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EbertFest 2009

 

  FESTIVAL SCHEDULE 2009



FILMS, SCREENING SCHEDULE & GUESTS*
 
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22
 
7:00 pm 
Michael Wadleigh, Director
Dale Bell, Producer
Jocko Marcellino, Musician
 
THURSDAY, APRIL 23 
 
1:30 pm
My Winnipeg (80 min)
Guy Maddin, Director
 
4:00 pm
Chop Shop (84 min)
Ramin Bahrani, Director
  8:30 pm Trouble The Water (NR; 96 min) Tia Lessin, Director, Producer
Carl Deal, Director, Producer
Kimberly & Scott Roberts
 
FRIDAY, APRIL 24
 
1:30 pm
Begging Naked (80 min)
Karen Gehres, Director
 
4:00 pm
 
8:30 pm
Frozen River (R; 97 min)
Courtney Hunt, Director
Misty Upham, Actor
 
SATURDAY, APRIL 25
 
11:00 am
The Fall (R; 117 min)
 
2:30 pm
Nina Paley, Director, Animator, etc.
 
6:30 pm
Rod Lurie, Director
Matt Dillon, Actor
 
9:30 pm
Let The Right One In (R; 114 min)
Carl Molinder, Producer
 
SUNDAY, APRIL 26  
 
Noon
Baraka (NR; 96 min)
Mark Magidson, Producer
Ron Fricke, Director
    * Festival Schedule subject to change. Check here for updates.
 
SPECIAL SCREENING, Sunday, April 26 / 4:30 pm
The Champaign County Anti-Stigma Alliance, is pleased to announce that they will have a special showing of What's Eating Gilbert Grape? immediately following the close of Ebertfest (April 26). The Alliance was formed to challenge disability discrimination and promote education and awareness. This screening will be at the Virginia Theatre at 4:30 pm and it will free to the public. The screening will be followed by a panel of guest speakers.