A view of the Virginia Theatre's marquee in 2014 for Ebertfest
Status
Active
Genre
Film festival
Frequency
Annually
Location(s)
Champaign, Illinois
Country
United States
Years active
1999–present
Founder
Roger Ebert
Previous event
24th Ebertfest April 17–20, 2024
Next event
TBD
Capacity
1,463 (Virginia Theatre)
People
Roger Ebert Chaz Ebert
Website
ebertfest.com
Ebertfest is an annual film festival held every April in Champaign, Illinois, United States, organized by the College of Media[1] at the University of Illinois. Roger Ebert, the TV and Chicago Sun-Times film critic, was a native of the adjoining town of Urbana, Illinois and is an alumnus of the University.[2] Founded in 1999 as Roger Ebert's Overlooked Film Festival, this event is the only long-running film festival created by a critic.[2][3] Despite Ebert's death in 2013,[2] the festival continues to operate based on Ebert's notes and vision for the kinds of films he championed.[4][5]
The 2020 festival was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.[6] The 22nd edition of the event was rescheduled three times, eventually opening on April 20, 2022.[7]
^"The Roger Ebert Center". media.illinois.edu. University of Illinois College of Media. Archived from the original on May 12, 2018. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
^ abc"Milestones in the life of Roger Ebert". News-Gazette. Champaign, Illinois. April 5, 2013. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
^Bordwell, David (May–June 2013). "The Fifth Estate: How Roger Ebert personified the critic as conversationalist". Film Comment. 49 (3): 12–13.
^Kohn, Nate (April 2015). "Festival remains true to Ebert's vision" (PDF). ebertfest.com. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 9, 2016. Retrieved June 6, 2016.
^Caro, Mark (January 12, 2014). "Chaz Ebert's mission goes on". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved June 8, 2016.
^Ebert, Chaz (August 12, 2020). "Ebertfest Film Festival Announces Newly Revised Dates: September 8-11, 2021". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
^D'Alessio, Jeff (August 26, 2021). "Ebertfest 22 pushed back to April 2022". The News-Gazette. Champaign, Illinois. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
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