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The College of Media at Presents...

15th Annual

ebertfestApril 17–21

2013The University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign

Roger Ebert’s Festival The College of Media at Illinois Presents... ’s Film Festival 2013

April 17–21, 2013

Roger Ebert, Programmer and Host

Chaz Ebert, Executive Producer

Nate Kohn, Festival Director

Mary Susan Britt, Associate Director

More information about the festival can be found at www..com Mission Roger Ebert, 1964 University of Illinois Journalism graduate and Pulitzer Prize-winning film , comes to Urbana-Champaign each spring to host Ebertfest. The mission of Roger Ebert’s Film Festival is to praise , genres and formats that have been overlooked by audiences, and distributors. Each year, Mr. Ebert selects 12 films representing a cross-section of important cinematic works. They include films without distributors, independent and studio films that did not win wide audiences, formats such as 70mm, silent films, and overlooked genres like the documentary. The films are screened in the 1,500-seat Virginia Theatre, a restored movie palace built in the 1920s. Festival guests who help showcase the features include producers, writers, actors and directors. Following each screening, Mr. Ebert leads discussions with the filmmakers for general audi- ences, distributors and critics from around the world. There are also a number of campus wide panel discussions featuring Mr. Ebert, festival guests and academic scholars. We work to keep the festival small enough so that a sense of community can develop among the audience, filmmakers, guests, students and scholars. The festival is a non-profit event of the College of Media at Illinois. Opportunities Panel Discussions Filmmakers, scholars, journalists and the public gather for panel discussions on topics related to the film industry. The intent of the panels is to bring together practitioners and theorists in lively debate in order to reexamine and spotlight such issue-related areas as film directing, dis- tribution strategies, the state of film , technology, ethnicity and gender. Volunteers The festival would not exist without the help of many dedicated volunteers. Volunteer opportunities include: host A host is assigned to a festival guest (director, writer, producer, actor) to provide trans- portation during the festival. theatre team—virginia theatre Ushering, working concessions, pass holder and registration, VIP/press registration and check in, crowd control and merchandise sales. office administration Help with distribution of posters, running errands, stuffing envelopes, copying, etc.

If you would like to become a volunteer or need additional information, please contact: Mary Susan Britt Associate Director College of Media 119 Gregory Hall, MC-462, 810 South Wright Street, Urbana, IL 61810 (217) 244–0552, Fax (217) 333–0411 [email protected]

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a Sponsor

The community of festival sponsors is vital to the success of Roger Ebert’s Film Festival. Sponsor contributions account for approxi- mately 50 percent of the festival’s operating budget. The festival is a non-profit 501(c)(3) event of the College of Media at the University of Illinois. please make check payable to: UIF/Ebertfest and send to: Mary Susan Britt College of Media 119 Gregory Hall 810 S. Wright St. Urbana, IL 61801 (217) 244-0552 or [email protected]

