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

GENERAL INFORMATION:

• All films shown at the Virginia Theatre, 203 West Park Avenue, Champaign IL, 61820.
• Full film schedule to be announced at a later date.
• Festival passes to go on sale in the fall of 2024
• Individual tickets to each film go on sale on Tue, Apr 1, 2025.

FESTIVAL PASSES:
The greatest value, a full festival pass allows access to all twelve (or more) 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. Only Festival Passholders are allowed to remain inside the theatre between screenings.

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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