SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) - The debut of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) Film Center is on track to completion by the beginning of the year. Crews have been tearing out the inside of the building in the 900 block of State Street and creating what Executive Director Roger Durling has said would be one-of-a-kind 'movie palace.' The goal was to have it finished by the 2026 International Film Festival where it will serve as the main site for the 200 films. The theater, which opened in November of 2024, is in an existing building for a Santa Barbara parking lot. The festival staff ran it until May then work began on a brand new state-of-the-art five-screen theatre in the heart of Downtown Santa Barbara.