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& THE COLLEGE OF MEDIA PRESENT EBERT FEST SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

APRIL 15-18, 2020 VIRGINIA THEATRE • CHAMPAIGN, IL and...ACTION! AND...ACTION! The 22nd ’s Festival

“When I go to a great movie I can live somebody else’s life for a while. I can walk in somebody else’s shoes.” DIVERSITY We represent diversity in the we present and in the guests we invite to each festival. As well as more celebrated films, Roger championed rare formats, overlooked , and films without distributors. is proud to represent the inclusively.

EDUCATION The festival does more than subsidize admissions for OUR MISSION students! During Ebertfest, and directors visit local high schools to show and discuss movies. Students in Film...is an empathy machine, allowing audience members to better advertising, production, and communication gain professional understand the world and to become more compassionate, tolerant experience through the festival. Our academic panels and lectures bring together filmmakers, critics, and our audiences citizens....Of all the arts, movies are the most powerful aid to empathy to spotlight issue-related topics such as the state of film and good ones make us into better people. criticism, technology, and the representation of ethnicity and - Roger Ebert gender in the industry.

A single large audience, watching all together with the films’ producers, writers, directors, and actors, makes the festival a shared journey. An inclusive program of 12 or more invited movies means an We are a partner in our community, showing how movies audience that is able to inhabit a diverse set of formats, genres and experiences together -- to “walk in many can be a platform to raise awareness of social issues, and a pairs of shoes” throughout the event. Ebertfest’s goal is to create a movie going experience whose empathy medium to foster collaboration across many organizations and community transcends the joy of being at this legacy film festival. and groups.

As film exhibition in North America crowds itself ever more Chaz Ebert: Co-Founder, Producer, and Host More information about the festival narrowly into predictable commercial fodder for an undemanding can be found at: Nate Kohn: Director audience, we applaud those brave, free spirits who still hold faith with Andrew Hall: Coordinator ebertfest.com the unlimited potential of the cinema. – Roger Ebert

EBERTFEST EBERTFEST SPECIAL EVENTS FOR SPONSORS SATURDAY, APRIL 18 VIP passes to the festival allow access to reserved seating at the Virginia Theatre with filmmakers and Green Room Service for VIP Pass Holders critics. But sponsorship can offer many more benefits! Lunch and dinner Hyatt Hotel Ballroom WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15 Our regular Green Room service resumes providing lunch and dinner to all VIP pass holders, Opening Night Gala 5 p.m. University of President’s Mansion Betsy Hendrick’s Post-Festival Reception Filmmakers and sponsors will join Chaz Ebert and President Killean 11:30 p.m. of the University of Illinois at the Ebertfest Gala. The gala opening of Hendrick House, corner of Green St. and Lincoln Ave., Urbana the festival occurs at the president’s mansion on the grounds of the A tradition first many years of the festival, Betsy Hendrick will host her University of Illinois campus. party at Hendrick House when the curtain comes down on Saturday’s last THURSDAY, APRIL 16 movie. Join Betsy and the festival guests at an event that has become legendary to Ebertfest’s regular sponsors. There may be a sing-along, Chef de Cuisine Lunch, Dinner, and After-Movies Bar there may be dancing - we never know what will happen - but food, Big Grove Tavern festivities and good company are guaranteed. In the private dining space of Big Grove Tavern, specially invited Chef de Cuisine, Raúl Parada, will be preparing lunch and a chosen menu of dinner dishes for our VIP passholders. Known for taking dishes to the next level with creative ingredient combinations, Chef Raúl Parada will follow the food philosophy of Big Grove Tavern, preparing classic dishes with modern flair from locally sourced ingredients. Then, all VIP pass- holders are invited to join Big Grove right after Thursday’s last movie for The Hyatt Place Hotel after-hours, each passholder will be offered a complimentary glass of 217 N. Neil Street, Champaign Il wine. We will also be using the restaurant’s beverage team to curate the Call: 217-531-2800 wine selection for the Green Room and President’s Reception during the As a partner of the festival and host for both the festival filmmaker panels festival. and the Ebertfest Green Room, consider the Hyatt Place Hotel as a destination for your stay during the festival. As well as having easy access to the Virginia Theatre, the hotels shuttles can get you to all the Ebertfest FRIDAY, APRIL 17 locations. Quote the Ebertfest Block when making reservations at the Green Room Service for VIP Pass Holders Hyatt to get discounted festival room rates. lunch and dinner Hyatt Place Hotel Ballroom Our regular Green Room service resumes providing lunch and dinner to all VIP pass holders, with L.A. Gourmet will return to cater our event for dinner on Friday and Saturday.

