Ebertfest

Chaz Ebert and Ebertfest Honored By Experience Champaign-Urbana Foundation’s Toast of Tourism | Chaz’s Journal

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Last month, the Experience Champaign-Urbana Foundation hosted their annual Toast to Tourism event in downtown Champaign, Illinois. First held in 2013, this annual event honors those in the hospitality industry who have helped boost the visitor experience or expanded tourism in the greater Champaign-Urbana area. In nominating Chaz Ebert and Ebertfest for the Tourism Impact Award, it … Read more

The Ebert Fellows Go to Ebertfest 2024 | Festivals & Awards

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Robinson came from Athens, GA., for his second Ebertfest at the invitation of festival director Nate Kohn, one of the grad student’s UGA professors. “He’s a really good guide and supportive mentor,” he said of Kohn, in between Ebertfest screenings. “I wanted to come just to be with him and see some films.” At UGA, … Read more

Ebertfest Film Festival Over the Years | Festivals & Awards

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Ebertfest 2018, Days 4 & 5: Daughters of the Dust, The Big Lebowski, 13th and More One of the most rapturous ovations I’ve seen in the six years I’ve been attending Ebertfest was received by Ava DuVernay, the celebrated director who flew to Champaign, Illinois, amidst a busy schedule, in order to attend the Saturday … Read more

Introducing Ebertfest 25’s Film Critics and Scholars

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For the past twenty-five years, Chaz Ebert and the College of Media at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have hosted the Ebertfest Film Festival at the Virginia Theatre in Champaign, Illinois. Roger Ebert was the first Film Critic to win a Pulitzer Prize for film criticism. He held his colleagues in esteem. Since his death, Chaz Ebert … Read more

Ebertfest 2024 Announces Full Lineup, With Guests Including Eric Roberts, Mariel Hemingway, Larry Karaszewski, and More | Festivals & Awards

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1:30PM – ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND (2004): For its twentieth anniversary, Ebertfest screens Michel Gondry’s sci-fi romantic fantasia, about a separating couple (Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet) who choose to erase their memories of each other through experimental technology. 4:30PM – LITTLE RICHARD: I AM EVERYTHING (2023): The soul sensation gets a suitably kaleidoscopic … Read more

The 25th Anniversary of Ebertfest to Open with Star 80, With The Best Man As Its Centerpiece | Festivals & Awards

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Lisa Cortes, the Academy Award-nominated and Emmy-winning producer and director, will attend Ebertfest to discuss her film “Little Richard: I Am Everything,” a documentary about Little Richard, the unique, flamboyant, rock ‘n’ roll icon who shaped the world of music with hits like “Tutti Frutti” and “Long Tall Sally” (Read Sheila O’Malley’s review of the … Read more

Chaz Ebert Celebrates 25 Years of Ebertfest While Honored at University of Illinois Alumni Awards Gala | Festivals & Awards

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“I cannot believe that it was almost 25 years ago that Roger and I started the Roger Ebert Film Festival at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana,” said Ebert. “And I am pleased to be installed as an Honorary Alumnus. Over these years our mission of encouraging empathy through the movies has grown to include … Read more

Thank You Stephen and Evie Colbert for Introducing In & Of Itself at Ebertfest | Festivals & Awards

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The screening of “Derek DelGaudio’s In & Of Itself” at Ebertfest 2023 this past Friday evening was preceded by a special pre-tapped intro from Stephen Colbert, who executive produced the film with his wife, Evie. During their onstage Q&A with RogerEbert.com Literary Editor Matt Fagerholm, the film’s director Frank Oz and writer/star Derek DelGaudio affirmed … Read more