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CHAZ EBERT & THE COLLEGE OF MEDIA PRESENT
EBERT
FEST
SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
APRIL 15-18, 2020
VIRGINIA THE ATRE • CHAMPAIGN, IL
and...ACTION!
AND...ACTION!
The 22nd
Roger Ebert’s
Film Festival
“When I go to a great movie I can live
somebody else’s life for a while. I
can walk in somebody else’s shoes.” DIVERSITY
We represent diversity in the films we present and in the
guests we invite to each festival. As well as more celebrated
films, Roger championed rare formats, overlooked genres,
and films without distributors. Ebertfest is proud to represent
the film industry inclusively.
EDUCATION
OUR MISSION The festival does more than subsidize admissions for
students! During Ebertfest, critics and directors visit local
high schools to show and discuss movies. Students in
Film...is an empathy machine, allowing audience members to better advertising, production, and communication gain professional
understand the world and to become more compassionate, tolerant experience through the festival. Our academic panels and
lectures bring together filmmakers, critics, and our audiences
citizens....Of all the arts, movies are the most powerful aid to empathy to spotlight issue-related topics such as the state of film
and good ones make us into better people. criticism, technology, and the representation of ethnicity and
- Roger Ebert gender in the industry.
A single large audience, watching all the movies together with the films’ producers, writers, directors, and COMMUNITY
actors, makes the festival a shared journey. An inclusive program of 12 or more invited movies means an We are a partner in our community, showing how movies
audience that is able to inhabit a diverse set of formats, genres and experiences together -- to “walk in many can be a platform to raise awareness of social issues, and a
pairs of shoes” throughout the event. Ebertfest’s goal is to create a movie going experience whose empathy medium to foster collaboration across many organizations
and community transcends the joy of being at this legacy film festival. and groups.
As film exhibition in North America crowds itself ever more
Chaz Ebert: Co-Founder, Producer, and Host More information about the festival narrowly into predictable commercial fodder for an undemanding
can be found at:
Nate Kohn: Director audience, we applaud those brave, free spirits who still hold faith with
Andrew Hall: Coordinator ebertfest.com the unlimited potential of the cinema.
– Roger Ebert
EBERTFEST
EBERTFEST SPECIAL EVENTS FOR SPONSORS
SATURDAY, APRIL 18
VIP passes to the festival allow access to reserved seating at the Virginia Theatre with filmmakers and
Green Room Service for VIP Pass Holders
critics. But sponsorship can offer many more benefits!
Lunch and dinner
Hyatt Hotel Ballroom
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15 Our regular Green Room service resumes providing lunch and dinner to all VIP pass holders,
Opening Night Gala
5 p.m.
University of Illinois President’s Mansion
Betsy Hendrick’s Post-Festival Reception
Filmmakers and sponsors will join Chaz Ebert and President Killean
11:30 p.m.
of the University of Illinois at the Ebertfest Gala. The gala opening of
Hendrick House, corner of Green St. and Lincoln Ave., Urbana
the festival occurs at the president’s mansion on the grounds of the
A tradition first many years of the festival, Betsy Hendrick will host her
University of Illinois campus.
party at Hendrick House when the curtain comes down on Saturday’s last
movie. Join Betsy and the festival guests at an event that has become
THURSDAY, APRIL 16
legendary to Ebertfest’s regular sponsors. There may be a sing-along,
Chef de Cuisine Lunch, Dinner, and After-Movies Bar
there may be dancing - we never know what will happen - but food,
Big Grove Tavern
festivities and good company are guaranteed.