www.ebertfest.com Film Circle $25,000+ Gold $2,500+ Sponsor of one film Up to 3 VIP passes to all screenings Photo with Roger Ebert Invitation to Gala Opening Up to 8 VIP passes to all screenings Invitation to Post-Festival Reception Invitation to Gala Opening Lunch & dinner in Green Room with Roger and film guests Invitation to Post-Festival Reception Reserved seating in Virginia Theatre Lunch & dinner in Green Room with Roger and film guests Logo projected at all screenings Reserved seating in Virginia Theatre Name on poster Logo projected at all screenings Name in program Name on poster Name on website Name in program Logo on website Name on website Name in local ads Logo on website 1/2 page ad in Festival program Name in local newspaper ads Logo in Festival program Display inside Virginia Theatre Silver $1,500+ 1 full page ad in Festival program Up to 2 VIP passes to all screenings Logo in Festival program Invitation to Gala Opening Diamond Circle $10,000+ Invitation to Post-Festival Reception Up to 8 VIP passes to all screenings Lunch & dinner in Green Room with Roger and film guests Invitation to Gala Opening Reserved seating in Virginia Theatre Invitation to Post-Festival Reception Logo projected at all screenings Lunch & dinner in Green Room with Roger and film guests Name on poster Reserved seating in Virginia Theatre Name in program Logo projected at all screenings Name on website Name on poster Logo on website Name in program Name in local newspaper ads Name on website 1/4 page ad in Festival program Logo on website Logo in Festival program Name in local newspaper ads Patron $750+ Display inside Virginia Theatre Up to 2 Festival passes to all screenings 1 full page ad in Festival program Invitation to Gala Opening Logo in Festival program Invitation to Post-Festival Reception Platinum $5,000+ Name on poster Up to 4 VIP passes to all screenings Name in program Invitation to Gala Opening Name on website Invitation to Post-Festival Reception Name in local newspaper ads Lunch & dinner in Green Room with Roger and film guests Friend $500+ Reserved seating in Virginia Theatre 1 Festival pass to all screenings Logo projected at all screenings Name on poster Name on poster Name in program Name in program Name on website Name on website Name in local newspaper ads Logo on website Name in local newspaper ads Associate $250+ Display inside Virginia Theatre Name on poster 1 full page ad in Festival program Name in program Logo in Festival program Name on website Name in local newspaper ads Gifts in Kind Name on poster Name in program Name on website Name in local newspaper ads

www.ebertfest.com Guests

David Poland Allison MacLean Rudi Dolezal Jane Gillooly Dusty Cohl Sturla Gunnarsson

Jeff Lipsky Brian Tyler Samba Gadijigo Bill Paxton Veronica Cartwright Joan Cohl

Donald Moffat Paul Grabowsky Steven Conrad Wu Tianming Rita Taggart Bertrand Tavernier

Shauna Lyon Steven Larsen Charlie Lustman Karen Sprecher

Art Weber Curtis Cotton III Joseph Turrin Ken Winokur Terry Donohue Claudio Valdés Kuri

Frederick Ordway Billy Crudup Andrew Douglas Alex Proyas Tim Zinnemann Robert Forster

Barry Avrich Bill Forsyth Christine Lahti Eran Kolirin Hannah Fisher

Jeff Nichols Joe Pantoliano John Penotti Doc Erickson Hadjii James C. Katz

Tarsem John Peterson Joseph Greco Aida Turturro Keir Dullea Timothy Spall

Neil LaBute Mark Borchardt Michael Shamburg David Urrutia Tyren Walton Terry Norris

www.ebertfest.com Alrick Brown Azazel Jacobs Carolyn Briggs Darren Dean Guests

Cliff Robertson III Mitra Sen Marcia McBroom Rachel Tenner Roger Miller Dan Cohen

Kris Kristofferson Carl Borock Lisa Rosman George Nierenberg Tahmineh Milani Paul Speaker

Heather Rose Bernard Rose Kristin Thompson Kaylie Jones Pamela Godfrey Larry Meistrich

David Williams Scott Wilson Jack Valenti Ayesha Dharkan David Warner Elvis Mitchell

Nico Soultanakis Paul Schrader Rufus Sewell Taggart Siegel

Phil Morrison Ramin Bahrani Robert Hoffman Russ Smith

Maggie Renzi Daphne Maxwell Reid Anne V. Coates Anson Mount Barbara Ward Armstrong

Tom DiCillo Bobby Zarem Dan Algrant Mary Corliss Lodge Kerrigan Tricia Brouk

Jason Scott Lee Jay Russell Jeffrey Vance Darren Ng Jim Emerson Jonathan Caouette

Leah Mahan Allison Firor Michael Wiese Enzo Mickey Cottrell Robert Harris

Deatra Harris Ishmael Ntihabose Jana Monji Jeffrey Lerner www.ebertfest.com Guests

Stephen Winter Ryan Werner Lara Phillips Gregory Nava Tim Reid

Guy Maddin Subhash Ghai Shane Carruth Alan Rickman Miranda July Dana Adam Shapiro

Darrell James Roodt Joe Soares Mark Zupan Eric Pierson Mario Van Peebles Vincent Ward

