The Santa Barbara Film Festival on Thursday said that it has hired longtime film critic and programmer Claudia Puig as its programming director. The hire means she will lead the curation for the 2022 edition of the festival, which recently set March 2-12, 2022 dates for its 37th edition.
Puig, the longtime USA Today and NPR film critic and current president of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, replaces Michael Albright, who had held the position as the fest’s programming director for the past 10 years. She will report to Sbiff executive director Roger Durling.
The 2020 Sbiff is being planned as an in-person event after having to go mostly virtual in 2021. An annual stop during movie awards season, it features filmmaker Q&As, industry panels and celebrity tributes. This year’s lineup will be announced in February and will include more than 200 international and indie films, most making their U.S. or world premieres.
Puig, the longtime USA Today and NPR film critic and current president of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, replaces Michael Albright, who had held the position as the fest’s programming director for the past 10 years. She will report to Sbiff executive director Roger Durling.
The 2020 Sbiff is being planned as an in-person event after having to go mostly virtual in 2021. An annual stop during movie awards season, it features filmmaker Q&As, industry panels and celebrity tributes. This year’s lineup will be announced in February and will include more than 200 international and indie films, most making their U.S. or world premieres.
- 8/12/2021
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
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