In the private dining space of Big Grove Tavern, specially invited Chef
de Cuisine, Raúl Parada, will be preparing lunch and a chosen menu of
dinner dishes for our VIP passholders. Known for taking dishes to the
next level with creative ingredient combinations, Chef Raúl Parada will
follow the food philosophy of Big Grove Tavern, preparing classic dishes
with modern flair from locally sourced ingredients. Then, all VIP pass-
holders are invited to join Big Grove right after Thursday’s last movie for The Hyatt Place Hotel
after-hours, each passholder will be offered a complimentary glass of 217 N. Neil Street, Champaign Il
wine. We will also be using the restaurant’s beverage team to curate the Call: 217-531-2800
wine selection for the Green Room and President’s Reception during the As a partner of the festival and host for both the festival filmmaker panels
festival. and the Ebertfest Green Room, consider the Hyatt Place Hotel as a
destination for your stay during the festival. As well as having easy access
to the Virginia Theatre, the hotels shuttles can get you to all the Ebertfest
FRIDAY, APRIL 17 locations. Quote the Ebertfest Block when making reservations at the
Green Room Service for VIP Pass Holders Hyatt to get discounted festival room rates.
lunch and dinner
Hyatt Place Hotel Ballroom
Our regular Green Room service resumes providing lunch and dinner to
all VIP pass holders, with L.A. Gourmet will return to cater our event for
dinner on Friday and Saturday.
Mid-Festival Party
Surface 51, 804 N. Neil St., Champaign
In a premier event for Ebertfest, creative marketing company and
Ebertfest partner, Surface51 will be hosting the Mid-Festival Party at their
downtown Champaign location. Join filmmaker guests for drinks and
snacks as we party ‘till late after the Friday movie.
To learn more about sponsorship and to hear some sponsor stories, check out the Ebertfest Insider Blog at
http://publish.illinois.edu/ebertfest/
EBERTFEST
BECOME A SPONSOR EBERTFEST ORGANIZERS
Film Circle $25,000+ Gifts in Kind
Sponsor of one film Please contact Andrew Hall at ROGER EBERT
10 VIP passes to all screenings amhall2@illinois.edu to discuss a custom-built benefits package
4 Festival passes to all screenings for in-kind gifts. Up to 2 VIP passes can be provided to sponsors Roger Ebert became the film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times in 1967 and remained for 46 years until his death
Mentions in all social media platforms of in-kind gifts. on April 4, 2013. He was the first film critic to receive the Pulitzer Prize in 1975, and is the only film critic with a
Display inside Virginia Theatre star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He was named honorary life member of the Directors Guild of America,
1 full page ad in festival program Additional Promotional Benefits and an honorary member of the Society of Cinematographers. He was awarded the Lifetime Achievement
Enhanced promotional benefits Benefits listed below are in addition to the sponsorship level Award of the Screenwriters Guild and received honorary degrees from the American Film Institute, the Art
benefits. Institute of Chicago School of Film, and the University of Colorado at Boulder. In 2001 he received the
Diamond $10,000+ highest honor bestowed by the State of Illinois, the Order of Lincoln.
8 VIP passes to all screenings Enhanced Promotional Benefits In 1975 Roger and Gene Siskel invented a new genre of television with their movie review show, Sneak Pre-
Mentions in all social media platforms Ebertfest sponsors at the Silver Level and above receive views. It later became Siskel & Ebert. After Siskel’s death the show became Ebert & Roeper, with Richard
Display inside Virginia Theatre the following additional benefits: Roeper. Later Roger produced Ebert Presents At The Movies with two new hosts. He was a lecturer on film for
1 full page ad in festival program Reserved seating in Virginia Theatre the University of Chicago Enrichment Program from 1970 until 2006, an adjunct professor in the Department of
Enhanced promotional benefits Invitation to Gala Opening Journalism at the University of Illinois, and recorded shot-by-shot commentaries for the DVDs of Citizen Kane,
Invitation to Mid-Festival Party Casablanca, Floating Weeds and Dark City. Ebert has published over 20 books.
Platinum $5,000+ Invitation to Post-Festival Reception
In 1999, Roger and his wife Chaz launched “Roger Ebert’s Overlooked Film Festival (Ebertfest),” an annual
4 VIP passes to all screenings Lunch and Dinner with Chaz & Film guests
event presented every April in the historic Virginia Theatre in his hometown of Champaign-Urbana, IL.
