Mar 29, 2021 · Nearly five decades later, Durling has helped to shape the Academy Awards season through his role as the executive director of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. When he first took it over he said the film festival was “terrible.” “I knew how to turn it around, instinctually,” he said.

Jan 22, 2024 · Santa Barbara International Film Festival Executive Director Roger Durling has signed a new five year contract. It runs through 2029.

Feb 13, 2019 · Roger Durling has been the Executive Director of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival for 18 years. During his tenure, SBIFF has garnered a reputation among industry professionals as one of the top film festivals in the United States.

6 days ago · As the 40th anniversary of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) hits the town this week with an impressive lineup of celebrity star power and cinematic diversity, Executive Director Roger Durling is even more excited about another milestone: For the first time ever, SBIFF will be using its own facilities to screen the majority ...

Jan 21, 2007 · Roger Durling: The film festival has been around for 22 years. I took over four years ago when the festival was floundering and it was in dire straits financially. What we did was position the festival smack in the middle of Awards season.

Nov 19, 2024 · Actor Timothée Chalamet, the star of the highly acclaimed Bob Dylan biopic, will be coming to the Santa Barbara International Film Festival next year in the lead up to the Academy Awards. Roger...

16 hours ago · Late yesterday morning (Sunday, 2.9) SBIFF honcho Roger Durling moderated an international directors panel at the Arlington theatre. The honorees were I’m Still Here‘s Walter Salles, Emilia Perez‘s Jacques Audiard (who also wrote and produced), The Seed of the Sacred Pig‘s Mohammad Rasoulof and Flow‘s Gints Zilbalodis (who also wrote and produced).

Jan 31, 2024 · Roger Durling has been writing for the Independent for a long time. He is one of the better-known Santa Barbarans in both quantity and quality of contributions as the executive director of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) and as a professor at Santa Barbara City College.

Mar 29, 2012 · This year, Roger Durling took off for France, where he awoke one morning at 5 a.m. to people shouting in the streets after Jean Dujardin and The Artist took home the Oscars. “It was surreal and joyous to be walking Parisian streets with people celebrating,” said Durling, who then visited the châteaus of fest supporters Moët & Chandon and ...

Discover how a Santa Barbara City college professor, Roger Durling, turns his love of film into a prestigious film festival.