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'Overlooked Film Festival' passes now on sale
Craig
Chamberlain, News Editor
217-333-2894; cdchambe@illinois.edu
12/4/03
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. —
Festival passes now are on sale for the sixth annual Roger
Ebert’s Overlooked Film Festival, to be held April 21-25 at
the Virginia Theater in Champaign, Ill., and at the University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign.
The passes, which cover all screenings during the five-day event, are
$75. They can be purchased through the theater box office (phone: 217-356-9063;
fax: 217-356-5729) or through TicketWeb by way of the festival Web
site. Tickets for individual films will be $8 each when they become
available closer to the event.
Ebert, a 1964 Illinois journalism graduate, adjunct professor and Pulitzer
Prize-winning journalist, will again host the event and select the films
that he believes have been overlooked by audiences, critics and distributors.
The lineup of films, along with additional information on film-associated
guests and other festival events, should be available after Feb. 1.
Updates on the festival, a special event of Illinois’ College
of Communications, will be posted on the festival Web site.
About 21,000 admissions were recorded for the 14 featured films, associated
panels and other events at the 2003 festival, most of which was held
at the Virginia Theater, a 1920s-era Champaign movie palace. The festival
also attracted more than 50 producers, directors, writers, actors and
other guests associated with the film industry.
Sponsors and volunteers for the festival are being sought. Those interested
should contact Mary Susan Britt, assistant festival director, 217-244-0552; marsue@illinois.edu. For more information
and updates on films, guests and festival events contact Britt or festival
director Nate Kohn, 706-542-4972; nkohn@arches.uga.edu.
