The Santa Barbara International Film Festival

Santa Barbara, CA

Website: http://sbiff.org/

Santa Barbara, CA (January 8, 2013) - For eleven days every year, exceptional film meets award-winning cuisine and libations during Film Feast - your invitation to explore the best plates and pours throughout Santa Barbara's many film districts during the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. If you've ever been to Santa Barbara, you know it's chemistry like this that makes ours one of the greatest shows on Earth. And if you haven't, Film Feast is the perfect time to come and get a taste of why it's not just made well. It's made in Santa Barbara.

"The Santa Barbara International Film Festival is one of the nation's most accessible festivals, offering non-film industry visitors a chance to get up close to today's biggest stars," says Kathy Janega-Dykes, President and CEO of the Santa Barbara Conference & Visitors Bureau and Film Commission (SBCVB&FC). "With Film Feast, we are offering our visitors the chance to travel like a star, with amazing value and unique experiences."

New this year is the Film Feast guide, which details all participating restaurants, tasting rooms and hotels. The guide breaks Santa Barbara down into four "Theatre Districts" (Arlington Theatre District, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Lobero Theatre District and Metro 4 Theatre District), making it easy for visitors to navigate what offers are close by. In addition to the districts, new this year is the chance to win free or discounted movie coupons at participating restaurants and tasting rooms. Bistro 1111 will be randomly plating dinners on special colored plates; lucky patrons that receive this plate win a ticket. Grassini Family Vineyards will be giving the tickets away in their tasting room with a movie trivia game.