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Apr 20, 2018
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The Wisconsin Film Festival new trailer

Video: Aaron Granat and Liz Wadium

 

Live from WFF 2018 Opening Night!



Enjoy the live version of the 2018 Wisconsin Film Festival (WFF) trailer by clicking the image above! We will share more information on how to view the complete suite of 2018 Festival trailers once it becomes available.

 

Opening Night 2018. Photo: Mary Ladoni

2018 Wisconsin Film Festival Facts & Figures



5 venues

7 screens

146 films

149 screenings

169 volunteers

 

26,791 total Festival attendance



2019 Wisconsin Film Festival: April 4-11, 2019*



The 2018 Steep & Brew Audience Awards ballots have been tabulated, and the favorites are:

 

Audience Favorite Narrative Feature

Hearts Beat Loud | Brett Haley



Audience Favorite Documentary Feature

RBG | Betsy West & Julie Cohen



Audience Favorite Restoration/Rediscovery

Blue Collar | Paul Schrader



Audience Favorite Shorts Program

A World of Wisconsin's Own



Audience Favorite Big Screens, Little Folks Selection

Short But Not So Sweet: Revolting Rhymes and Isis + Osiris



Thank you for voting! As a reminder, our 2018 Golden Badger Award Winners are:



FUTURE LANGUAGE: The Dimensions of VON LMO | Lori Felker

Great Light | Tony Oswald

The Blood Is At The Doorstep | Erik Ljung



*Dates are tentative and subject to change.

 

Photo: Jing Zeng

Reminder:

Patron Survey



If you attended the 20th Annual Wisconsin Film Festival (April 5-12), we invite you to fill out our patron survey. Your feedback will help us evaluate the Festival's successes and drawbacks in order to improve for the future.



Please complete the survey by Friday, May 4 for a chance to win 2018 Wisconsin Film Festival merchandise.

 

Fill out the survey now!

Photo: Junlin Ou

Relive the 20th Annual WFF



Missing the Wisconsin Film Festival already? Us too!



Luckily, we are able to relive the 8 days of film frenzy through photographs.



Click here to access our photo albums on Smug Mug.

 

 

College Cuts Series at Madison College



As part of the Screens for Teens outreach program, we are thrilled to partner with Madison College's Office of Equity, Inclusion and Community Engagement for the College Cuts film series. These events are free and open to the public, with advance registration required.



College Cuts: Women Outward Bound

Date: Thursday, April 26

Time: 6:30 pm

Location: Health Building 309/311, Madison College (1701 Wright Street)

Click here to register.



Fifty years ago, girls were not allowed to participate in the rigorous United States outward bound wilderness school until 24 women broke that barrier. Find out how one month of surviving in the woods changed them – and history – forever. The documentary film will be followed by a post-screening Skype Q&A session with award-winning filmmaker Maxine W. Davis.

 

College Cuts: Cliff, Superfan! & Brown Girl

Date: Thursday, May 10

Time: 6:30 pm

Location: Room 1630B/C, Madison College (1701 Wright Street)

Click here to register.

 

Brown Girl is a short documentary by Violet Wang that focuses on Gretchen Carvajal, a Filipino-American artist and UW–Madison student.



Cliff, Superfan! is a short documentary about Clifford Hayashi, Stanford University’s biggest sports fan. He’s attended over 4,000 games in the past 22 years, cheering on the individual members of every Stanford team like they were his own children. But Cliff isn’t just a super fan.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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