25TH ANNIVERSARY ROGER EBERT’S FILM FESTIVAL
WED, APR 17 – SAT, APR 20, 2024
Chaz Ebert and the College of Media at Illinois proudly present the 25th Anniversary Roger Ebert’s Film Festival at the historic Virginia Theatre in downtown Champaign, IL.
GENERAL INFORMATION:
- All films shown at the Virginia Theatre, 203 West Park Avenue, Champaign IL, 61820.
- Only Festival Passholders are allowed to remain inside the theater between screenings.
- Individual tickets to each film go on sale Monday, April 1, 2024.
- Full film schedule posted below.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 2024
6:30pm: Star 80
THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 2024
11:00am: Double Short Feature
Conducting Life / The Light of Truth
3:00pm: Stony Island
8:00pm: The Teachers’ Lounge
FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 2024
9:00am: Cookie’s Fortune
1:30pm: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
4:30pm: Little Richard: I Am Everything
9:30pm: The Best Man
SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 2024
9:30am: Blackmail, featuring the Anvil Orchestra
1:00pm: Omoiyari: A Song Film by Kishi Bashi
4:00pm: Albany Road
9:00pm: Man on the Moon
2024 FESTIVAL PASSES may be purchased online HERE, or in person at the Virginia Theatre box office, or by phone 217/356-9063.
The greatest value, a full festival pass allows access to all movie screenings during this celebrated four-day event held annually at the Virginia Theatre, with additional programming at sites around Champaign-Urbana and on the University of Illinois campus.
NEW 4-FILM PASSES AVAILABLE!
$70 (plus a per-pass processing fee of $6)
Can’t make it to the whole festival but still want to share in the joy of cinema?
The brand-new EVENING PASS will allow admittance to all 4 evening screenings at the 25th Anniversary Roger Ebert’s Film Festival.
If you can only join us on Saturday, the new SATURDAY PASS will allow admittance to all 4 films showing on Saturday, April 20, 2024.
INDIVIDUAL FILM TICKETS will be available starting at 10am on Monday, April 1, 2024. Tickets may be purchased online HERE, or in person at the Virginia Theatre box office, or by phone 217/356-9063.
Roger Ebert’s Film Festival celebrates films, genres, and formats that have been overlooked by distributors, audiences, and/or critics. These include independent, international, and studio films that did not win wide audiences, overlooked formats such as 70mm, and overlooked genres such as documentaries and musicals.
The festival screens one film at a time – so that everyone sees the same films – promoting a strong sense of community among audience members, filmmakers, guests, students, and scholars.
It was founded by Roger Ebert, an Urbana native, U of I journalism graduate, and Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times.
For more, visit www.ebertfest.com
SPONSORSHIPS:
As well as pass and ticket sales, Roger Ebert’s Film Festival relies on generous gifts from donors and sponsors. Gifts of all sizes are vital to the festival and can be made as an option among the funding choices at The College of Media’s website: media.illinois.edu/giving/give-now.
For additional sponsorship options, visit the Ebertfest website: ebertfest.com/become-sponsor
