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April 23 27, 2014 Tuesday, April 22 Illini Union 7 p.m. The Taking of Pelham 1401 W. Green Street, Urbana, IL Free and open to the public One Two Three Free student screening, Thursday, April 24, 2014 Saturday, April 26, 2014 hosted by Patton Oswalt Pine Lounge, 1st Floor Pine Lounge, 1st Floor Foellinger Auditorium, 9 a.m. – 10 a.m. 9 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. University of Illinois campus Challenging Stigma The State and Future of Through the Arts Independent Film Wednesday, April 23 Moderated by Michael Barker, Ted Hope, 7:30 p.m. Life Itself Dr. Julian Rappaport Vanessa Hope and Chaz Ebert Moderated by Nate Kohn 10:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Thursday, April 24 Reimagining Filmmaking for 9 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. 1 p.m. Museum Hours the Digital Age Filmmakers Workshop Moderated by Nate Kohn General Lounge, 2nd Floor 4 p.m. Short Term 12 9 p.m. Young Adult Friday, April 25, 2014 Cinematography for No Budget Pine Lounge, 1st Floor Filmmakers: Friday, April 25 9 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Presented by Don Tingle Remembering Roger Ebert Working with SAG-AFTRA 1 p.m. He Who Gets Slapped Moderated by Omer Mozaffar Low Budget Contracts: 4 p.m. Capote Presented by Kathy Byrne 10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. 8:30 p.m. Do the Right Thing For more details about the Film and Cultural Politics workshop, see page 16. Moderated by Eric Pierson Saturday, April 26 11 a.m. Wadjda 2 p.m. A Simple Life 5 p.m. Goodbye Solo Wednesday, April 23, 2014 9 a.m. – 10 a.m. 9 p.m. Born on the Jim Turpin’s (WDWS-AM 1400) Ebertfest Interview Fourth of July Sunday, April 27 Noon Bayou Maharajah “ ” 2 16th Annual Roger Ebert’s Film Festival Welcome from Chaz Ebert .......................5-7 Welcome from the University of Illinois ............9 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 2014 Life Itself (7:30 p.m.) ......................... 42 Welcome from the Festival Director ...............11 Festival Dedication — Roger Ebert ...............13 THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 2014 Museum Hours (1 p.m.)........................ 46 Ebert Serves as Inspiration to Film Critics ........15 Short Term 12 (4 p.m.) ........................ 48 Additional Festival Schedule Information......... 16 Young Adult (9 p.m.) ......................... 50 Life-Size Tribute to Ebert ........................17 FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 2014 Letter from a Far-Flung Correspondent ............19 He Who Gets Slapped (1 p.m.) ................. 54 Important Information About the Festival........ 21 Capote (4 p.m.) ............................... 58 Do the Right Thing (8:30 p.m.) ................ 60 Dining Tips.................................... 25 Festival Guests ............................. 27-39 SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 2014 Wadjda (11 a.m.) ............................. 64 Local Couple Loves Ebertfest ....................76 A Simple Life (2 p.m.) ........................ 66 A Look Back at Last Year’s Festival ........... 79-81 Goodbye Solo (5 p.m.) ........................ 68 ........... Special Thanks................................. 83 Born on the Fourth of July (9 p.m.) 70 Festival Sponsors .............................. 84 SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 2014 Parking Information and Area Map............... 87 Bayou Maharajah (noon) ..................... 74 The Daily Illini is proud to produce this Festival Program each year. We are honored to Daily Illini Illio Technograph Buzz WPGU-FM Independent Univerity of Quarterly Weekly Commercial call Roger Ebert one student news Illinois engineering entertainment radio station of our own. organization Yearbook magazine magazine Roger Ebert, The Daily Illini editor-in-chief, 1963-64. illinimedia.org What goes around. Comes around. Investing in the future isn’t about what you get to keep. It’s about what you choose to give away. EQUAL HOUSING LENDER | MEMBER FDIC HICKORYPOINTBANK.COM CHAMPAIGN DECATUR PEORIA SPRINGFIELD 4 16th Annual Roger Ebert’s Film Festival year ago, on April 4, transplant. Donna wanted this 2013, my sweet Roger, a Thank you for honoring Roger’s memory and to be a gift from the communities visionary and a founder of of Champaign and Urbana to this Festival, transitioned out of for keeping his legacy alive. In the tradition their native son. Fortunately, this world into the next. So it is Donna is better and she and in his honor and in his spirit that of Roger, I encourage you to please greet her husband Scott (who worked I welcome you to the 16th edition tirelessly on the fundraising), of the Roger Ebert’s Film Festival. your fellow festival goers. As Roger used to will join us when the artist Rick He loved this festival so much, Harney unveils his sculpture. from