Jason Patric Jean Firstenberg John Sayles Jonathan Sehring

John Malkovich Kaira Whitehead Hillary Birmingham Gerson da Cunha Ahmad Razvi

Matt Mulhern Nate Kohn Scott Foundas Norm Aladjem Pam Kohn Pauline Malefane

Kimberly Roberts Mark Dornford-May Marni Nixon Dan Talbot Ang Lee William Nack

Ernesto Gomez Santana Jay Rosenstein Michael Gilio Eric Byler Jacqueline Kim Jan Harlan

George Walton Mark Burton Mark Moskowitz Dow Mossman Michael Barker

Joey Lauren Adams Andy Davis Ramin Serry Lara Phillips Michael Idemoto

John Davies Steven Boone Stephen Goldblatt Michael Tolkin www.ebertfest.com Guests

Jim White Drew McWeeny Robert Goodman Donald O’Connor Chris Gore Bob Rafelson

Gil Bellows Stephen Lisberger Joe Siegel Charles Lane Tod Lending Henry Alex Rubin

Fatoumata Coulibaly Kevin Dinovis Billie Barrett GreenBey Delois Barrett Campbell Rodessa Barrett Porter Jean Doumanian

Jocko Marcellino Mark Magidson Catinca Untaru Matt Dillon Dale Bell Carl Deal

Ron Fricke Carl Molinder Scott Roberts Nell Minow Rod Lurie Karen Gehres

Michael Wadleigh Misty Upham Nina Paley Tia Lessin Ronnee Sass Courtney Hunt

Anthony Bregman Barbet Schroeder Charlie_Kaufman Christy Lemire Claire Sardina Gerardo Valero

Grace Wang Greg Kohs Howie Movshovitz James Mottern Jennifer Burns Jenny Lund

Kim Morgan Lee Isaac Chung Michael Mirasol Michelle Monaghan Omar Moore Omer Mozaffar

Richard Neupert Sam Anderson Seongyong Cho Tom Dark Vincent P. Falk Yojiro Takita

Seema Biswas Scott Jordan Harris Robert Siegel Tom Dark www.ebertfest.com Guests

Sandra Fierlinger Anath White Olivia Collette Pablo Villaca Krishna Shenoi David Call

Alison Bailes Matt Singer Ignatiy Vishnevetsky Dann Gire Matt zoller Seitz Robbie Pickering

Rachael Harris Patti Lee Paul Fierlinger Janet Pierson Turner Ross Bill Ross

Richard Linklater Hilde Black Oliver Schmitz Khomotso Manyaka Tim Blake Nelson

Jennifer Arnold Tilda Swinton Kartina Richardson Greg Jacobs John Siskel Kevin Coval

Ali LeRoi Raymond Lambert Prashant Bhargava Odie Henderson Nawazuddin Siddiqui Michal Oleszczyk

Michael Shannon Kevin B. Lee Kelechi Ezie

As film exhibition in North America crowds itself ever more narrowly into predictable commercial fodder for an undemanding audience, we applaud those brave, free spirits who still hold faith with the unlimited potential of the cinema. – Roger Ebert

www.ebertfest.com Roger Ebert

Roger Ebert has been the film critic of the Sun-Times since 1967 and his reviews are syndicated in more than 200 around the world. He won the Pulitzer Prize for criticism in 1975.

The following year, Roger and began a long run of reviewing movies on TV with “,” which was followed by At the Movies” and “Siskel & Ebert.” After Siskel’s death in 1999, he was joined by Richard Roeper on “Ebert & Roeper” until illness deprived him of the ability to speak. He and his wife Chaz now produce “Ebert Presents at the Movies,” which is syndicated on PBS stations nationwide.

Ebert is the author of more than 20 books, including the 2002 best-seller “,” “The Great Movies II,” “The Great Movies III,” “Awake in the Dark: The Best of Roger Ebert,” annual volumes of “Roger Ebert’s Movie Yearbook,” “Scorsese by Ebert,” “I Hated, Hated, HATED This Movie,” the Norton anthology “Roger Ebert’s Book of Film,” the best-selling “Ebert’s Bigger Little Movie Glossary, and “The Pot and How to Use It: The Mystery and Romance of the Rice Cooker.” In 2011, he released “Life Itself: A Memoir.”