Display inside Virginia Theatre Logo on festival website, in festival program and name or logo
1 full page ad in festival program projected at screenings
Enhanced promotional benefits General Promotional Benefits
Gold $2,500+ General Promotional Benefits CHAZ EBERT NATE KOHN
3 VIP passes to all screenings All Ebertfest sponsors receive promotional benefits
1/2 page ad in festival program including the following: Chaz Ebert is the CEO of the Ebert Companies, includ- Dr. Nathaniel Kohn is a professor at the University
Enhanced promotional benefits Name on festival poster, in festival program, on festival website ing Ebert Digital LLC, which publishes the movie of Georgia, Associate Director of the George Foster
and name in local newspaper ads review website, Rogerebert.com. She produced Ebert Peabody Awards, festival director of Roger Ebert’s
Silver $1,500+ Presents At The Movies. Film Festival, director of Grady College’s low resi-
2 VIP passes to all screenings The community of festival sponsors is vital to the success of dency MFA program in screenwriting, and director
Mrs. Ebert hosts The Roger Ebert Film Festival (Ebert-
1/4 page ad in festival program Roger Ebert’s Film Festival. Sponsor contributions account for of the University of Georgia’s Cannes Film Festival
fest) at the University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign.
Enhanced promotional benefits approximately 50 percent of the festival’s operating budget. Study Abroad Program. Dr. Kohn produced Zulu
For over 20 years, she has attended and participated
The festival is a non-profit 501(c)(3) event of the College of Media in film festivals such as Cannes, Toronto, Sundance, Dawn starring Burt Lancaster and Peter O’Toole; the
Patron $750+ at the University of Illinois. Chicago, Hawaii, Venice, The Floating Film Festival, independent feature Somebodies, which premiered
2 Festival passes to all screenings at Sundance (2006); Rain, the Bahamas’ first indig-
South Africa, Karlovy Vary, and many others.
Invitation to Gala Opening enous feature which premiered at Toronto (2007) and
General promotional benefits
Please make check payable to: Previously, as a civil rights attorney, she was named
on Showtime (2010); and the feature film Bottleworld
Lawyer of the Year by the Constitutional Rights Foun-
UIF/Ebertfest (2010). He was executive producer on the BET televi-
Friend $500+ and send to:
dation. Her civic and community passions include an
sion series Somebodies (2008); he was producer on
1 Festival pass to all screenings interest in programs for women and children with an
the feature length documentary Bayou Maharajah that
General promotional benefits emphasis on education and the arts.
premiered at the SXSW Festival (2013); and he was
Andrew Hall Mrs. Ebert is a Life Trustee of the Art Institute of executive producer on Pivot TV, a division of Partici-
Associate $250+ Project Coordinator, Roger Ebert’s Film Festival Chicago and currently serves on the boards of the pant Media, telecast of The 73rd Annual Peabody
General promotional benefits University of Illinois | College of Media Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation, Awards (2014) and The 74rd Annual Peabody Awards
810 S. Wright St., Urbana IL 61801 After School Matters, and The Tree of Life Foundation (2015). He is the author of numerous scholarly articles
217.300.6911 of the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. and of the book Pursuing Hollywood: Seduction,
amhall2@illinois.edu Obsession, Dread (AltaMira Press, 2006).
