Category Archives: Ebertfest-General

by Marsha Clinard and Charlie Boast EbertFest has meant a great deal to us since we began attending in 1999. A special “gift” was meeting Jimmy Edwards during our third year attending the festival. Being creatures of habit, many of … Continue reading →

I headed over to the office of our assistant festival director at the time, Mary Susan Britt. As I dropped the Snickers bars on her desk, I picked up my volunteer assignment. Inside the envelope was the name of my … Continue reading →

Ebertfest means a lot to me because I started helping with and attending the festival when it was an experimental event called Cyberfest(1997). Cyberfest screened only one film, Kubrick’s 2001 A Space Odyssey, but it was a big success and Roger and … Continue reading →

Founded in 1999 by the late Roger Ebert, University of Illinois Journalism graduate and Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic, Roger Ebert’s Film Festival (Ebertfest) celebrates films that haven’t received the recognition they deserved during their original runs. The festival gives these … Continue reading →