Mid-Festival Party Surface 51, 804 N. Neil St., Champaign In a premier event for Ebertfest, creative marketing company and Ebertfest partner, Surface51 will be hosting the Mid-Festival Party at their downtown Champaign location. Join filmmaker guests for drinks and snacks as we party ‘till late after the Friday movie.

To learn more about sponsorship and to hear some sponsor stories, check out the Ebertfest Insider Blog at http://publish.illinois.edu/ebertfest/

EBERTFEST BECOME A SPONSOR EBERTFEST ORGANIZERS Film Circle $25,000+ Gifts in Kind Sponsor of one film Please contact Andrew Hall at ROGER EBERT 10 VIP passes to all screenings [email protected] to discuss a custom-built benefits package 4 Festival passes to all screenings for in-kind gifts. to 2 VIP passes can be provided to sponsors Roger Ebert became the film of the Sun-Times in 1967 and remained for 46 years until his death Mentions in all social media platforms of in-kind gifts. on April 4, 2013. He was the first film critic to receive the in 1975, and is the only film critic with a Display inside Virginia Theatre on the . He was named honorary life member of the Directors Guild of America, 1 full page ad in festival program Additional Promotional Benefits and an honorary member of the Society of Cinematographers. He was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Enhanced promotional benefits Benefits listed below are in addition to the sponsorship level Award of the Screenwriters Guild and received honorary degrees from the American Film Institute, the Art benefits. Institute of Chicago School of Film, and the University of Colorado at Boulder. In 2001 he received the Diamond $10,000+ highest honor bestowed by the State of Illinois, the Order of Lincoln. 8 VIP passes to all screenings Enhanced Promotional Benefits In 1975 Roger and invented a new of television with their movie review show, Sneak Pre- Mentions in all social media platforms Ebertfest sponsors at the Silver Level and above receive views. It became Siskel & Ebert. After Siskel’s death the show became Ebert & Roeper, with Richard Display inside Virginia Theatre the following additional benefits: Roeper. Later Roger produced Ebert Presents At The Movies with two new hosts. He was a lecturer on film for 1 full page ad in festival program Reserved seating in Virginia Theatre the Enrichment Program from 1970 until 2006, an adjunct professor in the Department of Enhanced promotional benefits Invitation to Gala Opening Journalism at the University of Illinois, and recorded shot-by-shot commentaries for the DVDs of , Invitation to Mid-Festival Party Casablanca, Floating Weeds and Dark City. Ebert has published over 20 books. Invitation to Post-Festival Reception Platinum $5,000+ In 1999, Roger and his wife Chaz launched “Roger Ebert’s Overlooked Film Festival (Ebertfest),” an annual 4 VIP passes to all screenings Lunch and Dinner with Chaz & Film guests event presented every April in the historic Virginia Theatre in his hometown of Champaign-Urbana, IL. Display inside Virginia Theatre Logo on festival website, in festival program and name or logo 1 full page ad in festival program projected at screenings Enhanced promotional benefits General Promotional Benefits Gold $2,500+ General Promotional Benefits CHAZ EBERT NATE KOHN 3 VIP passes to all screenings All Ebertfest sponsors receive promotional benefits 1/2 page ad in festival program including the following: Chaz Ebert is the CEO of the Ebert Companies, includ- Dr. Nathaniel Kohn is a professor at the University Enhanced promotional benefits Name on festival poster, in festival program, on festival website ing Ebert Digital LLC, which publishes the movie of Georgia, Associate Director of the George Foster and name in local newspaper ads review website, Rogerebert.com. She produced Ebert Peabody Awards, festival director of Roger Ebert’s Silver $1,500+ Presents At The Movies. Film Festival, director of Grady College’s low resi- 2 VIP passes to all screenings The community of festival sponsors is vital to the success of Mrs. Ebert hosts The Roger Ebert Film Festival (Ebert- dency MFA program in screenwriting, and director 1/4 page ad in festival program Roger Ebert’s Film Festival. Sponsor contributions account for fest) at the University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign. of the ’s Enhanced promotional benefits approximately 50 percent of the festival’s operating budget. For over 20 years, she has attended and participated Study Abroad Program. Dr. Kohn produced Zulu The festival is a non-profit 501(c)(3) event of the College of Media Dawn starring and Peter O’Toole; the Patron $750+ in film festivals such as Cannes, Toronto, Sundance, at the University of Illinois. Chicago, Hawaii, Venice, The Floating Film Festival, independent feature Somebodies, which premiered 2 Festival passes to all screenings South Africa, Karlovy Vary, and many others. at Sundance (2006); Rain, the Bahamas’ first indig- Invitation to Gala Opening enous feature which premiered at Toronto (2007) and Please make check payable to: Previously, as a civil rights attorney, she was named General promotional benefits on Showtime (2010); and the feature film Bottleworld Lawyer of the Year by the Constitutional Rights Foun- UIF/Ebertfest (2010). He was executive producer on the BET televi- dation. Her civic and community passions include an Friend $500+ sion series Somebodies (2008); he was producer on and send to: interest in programs for women and children with an 1 Festival pass to all screenings the feature length documentary Bayou Maharajah that emphasis on education and the arts. General promotional benefits premiered at the SXSW Festival (2013); and he was Andrew Hall Mrs. Ebert is a Life Trustee of the Art Institute of executive producer on Pivot TV, a division of Partici- Associate $250+ Project Coordinator, Roger Ebert’s Film Festival Chicago and currently serves on the boards of the pant Media, telecast of The 73rd Annual Peabody General promotional benefits University of Illinois | College of Media Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation, Awards (2014) and The 74rd Annual Peabody Awards 810 S. Wright St., Urbana IL 61801 After School Matters, and The Tree of Life Foundation (2015). He is the author of numerous scholarly articles 217.300.6911 of the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. and of the book Pursuing Hollywood: Seduction, [email protected] Obsession, Dread (AltaMira Press, 2006).