EBERTFEST
SELECT EBERTFEST FILMMAKER GUESTS
Bill Paxton Lakeith Stanfield Bob Rafelson John Davies Marcia McBroom Sturla Gunnarsson Norman Jewison Tilda Swinton Oliver Stone Ramin Bahrani Stephen Apkon Tim Blake Nelson
Seema Biswas Billy Crudup Robert Townsend Kris Kristofferson Veronica Cartwright Hugh Dancy Julieta Zylberberg Leonard Maltin Noah Lomax Seymour Bernstein Gregory Nava Stephen Feder
Matt Dillon Charles Burnette Nancy Allen Wu Tianming Donald O’Connor Stephen Goldblatt Daphne Maxwell Reid Shailene Woodley James Ponsoldt Caleb Deschanel Chazz Palminteri Bobby Zarem
Scott Wilson Brett Morgen Rachael Harris Paul Cox David Warner Norman Lear Brie Larson Spike Lee Ted Hope Henry Butler Michael Shannon Steve James
Michael Polish Richard Corliss Richard Roeper Rufus Sewell Michael Hausman Robbie Pickering Bennett Miller Kelechi Ezie Kasi Lemmons Rick Goldsmith Irwin Winkler Michael Butler
Bernard Rose Tahmineh Milani Andrew Douglas Richard Linklater Jack Valenti Robert Forster Tim Reid Werner Herzog Guy Maddin Jason Patric Rebecca Parrish Alan Rickman
Heloise Godet Bill Forsyth Christine Lahti Paul Schrader Carl Deal Nina Paley John Malkovich Patton Oswalt Darrell James Roodt William Nack Isabelle Huppert Ahmad Razvi
Charlie Kaufman Godfrey Cheshire Gary Ross Misty Upham Guillermo del Toro
Tanya Wexler Joe Pantoliano Ayesha Dharker Doc Erickson Andy Davis Jason Scott Lee Vincent Ward
Tarsem Singh Mario Van Peebles Joseph Greco Aida Turturro Keir Dullea Timothy Spall Amma Asante Kogonada Shari Springer Berman Robert Pulcini Ava DuVernay Rita Coburn Whack
Jennifer Arnold Julie Dash Martha Coolidge Jeff Dowd Yojiro Takita Michelle Monaghan
Neil LaBute Mark Borchardt Haifaa Al-Mansour Michael Barker Ang Lee Terry Norris
Rachel Grady Nawazuddin Siddiqui Barbet Schroeder Enzo Cliff Robertson III Haskell Wexler Fatoumata Coulibaly Jennifer Tilly Gina Gershon David Mirkin Maja Komorowska Morgan Neville
EBERTFEST
Ebertfest 1999 Ebertfest 2003 Ebertfest 2006 Ebertfest 2010 Ebertfest 2014 Ebertfest 2018
PREVIOUS FILMS Dance Me to My Song The Right Stuff My Fair Lady Pink Floyd The Wall Life Itself The Fugitive
A Tale of Autumn Stone Reader Man Push Cart You, the Living Museum Hours Interstellar
Surrender Dorothy The Grey Automobile Duane Hopwood Munyurangabo Short Term 12 Selena
Hamsun Your Friends and Neighbors Spartan The New Age Young Adult Belle
Maborosi Blood and Wine Somebodies Apocalypse Now Redux He Who Gets Slapped Columbus
Battleship Potemkin Medium Cool The Eagle Departures Capote A Page of Madness
Household Saints What’s Cooking? Ripley’s Game Man with a Movie Camera Do the Right Thing American Splendor
Shiloh The Black Pirate Millions Synecdoche, New York Wadjda 13th
Thirteen L.627 Claire Dolan I Capture the Castle A Simple Life Daughters of the Dust
Tron The Golden Age of Silent Comedy Junebug Vincent: A Life in Color Goodbye Solo Rambling Rose
Shall We Dance? Bad Santa Trucker Born on the Fourth of July The Big Lebowski
Charlotte Sometimes Barfly Bayou Maharajah Rumble: the Indians Who Rocked the World
Ebertfest 2000 13 Conversations About One Thing
U-Carmen eKhayelitsha
Song Sung Blue
Sidewalk Stories Singin’ in the Rain
Ebertfest 2007 Ebertfest 2015
Grave of the Fireflies
Ebertfest 2011 Goodbye to Language
Ebertfest 2019
American Movie Gattaca
Legacy
Ebertfest 2004 The Weather Man Metropolis A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting Coeur Fidele
The Terrorist Lawrence of Arabia Moolaade Natural Selection on Existence Rachel Getting Married
The Castle Tarnation Perfume: The Story of a Murderer Umberto D Moving Midway Bound
A Woman’s Tale The Son Sadie Thompson My Dog Tulip The End of the Tour Cold War
Children of Heaven Once Upon a Time...When Come Early Morning Tiny Furniture Girlhood Cane River
The Last Laugh We Were Colored La Dolce Vita 45365 The Son of the Sheik A Year of The Quiet Sun
Dark City Tully Freddie Mercury, the Untold Story Me and Orson Welles A Bronx Tale Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion
Oklahoma The General Holes Only You Wild Tales Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
Deja Vu The Scapegoat Man of Flowers A Small Act Ida Won’t You Be My Neighbour?
