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Ryan Phillippe and Luke Wilson Celebrate Film Premiere at Santa Barbara International Film Festival

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The 38th Santa Barbara International Film Festival is taking place LIVE from February 8 – February 18, 2023.

The opening night was the world premiere of  MIRANDA’S VICTIM. It’s 1963 when eighteen-year-old Patricia “Trish” Weir is kidnapped and brutally raped at knife-point. Committed to putting Ernesto Miranda in prison, Trish’s life is destroyed by America’s legal system as she triggers a law that transforms the nation.

sebastian Quinn, Luke Wilson
SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 08: (L-R) Sebastian Quinn, Luke Wilson, and Nolan Gould attend the opening night world premiere of “Miranda’s Victim” after party during the 2023 Santa Barbara International Film Festival at The Arlington Theatre on February 08, 2023 in Santa Barbara, California. (Photo by Rebecca Sapp/Getty Images for SBIFF)

In attendance: Director Michelle Danner, and actors Abigail Breslin, Mireille Enos, Emily VanCamp, Josh Bowman, Luke Wilson, Ryan Phillippe, Enrique Muricano, Andy Garcia.

Official events including screenings, filmmaker Q&As, industry panels, and celebrity tributes, will be held throughout the city, including at the historic Arlington Theatre. Passes for the 2023 Festival are on sale now at sbiff.org.

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SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 08: Emily VanCamp and Josh Bowman attend the Opening Night Film “Miranda’s Victim” during the 38th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival at Arlington Theatre on February 08, 2023 in Santa Barbara, California. (Photo by Tibrina Hobson/Getty Images for SBIFF)

Last year, SBIFF had a triumphant return to in-person screenings, panels, and events. The festival had 48 world premiere, 95 U.S. premieres, with honorary awards feted on Javier Bardem, Nicole Kidman, Kristen Stewart, Penélope Cruz, Will Smith and Aunjanue Ellis, Benedict Cumberbatch, Caitriona Balfe, Ariana DeBose, Alana Haim, Ciarán Hinds, Emilia Jones, Troy Kotsur, Simon Rex, Saniyya Sidney, Paul Thomas Anderson, Kenneth Branagh, Jane Campion, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, and Steven Spielberg.

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SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 08: Andy Garcia attends the Opening Night Film “Miranda’s Victim” during the 38th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival at Arlington Theatre on February 08, 2023 in Santa Barbara, California. (Photo by Tibrina Hobson/Getty Images for SBIFF)

Historically, organizers are expecting A-list guests to once again ascend to Santa Barbara, making it a must-stop location on the awards circuit, and delivering an unprecedented number of films with many World and U.S. premieres. The film lineup and schedule will be announced January, 2023.

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SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 08: Luke Wilson attends the Opening Night Film “Miranda’s Victim” during the 38th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival at Arlington Theatre on February 08, 2023 in Santa Barbara, California. (Photo by Tibrina Hobson/Getty Images for SBIFF)
Mireille Enos attends the Opening Night Film "Miranda's Victim"
SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 08: Mireille Enos attends the Opening Night Film “Miranda’s Victim” during the 38th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival at Arlington Theatre on February 08, 2023 in Santa Barbara, California. (Photo by Tibrina Hobson/Getty Images for SBIFF)sant

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