For years he has attended film festivals around the world – as a critic and as a juror – and launched his own “Roger Ebert’s Overlooked Film Festival” (now known simply as “EbertFest”) in 1999, an annual event presented every April in the historic Virginia Theatre in his hometown of Champaign-Urbana, IL.

You will find Ebert’s shot-by-shot DVD commentary tracks on such titles as “Citizen Kane,” “Casablanca,” “Dark City,” and “Floating Weeds.”

Ebert is the only film critic honored with a on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He lives with his wife, Chaz Hammelsmith Ebert, in Chicago.

www.ebertfest.com Previous Films Ebertfest 1999 Charlotte Sometimes Canvas Dance Me to My Song 13 Conversations About One Thing Citizen Cohl: The Untold Story A Tale of Autumn Singin’ in the Rain Surrender Dorothy Underworld Hamsun Ebertfest 2004 The Real Dirt on Farmer John Lawrence of Arabia Maborosi Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters Tarnation Battleship Potemkin Hulk The Son Household Saints The Band’s Visit Once Upon a Time...When Shiloh Housekeeping We Were Colored Thirteen The Cell Tully Romance and Cigarettes The General Ebertfest 2000 The Scapegoat Ebertfest 2009 Sidewalk Stories El Norte Woodstock Grave of the Fireflies My Dog Skip My American Movie Gates of Heaven Chop Shop Legacy People I Know Trouble the Water The Terrorist Invincible Begging Naked The Castle Louie Bluie The Last Command A Woman’s Tale Sweet Old Song Children of Heaven The Fall The Last Laugh Ebertfest 2005 Sita Sings the Blues Playtime Dark City Nothing But the Truth Murderball Oklahoma Let the Right One In The Saddest Music in the World Deja Vu Baraka with Ebertfest 2001 After Dark, My Sweet Ebertfest 2010 Everyone Says I Love You Yesterday Pink Floyd The Wall Girl On the Bridge The Phantom of the Opera You, the Living Jesus’ Son Baadasssss! Munyurangabo The King of Masks The Secret of Roan Inish The New Age Maryam Primer Redux Nosferatu Departures On the Ropes Me and You and Everyone We Know Man with a Movie Camera Panic Taal Synecdoche, New York Songs from the Second Floor I Capture the Castle A Simple Plan Ebertfest 2006 Vincent: A Life in Color My Fair Lady Such A Long Journey Trucker Man Push Cart Barfly Duane Hopwood 2001: A Space Song Sung Blue Spartan Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures Somebodies Ebertfest 2011 Ebertfest 2002 The Eagle Metropolis Patton Ripley’s Game Natural Selection Innocence Millions Umberto D Grand Canyon Claire Dolan My Dog Tulip Diamond Men Junebug Tiny Furniture Paperhouse 45365 Hyenes U-Carmen eKhayelitsha Me and Orson Welles A Soldier’s Daughter Never Cries Only You Kwik Stop Ebertfest 2007 A Small Act Gattaca Metropolis Life, Above All The Weather Man Two Women Leaves of Grass Moolaade George Washington I Am Love Perfume: The Story of a Murderer Say Amen, Somebody Louder Than a Bomb Sadie Thompson Wonder Boys Come Early Morning Ebertfest 2012 Ebertfest 2003 La Dolce Vita Joe Versus the Volcano The Right Stuff Freddie Mercury, the Untold Story The Truth About Beauty & Stone Reader Holes Phunny Business: A Black Comedy The Grey Automobile Man of Flowers Big Fan Your Friends and Neighbors Stroszek Kinyarwanda Blood and Wine Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus Terri Beyond the Valley of the Dolls On Borrowed Time What’s Cooking? Wild and Weird The Black Pirate Ebertfest 2008 A Separation L.627 Hamlet Higher Ground The Golden Age of Silent Comedy Delirious Patang (The Kite) Shall We Dance? Yes Citizen Kane College of media