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Yahoo!This year, the Santa Barbara International Film Festival is once again putting on the Third Weekend screenings, in which the fest's award-winners and most talked about films get shown once again, entirely for free on a first-come, first-served basis. All are at the Riviera Theatre, except for Thursday night's screening, which is at the Metro 4. Here is this coming weekend's schedule:
Thursday, February 5
Amar a morir: Winner of Nuevo Vision Award for best Spanish-speaking feature, this is about a spoiled young man in Mexico City who finally must make his own decisions. 8 p.m. (Metro 4)
Friday, February 6
Skin: The winner of The Independent's coveted Audience Choice Award, the film tells the true tale of a black-skinned woman born to white parents in South Africa during apartheid. 7 p.m.
Road to Fallujah: Santa Barbaran Mark Manning's documentary exploration of the war in Iraq. 9 p.m.
Saturday, February 7
K-20: Legend of the Mask: Action-packed adventure movie about a Japanese criminal living in 1949, after a different outcome to World War II. 11 a.m.
Yes Madam, Sir: Winner of Best Documentary and the Fund for Santa Barbara's Social Justice Award, this is about India's first and highest ranking female police officer, Kiran Bedi. 1 p.m.
Poppy Shakespeare: Named best independent film, this hospital-set tragicomedy mixes Catch 22 and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. 4 p.m.
The Man Who Loved Yngve: A music-laden drama about a 17-year-old boy who must choose between his girlfriend and the new boy in class. 7 p.m.
The Ghost (Domovoy): Crime novelist who's lost his mojo finds new material working with a real assassin. 9 p.m.
Sunday, February 8
Inventing LA: The Chandlers and Their Times: Riveting documentary on the Chandler family fostering the growth of both Los Angeles and the L.A. Times. 1 p.m.
Suspect X: Hit from the East X West Asian film sidebar, this is about a murder cover-up that pits an mathematician versus a physicist. 4 p.m.
Landscape No. 2: A run-of-the-mill thief gets greedy and in trouble for stealing the wrong document. 7 p.m.
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A question..
what are the lines like at 3rd weekend?
Being that it is FREE.
Anyone been there and can give details or suggestions?
Thanks.
It was a great Festival.
Thanks must go to Carol Marshall(PR) and The Indy and all the SBIFF staff for keeping the ball rolling smoothly all week.
Amidst schedule changes and film juggling!
What a week....I saw 24 films and 4 Special Award events.
Sorry to see,"Tears For Sale" not on the 3rd weekend list...what a clever hoot of a film...who knew the Serbs had such a great sense of humor and the women... WOW!
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emenzies (Elizabeth Menzies)
February 5, 2009 at 9:15 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Last night (Thursday), the screening was full about fifteen minutes before the time it was supposed to start. I would suggest you arrive about an hour before to get a good seat.
rogerad (anonymous profile)
February 6, 2009 at 4:34 a.m. (Suggest removal)
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