EBERTFEST SELECT EBERTFEST FILMMAKER GUESTS

Bill Paxton John Davies Marcia McBroom Sturla Gunnarsson Stephen Apkon Tim Blake Nelson

Seema Biswas Robert Townsend Julieta Zylberberg Noah Lomax Seymour Bernstein Stephen Feder

Matt Dillon Charles Burnette Wu Tianming Donald O’Connor Stephen Goldblatt Daphne Maxwell Reid

Scott Wilson Rachael Harris Ted Hope Henry Butler Steve James

Michael Polish Michael Hausman Robbie Pickering Kelechi Ezie Rick Goldsmith Michael Butler

Bernard Rose Tahmineh Milani Andrew Douglas Robert Forster Tim Reid Rebecca Parrish

Heloise Godet Carl Deal Nina Paley Darrell James Roodt Ahmad Razvi

Misty Upham Tanya Wexler Ayesha Dharker Doc Erickson Andy Davis Godfrey Cheshire

Tarsem Singh Joseph Greco Kogonada Shari Springer Berman Robert Pulcini Ava DuVernay Rita Coburn Whack

Jennifer Arnold Jeff Dowd Yojiro Takita Neil LaBute Haifaa Al-Mansour Michael Barker Terry Norris

Rachel Grady Barbet Schroeder Enzo Cliff Robertson III Fatoumata Coulibaly Maja Komorowska Morgan Neville

