to list the theater on their web site, we're thinking that it's going to be two operations under the same roof, which means that we'll keep both active, at least until we hear differently.



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