2003 Wisconsin Film Festival

March 12, 2003

Films from around the world, in the neighborhood

The 2003 Wisconsin Film Festival runs Thursday, March 27, through Sunday, March 30, and features 146 films (up from 138 last year), including 35 narrative features, 30 documentaries, 36 experimental films or performances, 35 short films, and 11 panels and talks.

More than 60 filmmakers, speakers and industry professionals will participate. The films will be shown in 110 programs during four days, in eight venues, including the Orpheum Theatre, the newly re-opened Club Majestic and a new festival venue, University Square Theatres.

The international lineup features films from more than 25 countries, including a wide-ranging series of new African cinema and films from Palestine, Israel, Iran, Korea and China, along with 50 films from major and emerging filmmakers with Wisconsin ties.

For the complete festival lineup, schedule, ticket, hotel and travel information: http://www.wifilmfest.org or call (877) 963-FILM.

Photos courtesy Wisconsin Film Festival

Screen shot from the film

The documentary "The Trials of Henry Kissinger" will be featured at the Wisconsin Film Festival.

Screen shot from the film "A Hard Day's Night"

"A Hard Day's Night" (1964), a film about The Beatles will be presented by Roger Ebert.

Screen shot from the film "Satin Rouge"

A widowed Tunisian seamstress takes an unlikely journey of self-discovery in Raja Amari's sumptuous "Satin Rouge" (Zeitgeist Films), part of a series of films by contemporary African filmmakers, including:

Screen shot from the film "Season of Men"

"Season of Men," to be shown with Tunisian filmmaker [Ms.] Moufida Tlatli (The Silences of the Palace) in person.

Screen shot from the film "Wating for Happiness"

"Waiting for Happiness" (New Yorker Films) – a lyrical portrait of West African life in transition.