Tickets to 25th Ebertfest in Champaign go on sale

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — Tickets are now on sale for the annual Ebertfest in Champaign, and next year’s edition is a milestone year for the annual film festival.

Ebertfest will be celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2024. Since 1999, Ebertfest has celebrated films that encourage what are called the “FECK principals” – forgiveness, empathy, compassion and kindness – and showcased them regardless of who produced them – independent filmmakers, Hollywood studio films or international filmmakers. The festival also showcases overlooked genres and formats such as 70mm film, documentaries and musicals.

The festival is hosted by Chaz Ebert, wife of renowned film critic and University of Illinois alumnus Roger Ebert, and festival director Nate Kohn in collaboration with the College of Media at the U of I.

“Ebertfest was created for people who love movies as much as Roger…