Stories indexed under: Film

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• The curtain rises on the Wisconsin Film Festival on April 18 April 13, 2012 The 2012 Wisconsin Film Festival runs from April 18-22.
• Film festival finds environmental stories in unexpected places March 7, 2012 From Cold War bunkers in Albania to the night skies over Manhattan, Tales from Planet Earth will offer a broad - and often surprising - exploration of the environment.
• Spring semester alive with arts events Feb. 3, 2012 The spring semester will be bursting with arts events across the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus during the university's Year of the Wisconsin Idea.
• UW-Madison welcomes gift of celebrated Taiwanese feature films April 21, 2011 A unique collection of 30 celebrated feature films by various studios in Taiwan donated to the University of Wisconsin-Madison will enable scholars, film aficionados and general audiences to explore the richly layered history and daily lives of people in Taiwan.
• Recent sightings: Lakeside light journal April 1, 2011
• Trove of Taiwanese classic films donated to UW-Madison Nov. 10, 2010 New 35mm prints of 30 of some of the most celebrated Chinese-language feature films have been donated to the University of Wisconsin-Madison by various film studios in Taiwan with the help of the Taiwanese government.
• Documentary filmmaker’s work celebrated in Year of the Arts events Sept. 30, 2010 Errol Morris' Twitter bio lists writer, filmmaker and anthropoid... in that order. It's curious that an Academy-award winning filmmaker doesn't lead with that accomplishment. And anthropoid? A little digging into his work and it becomes clear that outsider Morris might feel he has just a toe or two in the human race rather than being all-in.
• Film Festival volunteers keep reels spinning April 7, 2010 A few years ago, UW–Madison grants and contracts specialist Aaron Crandall was sitting in the lobby of the Orpheum Theatre during a screening at the Wisconsin Film Festival when he and the other volunteers realized it’d been awhile since they’d heard from the projectionist.
• Festival to showcase films from across the globe March 24, 2010 It Changes You. That’s the 12th Wisconsin Film Festival slogan, and though it’s too early to tell, it’s probably accurate.
• The story continues off-screen for movies, TV shows Jan. 14, 2010 Even if you haven't seen "Avatar," you may have caught the movie's trailer on television, heard its characters are blue and 10 feet tall, or know it was directed by James Cameron of "Titanic" and "Terminator" fame. Based on those tidbits, you may have decided you're dying to see the blockbuster or you'd rather watch paint dry.
• Festival leverages power of film for community action Oct. 21, 2009 The Tales from Planet Earth film festival takes center stage in Madison Friday-Sunday, Nov. 6-8, with something new: a built-in call to action.
• Festival leverages film for community action Oct. 21, 2009 The Tales from Planet Earth film festival takes center stage in Madison Friday-Sunday, Nov. 6-8 with something new — a built-in call to action.
• Lecture explains the science behind ‘Angels and Demons’ April 29, 2009 Physics professor Wesley Smith will discuss the science behind the movie in a public lecture titled “Angels and Demons of the Large Hadron Collider” at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, May 4, in 2103 Chamberlin Hall.
• Cinema Day highlights German, Iranian cultures March 25, 2009 On Friday, April 3, Wisconsin high school students and teachers will participate in World Cinema Day, with an educational screening of “Football Under Cover,”, a film that documents the efforts of both the Iranian and German teams to cross cultural and national borders to play the match of a lifetime.
• Tickets now on sale for Wisconsin Film Festival March 11, 2009 It started as an experiment in 1999. Now in its 11th year, the Wisconsin Film Festival has grown so popular that it’s taken over Babcock Hall.
• Cinematheque series explores American politics Sept. 24, 2008 It seems as if the presidential campaigning has been going on forever. With primaries, caucuses, dueling ad campaigns and the spectacle of conventions designed to energize the faithful, even the most dutiful voting citizen can grow weary. Mercifully, Cinematheque will rescue us with films that explore American politics and give some healthy perspective to the chatter.
• Recent sightings: Lakeside Cinema June 30, 2008
• Oscar-winning producer returns to campus for reception, film screening April 28, 2008 On Friday, May 2, UW-Madison will welcome Hollywood producer Walter Mirisch back to campus with two special events.
• Award-winning filmmaker Pierre Sauvage to give human rights, democracy lecture April 14, 2008 Pierre Sauvage, award-winning filmmaker, producer and screenwriter, will deliver the Mildred Fish-Harnack Human Rights and Democracy Lecture at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
• Hundreds of high school students to participate in World Cinema Day March 31, 2008 For the past five years, the University of Wisconsin-Madison has welcomed hundreds of Wisconsin high school students and teachers to World Cinema Day, a program of the Language Institute and the Wisconsin Film Festival to raise cultural awareness and deepen understanding of diverse perspectives through international film.