2021 Santa Barbara International Film Festival Writers Panel

Spend 100+ minutes watching a conversation between the screenwriters of award-winning movies including The Trial of the Chicago 7, Sound of Metal, Promising Young Woman, The Father, One Night in Miami, Judas and the Black Messiah, Minari, The White Tiger, and Borat Subsequent Moviefilm.

On April 3, 2021, the Santa Barbara Internationl Film Festival conducted a panel with the writers of several notable movies from 2020. Panelists included: Aaron Sorkin (The Trial of the Chicago 7), Darius Marder (Sound of Metal), Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman), Florian Zeller (The Father), Kemp Powers (Soul and One Night in Miami), Kenny and Keith Lucas (Judas and the Black Messiah), Lee Isaac Chung (Minari), Ramin Bahrani (The White Tiger), and Peter Baynham (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm). The conversation was moderated by Indiewire’s Anne Thompson.

Previous SBIFF writers panels:

Santa Barbara International Film Festival (2014): Craig Borten, Bob Nelson, Jeff Pope, John Ridley, Eric Warren Singer

Santa Barbara International Film Festival (2015): Damian Chazelle, Alex Dinelaris, E. Max Frye, Dan Gilroy, Jason Hall, Anthony McCarten, Graham Moore

Santa Barbara International Film Festival (2016): Pete Docter, Emma Donoghue, Alex Garland, Drew Goddard, Jonathan Herman, Charlie Kaufman, Phyllis Nagy, Charles Randolph, Josh Singer

Santa Barbara International Film Festival (2017): Luke Davies, Eric Heisserer, Phil Johnston, Theodore Malfi, Mike Mills, Rhett Reese, Taylor Sheridan

Santa Barbara International Film Festival (2018): Emily V. Gordon, Liz Hannah, Adrian Molina, Vanessa Taylor, Michael H. Weber, Virgil Williams, Edgar Wright

Santa Barbara International Film Festival (2020): Stephany Folsom, Greta Gerwig, Noah Harpster, Christopher Markus, and Lulu Wang

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