75,000 Estimated Total Attendees
50,000 Audience Choice Award Ballots Counted DESIGN ELEMENT: [Pick your favorite film by marking your vote on The Santa Barbara Independent-sponsored ballots after every film!]
8,000 Attendees at Free Applebox Screenings DESIGN ELEMENT: [Despicable Me 2, Feb. 1; Monsters University, Feb. 2; Frozen, Feb. 8; The Croods, Feb. 9; all 10 a.m. at Arlington Theatre.]
4,000 Students at Mike’s Field Trip to The Movies
3,300 Total Films Screened by SBIFF Staff
700 SBIFF Volunteers
320 Expected Screenings
190 Total Films
160 Filmmakers in Town
109 Submissions to the 10-10-10 Competition
40+ Academy Award Nominees in Attendance
36 Film Feast Restaurants
35 U.S. Premieres
24 World Premieres
16 Film Feast Hotels
2 Actors from The Karate Kid
1 Roger Durling