El Norte Stroszek Life, Above All The Motel Life Almost Famous
Leaves of Grass 99 Homes Sideways
Ebertfest 2001 My Dog Skip
Gates of Heaven
Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls I Am Love Seymour: An Introduction
Everyone Says I Love You People I Know Louder Than a Bomb
Girl On the Bridge Invincible
Ebertfest 2008 Ebertfest 2016
Jesus’ Son
The King of Masks
Louie Bluie
Hamlet
Ebertfest 2012 Crimson Peak
Sweet Old Song
Maryam Delirious Joe Versus the Volcano Grandma
Nosferatu Yes The Truth About Beauty & Blogs Northfork
On the Ropes Ebertfest 2005 Canvas Phunny Business: A Black Comedy The Third Man
Panic Playtime Citizen Cohl: The Untold Story Big Fan Disturbing the Peace
Songs from the Second Floor Murderball Shotgun Stories Kinyarwanda L’inhumaine
A Simple Plan The Saddest Music in the World Underworld Terri Eve’s Bayou
Such A Long Journey with the Heart of the World The Real Dirt on Farmer John On Borrowed Time Force of Destiny
3 Women After Dark, My Sweet Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters Wild and Weird Radical Grace
2001: A Space Odyssey Yesterday Hulk A Separation Love & Mercy
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures The Phantom of the Opera The Band’s Visit Higher Ground Blow Out
Baadasssss! Housekeeping Patang (The Kite) Body and Soul
Take Shelter
Ebertfest 2002 The Secret of Roan Inish The Cell
Patton
Primer Romance and Cigarettes Citizen Kane Ebertfest 2017
Map of the Human Heart
Innocence Hair
Grand Canyon
Me and You and Everyone We Know Ebertfest 2009 Ebertfest 2013 Hysteria
Taal To Sleep With Anger
Diamond Men Woodstock Days of Heaven
Paperhouse My Winnipeg Vincent: The Life and Death The Handmaiden
Hyenes Chop Shop of Vincent Van Gogh July and Half of August (Short Film)
A Soldier’s Daughter Never Cries Trouble the Water In the Family They Call Us Monsters
Kwik Stop Begging Naked Bernie Varieté
Metropolis The Last Command Oslo, August 31st Elle
Two Women Frozen River The Ballad of Narayama Mind/Game
George Washington The Fall Julia Pleasantville
Say Amen, Somebody Sita Sings the Blues Blancanieves Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You
Nothing But the Truth Kumaré Being There
Wonder Boys
Let the Right One In Escape From Tomorrow De-Lovely
Baraka The Spectacular Now
Not Yet Begun to Fight
EBERTFEST
LOOKING BACK
THROUGH THE YEARS
The College of Media at Illinois presents
Roger Ebert’s
19thAnnual
Film Festival 2017
April 19-23, 2017
The Virginia Theatre Chaz Ebert: Co-Founder and Producer
203 W. Park, Champaign, IL Nate Kohn: Festival Director
2017
Roger Ebert’s
Film Festival
The University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
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