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The Santa Barbara Film Festival returns in person: 'We've missed getting together in communal places'

Actor Brian Baumgartner at the 33rd Santa Barbara International Film Festival at Arlington Theatre on Feb. 7, 2018, in Santa Barbara, California.

LOS ANGELES — Four years ago, the Santa Barbara International Film Festival took place shortly after fires and subsequent mudslides left the region devastated. The next year, a deluge of rain closed Highway 101, leading to postponed events and Viggo Mortensen hopping into an airplane in Camarillo so he could make it to a festival tribute in time.

Last year, the COVID pandemic forced the festival to go virtual, save for a couple of drive-ins that ran programmed

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