At the 10th annual Festival
in April 2008, attendance was 30,028 for 220 films.
around
town
a Madison city bus on Park Street, just outside the festival office,
showing a 77square.com ad
with the Wisconsin Film Festival on the Orpheum
Theatre marquee
a detail from Steve
Kozar’s State Street poster, with another view of the Orpheum’s marquee
» the tiny type reads “Wisconsin Film Festival”
What
are you watching now?
Check this list for free, special, or otherwise notable
film screenings and events in Madison and around Wisconsin. Please
check with the presenting theater for correct dates and times. Add your listings
for film festivals, special events, and screenings open to the public by sending an email.
[get quick printable movie listings from
the Isthmus’s Daily Page; also good for bookmarking if you have a
web-capable phone]
Classic Book & Movie Club Presents: Persuasion
dir: Roger Mitchell
UK 1995 | 107 min | DVD Sun.18.Jan | 2009 | 1:30 pm
Wisconsin History Society, 816 State Street | Madison | FREE with introduction and discussion by University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor Emeritus of English, Joseph Weisenfarth | Persuasion is the story of a love that survives eight years of dormancy and the frustrating obstacles of class prejudice in 19th-century England. Anne (Amanda Root) is captivated when she meets the dignified naval officer Capt. Wentworth (Ciarán Hinds), but she is advised to discourage his romantic overtures because he has no fortune. They meet again eight years later, but now Captain Wentworth has become wealthy while Anne’s father is in reduced circumstances in the wake of reckless extravagance. A series of circumstances ensues that prevent Anne and Wentworth from expressing their mutual and inevitable love. The film’s success depends entirely on the subtle, superb performances of Root and Hinds. The film builds slowly, occasionally leaving you wondering if anything at all is going to happen. When it does, you realize how carefully crafted a film this is, and the final result is grandly rewarding.
Admission to all the screenings is free to the public on a first-come, first-serve basis. For more information about the program, contact Karen Kron at 608-264-6445 or via e-mail. The series presents Hollywood movies adapted from classic books of the 19th and 20th centuries. Participants are invited to read the books, then see the movies — on the big screen! more information
Beloit International Film Festival 19–22.Feb | 2009 | Beloit beloitfilmfest.com
Wildwood Film Festival 18.Apr | 2009 | Appleton
Fox Cities Performing Arts Center / Kimberly Clark Theater wildwoodfilmfest.com
Milwaukee Underground Film Festival
May | 2009 | Milwaukee filmmilwaukee.org
Milwaukee Short Film Festival
May | 2009 | Milwaukee dirtyjobfilms.com
Tales From Planet Earth Film Festival 6–8.Nov | 2009 | Madison www.nelson.wisc.edu/tales/
Tales From Planet Earth is a three-day festival showcasing environmental films from around the world. The festival’s journey across the globe explores how stories told through film shape our understanding of nature and inspire action on behalf of environmental justice and the diversity of life. All festival events are free and open to the public on a first-come, first-served basis. The festival is a major public outreach event of the Center for Culture, History, and Environment within the Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Central Wisconsin Film Festival
Nov | 2009 | Stevens Point & Amherst cwfilmfest.org
On
the UW-Madison campus
UW Cinematheque
free films presented by the Department of Communication Arts
