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The BNFilmFest returns once again to the Normal Theater in Normal, IL, on Tuesday, May 8, 2007, and Wednesday, May 9, 2007.

Coming Soon: Illini Film & Video festival at Spurlock Museum, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (4/22/07), Roger Ebert’s Overlooked Film Festival at the Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL (4/25-29/07), INCIDENT AT KICKAPOO CREEK at Boardman’s Art Theatre, Champaign, IL (4/28/07), WEREWOLF CEMETERY: Episodes 2 & 3 at Mike n’ Molly’s, Champaign, IL (4/29-30/07), and NORMAL LIFE at Illinois State University, Normal, IL (5/6/07).

The College of Communications at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has announced the movies to be showcased at the ninth annual edition of Roger Ebert’s Overlooked Film Festival.

Coming Soon: MERRY CHRISTMAS! at the Wildwood Film Festival, Appleton, WI (3/24/07), ALBERT FISH at the Avon Theatre, Decatur, IL (3/24/07), Korean Documentary Film Festival at the University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (3/29-31/07), “Death by Design, Co., Stalks Charleston” at the Tarble Arts Center, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL (~ 4/1/07), and the closing of the Heart Theatre, Effingham, IL (12/24/06).

Coming Soon: “Lebowski Fest” at the Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL (2/22/07), benefit screening of THE ULTIMATE GIFT at the Avon Theatre, Decatur, IL (2/22/07), Human Rights Film Festival at the Illinois Disciples Foundation, Champaign, IL (starting 2/22/07), Latin American Film Festival at Boardman’s Art Theatre, Champaign, IL (2/23-3/01/07), Insect Fear Film Festival at Foellinger Auditorium, UIUC, Urbana, IL (2/24/07), and EKLAVYA at Boardman’s Art Theatre, Champaign, IL (3/3-4/07).

Coming Soon: John Cusack Film Festival at Lake Land College, Mattoon, IL (2/15-16/07).

Coming Soon: “Hitchcock Movies-Part Two” film class at the Avon Theatre, Decatur, IL (11/16/06-???), THE HEART OF THE GAME at the Normal Theater, Normal, IL (11/16-19/06), After Dark Horrorfest at the Beverly Cinemas, Champaign, IL (11/17-21/06), UMRAO JAAN at Boardman’s Art Theatre, Champaign, IL (11/18-19/06), and the re-opening of the Princess Theatre, LeRoy, IL (11/22/06).

Festival passes for the next Overlooked Film Festival, taking place at the Virginia Theatre in downtown Champaign on April 25-29, 2007, go on sale today!

Coming Soon: Tournees French Film Festival at Boardman’s Art Theatre, Champaign, IL (10/13-19/06), Brainsmart Productions Film Festival at Mike ‘n’ Molly’s, Champaign, IL (10/15-16/06), Human Rights Film Festival at the Illinois Disciples Foundation, Champaign, IL (10/19-26/06), and THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS VS. A MUMMY at the Natural History Building, UIUC, Urbana, IL (10/27/06).

Film festivals rule downstate Illinois this month as the Route 66 Film Festival (September 16-17, 2006, Springfield), Embarras Valley Film Festival (September 20-23, 2006, Charleston), and Asian Film Festival: South Korea (September 29-30, 2006, Champaign) vie for the attention of cinephiles everywhere.

The annual BN Film Fest returns to the Normal Theater in Normal, IL, on Tuesday, May 9, 2006, and Wednesday, May 10, 2006.

The College of Communications at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has announced the movies to be showcased at the eighth annual edition of Roger Ebert’s Overlooked Film Festival.

Urbana native Michael Wiese, a publisher of film industry books and independent producer, to lead seminar at Roger Ebert’s Overlooked Film Festival on April 29, 2006.