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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — Ebertfest has announced their last batch of films and guests, officially rounding the schedule for the film festival’s silver jubilee. The final announcement comes exactly a month after festival officials gave a first look into some of the event’s special guests and film highlights. Now, they are adding documentary “Omoiyari: A Song Film […]

The 2023 Roger Ebert Film Festival, known as Ebertfest, took place from Wednesday to Saturday at the Virginia Theatre in downtown Champaign. The event included a collection of film screenings and guest appearances. Ebertfest began on Wednesday with a showing of “Nine Days.” According to Ebertfest’s website, Edson Oda, the film’s writer and director, made...