Individual tickets for the 15th Annual Roger Ebert’s Film Festival went on sale Monday, and can be purchased at The Virginia Theater, located at 203 W. Park Ave., Champaign.
The event, more commonly known as “Ebert Fest,” is an annual film festival organized by the College of Media. Roger Ebert, renowned film critic and University of Illinois alumnus, selects films that he believes have been overlooked by the public and features them in the festival.
The individual tickets sales are for single screenings of one film, and will be priced at $14 each. Students and seniors can purchase discounted tickets for $12. Five hundred of these tickets will be released, in addition to the 1,000 passes that usually sell out in January or February.
If a specific film is sold out, the theater offers the option to wait in a rush-ticket line 30 minutes prior to the start of the film. According to the festival’s website, all patrons in the rush line for sold out films are typically able to get in.
Ebert Fest will be held April 17-21 at the Virginia Theatre. For a full list of films that will be shown, visit www.ebertfest.com.
