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The Hotel Foster opens at 2pm daily and is located at 2028 East North Avenue--walking distance from the Oriental Theatre. Drinks specials for festival attendees are available throughout the day. Hope to see you there!
Come celebrate Cream City Cinema and all the great local filmmakers who are screening at the 2011 Milwaukee Film Festival!
Join Milwaukee Film in honoring Oscar-winning cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond, ASC. Zsigmond will be in attendance at a special screening of the 1978 sci-fi blockbuster Close Encounters of the Third Kind, projected in 35mm. He will be presented with a lifetime achievement award and will partake in a lively Q&A about his distinguished and groundbreaking career.
New to the Milwaukee Film Festival this year is a series of panel discussions and conversations.
Milwaukee Film is extremely excited to host numerous filmmakers, actors and guests at the 2011 Milwaukee Film Festival.
The 2011 Milwaukee Film Festival kicks off with an incredible Opening Night Party! Join Milwaukee Film on September 22 at Discovery World for a night to remember.
Good films provoke thought and inspire conversations with others. The new Conversations series at the 2011 Milwaukee Film Festival offers filmgoers the opportunity to continue the dialogue started by many of our films.
Past Events
Milwaukee Film is thrilled be be a community co-presenter for I KILLED MY MOTHER (J'ai tué ma mère) at the 2010 Milwaukee LGBT Film/Video Festival on Saturday, Oct. 23, 5 pm, UW-Milwaukee Union Theatre. A war of the wills between a mother and her gay teenaged son is the focus of this remarkable debut from emerging cineaste wunderkind Xavier Dolan.
RDI Stages will be hosting a Feed the Fish pre-screening gala with special guests, from the film including actor Tony Shalhoub, writer/director Michael Matzdorff and producers Alison Abrohams and Nick Langhoff!
After the Waste Land screening walk on over to Alterra, where there will be spoken word artists from the film Mark My Words, as well as live music and coffee tasting. In addition to being an MKE Film after party, it is also Alterra on Prospect's grand re-opening!
Join us after the Wild and Scenic shorts program for an after party at Von Trier that will include refreshments, a talk back, and a silent auction. Some of the auction items include a kayak, an Alterra Coffee gift basket, a pass for yoga sessions, and many more great things to bid on!
After you see the Opening Night Film, Blue Valentine, head on down to Discovery World to join us for the Opening Night Party: DJs, art, food, and live music! Presented by INSIDEMilwaukee.com.
Milwaukee Film will play host to Oscar-winning actress, Susan Sarandon, this Saturday, September 25, as she attends a special screening of her 1991 hit film, Thelma & Louise, at the Landmark Oriental Theatre.
For a nation that proudly declared it would leave no child behind, America continues to do so at alarming rates. This Audience Award Winner from the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, directed by Academy Award winning director Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth) reminds us that education statistics have names as he undertakes an exhaustive review of public education.
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra have partnered to present two truly special presentations of Metropolis as part of the 2010 Milwaukee Film Festival featuring live musical accompaniment by the world-renowned Alloy Orchestra.
A celebration of LOCAL art, LOCAL causes, LOCAL businesses and LOCAL culture in Cathedral Square Park, Saturday, September 4, 2010, 8:30am - 10:00pm. Featuring the release of the 2010 Milwaukee Film Festival Program Book & Schedule.
