Actress Rosanna Arquette and Directors Azazel Jacobs, Baltasar Kormákur, and Susan Seidelman will attend this year’s festival CHAMPAIGN, IL (February 3, 2025) — Roger Ebert’s Film Festival, also known as Ebertfest, announced today the addition of three new films to this year’s festival: The Virginia Theatre will be partying like it’s 1985 when Susan Seidelman’s […]
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ILLINOIS SOUL AND THE CHAMPAIGN PARK DISTRICT TO PRESENTSPECIAL SCREENING OF “GOSPEL: WHERE SONG AND SERMON MEET”
Champaign, IL – The Champaign Park District and Illinois Soul 101.1 FM have announced a special screening of an episode of “GOSPEL: WHERE SONG AND SERMON MEET,” part of the acclaimed new PBS documentary series. The screening will take place at the Virginia Theatre in Champaign on Friday, February 16, 2024, at 7:00 P.M. (doors […]
ROGER EBERT’S 2024 FILM FESTIVAL PASSES ON SALE DECEMBER 1, 2023
Festival passes for Roger Ebert’s Film Festival, to be held Wednesday, April 17, through Saturday, April 20, 2024, will go on sale Friday, Dec. 1, at 10 a.m. CT. Also known as Ebertfest, the four-day festival—named for the late Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic, University of Illinois journalism alumnus, and Urbana native Roger Ebert—will celebrate its […]