it’s very beginning as an paraphrase a well-known movie title, they’re Rick’s story is also from the heart. event at the Krannert Art Center His son, who is autistic, loved to mark the birthday of HAL no longer strangers when they meet. Siskel & Ebert and spent many 9000, the computer in “2001: A happy times engaging his father Space Odyssey,” to its incarnation in discussions about movies and as the “Overlooked Film Festival,” I daresay there wasn’t a dry of suggestions for us to draw about Roger’s movie review books. intended for films or genres eye in the house as we realized from, and where possible we So undertaking this commission that had been overlooked. We that the “Ballad of Narayama” will incorporate his reviews, so was a very personal and discovered that some directors told the tale of a small village that the richness of his language meaningful decision for Harney. were reluctant to think of their in Japan where the elders went and passions will enliven the We are fortunate he accepted. He films as “overlooked” so now the to the mountain top to meet Festival. High standards are has sculpted two other favorite festival is affectionately known as their gods when they were 70 also maintained through the sons of Illinois, Abraham Lincoln Ebertfest. years old as a sacrifice for the participation of our esteemed and Adlai Stevenson. Last year, Roger programmed younger generation. Roger was colleagues, the very learned film This is the 25th anniversary the 15th edition of the festival 70 years old when he left us. He scholars and historians professor of two films to which Roger gave almost single-handedly. In prior had insisted on substituting that David Bordwell and his wife, four-star reviews; “Do The Right years both Festival director film at the last minute without professor Kristin Thompson. We Thing,” by Spike Lee tackled Nate Kohn and I had played a explanation, and he wanted no are so grateful for their continued race relations and “Born On The bigger role in the discussion of discussion of it. We belatedly attendance. Fourth of July,” by Oliver Stone the films with Roger. But last understood why. Roger would This year we are privileged tackled the Vietnam War. I am year Roger had very specific have been delighted to know that to open the festival with “Life particularly pleased that both things in mind. It was only as Tilda Swinton led the audience Itself,” the documentary about directors will be with us because the Festival progressed that it in a dance-a-long to counteract Roger filmed by acclaimed director Roger enjoyed deep discussions became apparent to us that he the palpable pall in the air Steve James. James began filming about cinema and life with them suspected he wouldn’t be here caused by the freshness of our in December 2012. His plan was over the years. In the same vein, with us. Roger gave instructions mourning. Like a high priestess to follow Roger over the period Ramin Bahrani will be here with for the Festival to open with a her movements magically changed of a year, but sadly, Roger passed “Goodbye Solo.” Roger had high sing-a-long inspired by the sound The Virginia Theater into a away four months into the praise for Bahrani’s filmmaking, bite from Orson Welles’ “Falstaff.” temple of praise and gratitude shooting. James did a magnificent and this will be a return visit for He said it was used by the late and allowed our sad energy to be job redirecting the trajectory of him after “Man Push Cart,” and professor Daniel Curley, one of transformed into a joyous tribute the film, and the documentary “Chop Shop.” In fact, Ramin is his mentors at Illinois. He also to Roger. We will be forever won unanimous rave reviews currently working on a film that programmed emotionally poignant grateful to her for that moment. at the Sundance Film Festival. he had discussed with Roger. short films about loss and love by It was Roger’s wish to carry Steve, whose “Hoop Dreams” was Sadly, Roger will not get to see Grace Wang and Sophie Kohn and on the tradition of Ebertfest and championed by Roger 20 years it, but Ramin said he sometimes poetic, elegiac ones like “Days of in our selection of this year’s ago, will be with us. imagines Roger along in the Heaven,” “Ballad of Narayama,” roster of films we are attempting We will also have the privilege process. and “Vincent,” by Paul Cox, one of to maintain the high standards of unveiling a statue in Roger’s Michael Barker, a co-president his favorite festival guests. Cox’s he set, knowing how much it honor outside of The Virginia of Sony Pictures Classics studio, own health challenges caused his meant to him. He likened the Theater. I call it a statue from the has been a good friend of the absence from the festival, but we Festival to the greatest train set heart since the Festival’s travel Festival from the beginning. could imagine both Roger’s voice a boy ever had.
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