Demi Moore To Be Feted By Santa Barbara Film Festival With Career Retrospective And Conversation

Demi Moore To Be Feted By Santa Barbara Film Festival With Career Retrospective And Conversation

EXCLUSIVE: Philadelphia plays Kansas City in the Super Bowl on February 9, but there is another event of substance for film fans taking place that day now as well right down the coast in Santa Barbara.

As part of a just-announced career retrospective for newly minted Golden Globe winner Demi Moore, the Santa Barbara Film Festival will be hosting a free 2 p.m. screening at the Arlington Theatre of her Oscar-nominated performance and film The Substance, followed by an in-person conversation with the star.

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The retrospective actually begins on Friday, February 7 at 5:40 p.m. PT at SBIFF’s Film Center with a screening of Adrian Lyne’s Indecent Proposal, in which Moore co-starred with Robert Redford and Woody Harrelson. It will continue February 10 when the festival will host a free screening of Jerry Zucker’s Oscar-winning Ghost at 11 a.m., also at the Arlington.

Coralie Fargeat’s critically acclaimed body horror feature The Substance, in which Moore stars alongside Margaret Qualley, premiered in competition at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, where it garnered rave reviews and won the Screenplay award. Following it’s September 20 theatrical release, Moore went on to receive SAG, BAFTA, Critics Choice and Oscar nominations for her performance, so far winning the Golden Globe.

Demi Moore in 'The Substance'
Demi Moore in ‘The Substance’

Moore most recently starred in Feud: Capote Vs. The Swans and Paramount+’s Landman from Taylor Sheridan and Christian Wallace, in which she stars alongside Jon Hamm and Billy Bob Thornton. It was also recently announced that Moore will star in Boots Riley’s I Love Boosters alongside Keke Palmer, LaKeith Stanfield and Naomi Ackie.

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Moore set a record in 1995 when she became the highest-paid actress in Hollywood, known for her work in such films as St. Elmo’s Fire, About Last Night, Ghost, A Few Good Men, Indecent Proposal, Disclosure, G.I. Jane and many more.

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Here is the schedule for the festival’s Demi Moore retrospective:

Friday, February 7

Screening of Indecent Proposal, 5:40 p.m., SBIFF’s Film Center

Sunday, February 9

Free screening of The Substance, followed by Q&A with Demi Moore, 2 p.m., Arlington Theatre

Monday, February 10

Free screening of Ghost, 11 a.m., Arlington Theatre

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