EBERTFEST Ebertfest 1999 Ebertfest 2003 Ebertfest 2006 Ebertfest 2010 Ebertfest 2014 Ebertfest 2018 Dance Me to My Song The Right Stuff My Fair Lady Pink Floyd The Wall Life Itself The Fugitive A Tale of Autumn Stone Reader You, the Living Museum Hours Interstellar Surrender Dorothy The Grey Automobile Duane Hopwood Munyurangabo Hamsun Your Friends and Neighbors Spartan The Young Adult Belle Maborosi Somebodies Redux He Who Gets Slapped Columbus The Eagle Departures Capote A Page of Madness What’s Cooking? Ripley’s Game American Splendor Millions Synecdoche, New York 13th Thirteen L.627 Claire Dolan I Capture the Castle The Golden Age of Silent Comedy Junebug Vincent: A Life in Color Goodbye Solo Rambling Rose Shall We Dance? Trucker Born on the Fourth of July Charlotte Sometimes U-Carmen eKhayelitsha Barfly Bayou Maharajah Rumble: the Indians Who Rocked the World Ebertfest 2000 13 Conversations About One Thing Song Sung Blue Sidewalk Stories Singin’ in the Rain Ebertfest 2007 Ebertfest 2015 Ebertfest 2011 Ebertfest 2019 Legacy Ebertfest 2004 Metropolis A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting Coeur Fidele PREVIOUS FILMS The Terrorist Lawrence of Arabia Moolaade Natural Selection on Existence The Castle Tarnation Perfume: The Story of a Murderer Umberto D Moving Midway Bound A Woman’s Tale The Son Sadie Thompson My Dog Tulip Cold War Once Upon a Time...When Come Early Morning Tiny Furniture Girlhood Cane River The Last Laugh We Were Colored 45365 A Year of The Quiet Sun Dark City Tully , the Untold Story Me and Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion Oklahoma The General Holes Only You Wild Tales : And Still I Rise Deja Vu The Scapegoat A Small Act Ida Won’t You Be My Neighbour? El Norte Life, Above All The Motel Life Ebertfest 2001 My Dog Skip Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus Leaves of Grass Gates of Heaven Beyond the Valley of the Dolls I Am Love Seymour: An Introduction People I Know Louder Than a Bomb Girl On the Bridge Invincible Ebertfest 2016 Jesus’ Son Louie Bluie Ebertfest 2008 Ebertfest 2012 The King of Masks Sweet Old Song Hamlet Maryam Delirious Grandma Yes The Truth About Beauty & Blogs Northfork On the Ropes Ebertfest 2005 Canvas Phunny Business: A Black Comedy Panic Playtime Citizen Cohl: The Untold Story Big Fan Disturbing the Peace Songs from the Second Floor Murderball Kinyarwanda L’inhumaine A Simple Plan The Saddest Music in the World Underworld Terri Eve’s Bayou Such A Long Journey with The Real Dirt on Farmer John On Borrowed Time Force of Destiny After Dark, My Sweet Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters Wild and Weird Radical Grace 2001: A Space Yesterday Hulk Love & Mercy : A Life in Pictures The Phantom of the Opera The Band’s Visit Higher Ground Baadasssss! Housekeeping Patang (The Kite) Body and Soul Ebertfest 2002 The Secret of Roan Inish Primer Romance and Cigarettes Citizen Kane Ebertfest 2017 Patton Hair Innocence Me and You and Everyone We Know Grand Canyon Ebertfest 2009 Ebertfest 2013 Hysteria Taal Diamond Men Woodstock Paperhouse My Vincent: The Life and Death Hyenes Chop Shop of Vincent Van Gogh July and Half of August () A Soldier’s Daughter Never Cries Trouble the Water In the Family They Call Us Monsters Kwik Stop Begging Naked Bernie Varieté Metropolis The Last Command Oslo, August 31st Elle Two Women The Ballad of Narayama Mind/Game George Washington The Fall Julia Pleasantville Say Amen, Somebody Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You Wonder Boys Nothing But the Truth Kumaré Let the Right One In De-Lovely Baraka Not Yet Begun to Fight

EBERTFEST LOOKING BACK THROUGH THE YEARS

The College of Media at Illinois presents Roger19thAnnual Ebert’s Film Festival2017 April 19-23, 2017 The Virginia Theatre Chaz Ebert: Co-Founder and Producer 203 W. Park, Champaign, IL Nate Kohn: Festival Director

2017 Roger Ebert’s Film Festival The University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign