2025 ROGER EBERT'S FILM FESTIVAL

Festival Pass: $200
Plus a per-pass processing fee of $10
4-Pack of Festival Passes: $700
Plus a per-pass processing fee of $9
Student Festival Pass: $150
Plus a per-pass processing fee of $8
(*Students must present a valid Student ID when picking up your pass)
INDIVIDUAL FILM RESERVED SEATING TICKETS:
$20 Individual / $15 Student (valid Student ID required)
Plus an additional per-ticket processing fee of $2
Order Individual Tickets HERE
NEW! 4-Film Bundle: $65
Plus a per-pass processing fee of $8
New for 2025, receive a discounted price when you book tickets to 4 individual films of your choice.
Chaz Ebert and the College of Media at Illinois are proud to announce the 2025 Roger Ebert’s Film Festival at the historic Virginia Theatre in downtown Champaign, IL.
Read the latest annoucements about this year's festival here.
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.
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 on Tuesday, April 1, 2025 at 10am.
- Full film schedule posted below.
- For traffic information regarding the Illinois Marathon taking place April 24-26, please visit their info page at: illinoismarathon.com

ORDER INDIVIDUAL TICKETS ONLINE HERE
2025 FILM SCHEDULE:
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 2025
6:30pm: The Searchers
THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 2025
9:00am: Megalopolis
1:30pm: Desperately Seeking Susan
5:00pm: Harlan County U.S.A.
9:30pm: His Three Daughters
FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 2025
10:30am: A Little Prayer
2:30pm: I’m Still Here
7:30pm: Rumours
SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 2025
9:00am: The Adventures of Prince Achmed
11:30am: Color Book
4:00pm: Touch
9:00pm: The Hangover

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 movies together – 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
EBERTFEST ANNOUNCES REMAINING FILMS AND SPECIAL GUESTS ATTENDING THE 2025 FESTIVAL [read more]
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