Movie Theatre Seats, Screen and Projector are for Sale as the Santa Barbara International Film Festival Remodels Film Center

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Whether you want to upgrade your home theatre or if you host large events and need new seats, the Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) may have a deal for you.

About 800 seats are available from the five downtown Santa Barbara theatres at the Film Center.

The seats came in last year after a quick search once the Film Center was approved. That helped get it up and running after Metropolitan Theatres left the property and discarded the last set of seats.

Sean Pratt is the Managing Director of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. He says "we're looking to, donate these seats to anyone that can use them. We're thinking, schools, live theater venues, churches, any sort of meeting space."

The SBIFF says the seats are in about four different designs. The SBIFF would prefer to move the seats out in larger numbers not one or two at a time.

They are all in good conditions and come with different materials.

The theatre is getting the seats into other hands or event groups as it anticipates a sweeping new look to the Film Center. That will include a state-of-the-art upgrade and top of the line equipment.

The remaining projector and sound system is also available. "So we're looking at selling those at we're not looking to even make back what we spent. But so we're reaching out to, small theaters around right now," said Pratt.

Inside the theatres the curtains and screens will be discarded unless someone steps up that is interested in them and can pick them up in person.

"We don't want to throw anything away that can be reused by someone. So your movie theater screens and we do have a lot of curtains in here that, you know, they're nice.   It's nice fabric," said Pratt.

Recently the renderings for the newly refurbished theatre were put out. Permits for construction have not been issues by the city, but that is expected soon.

For more information write to: Sean@SBIFF.org at the SBIFF