The Wisconsin Film Festival is presented by the UW–Madison Department of Communication Arts.

The Festival presents an average of 150 film screenings over 8 days every spring. The Festival is known for its diverse film offerings. Categories include American independent, international cinema, and documentaries. We also screen experimental and avant-garde, and restored classics. The Wisconsin’s Own section of the Festival features Wisconsin filmmakers, themes, or settings. Big Screens, Little Folks features specially curated full-length and short films for young people that will inspire and delight. We strive to make films screened during the Festival accessible for all audiences.

Schedule of Events:

Thursday, April 13, 2023:

5:00 - 7:00 PM: Opening Night Reception - Reception space

7:00 PM: Luxembourg, Luxembourg - Shannon Hall

Friday, April 14, 2023:

11:00 AM -- The Lady

12:45 PM -- Leila's Brothers

1:15 PM -- Geographies of Solitude

1:30 PM -- I Have Electric Dreams

1:30 PM -- Will-o'-the-Wisp

3:15 PM -- The Circle

3:30 PM -- Yung Punx: A Punk Parable

3:30 PM -- Mother and Son

3:45 PM -- The Tuba Thieves

4:00 PM -- World War III

4:00 PM -- Chocolate and Butter Sculpture

5:30 PM -- The Connection

5:30 PM -- Zoo Lock Down

5:45 PM -- Valeria Is Getting Married

6:00 PM -- Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman

6:00 PM -- Other People's Children

6:00 PM -- Polite Society

6:15 PM -- Blue Jean

7:30 PM -- Una Vita Dificile (A Difficult Life)

8:00 PM -- Metronom

8:15 PM -- Bobi Wine: The People's President

8:15 PM -- Secret Screening

8:30 PM -- Manticore

8:30 PM -- Next Door

8:45 PM -- Strangers in a Strange Land

Saturday, April 15, 2023:

11:00 AM -- Starring Jerry As Himself

11:00 AM -- The Sixth Child

11:00 AM -- Judy Blume Forever

11:00 AM -- Robot Monster 3-D

11:15 AM -- Ever Deadly

11:30 AM -- Mami Wata

12:45 PM -- Rickshaw Girl

1:00 PM -- Confessions of a Good Samaritan

1:00 PM -- The Cameraman

1:15 PM -- Blue Jean

1:15 PM -- Pianoforte

1:45 PM -- Tommy Guns

3:00 PM -- Dunston Checks In

3:15 PM -- Real People/Real Places

3:15 PM -- Love Life

3:30 PM -- The Happiest Man in the World

3:30 PM -- We Are Not Ghouls

4:00 PM -- Beyond Human Nature

4:15 PM -- The Tuba Thieves

5:30 PM -- Experiments

5:30 PM -- How I Learned to Fly

5:30 PM -- Daughter of God

5:45 PM -- The Night of the 12th

6:15 PM -- I Have Electric Dreams

6:45 PM -- Showing Up

7:00 PM -- Masquerade

7:45 PM -- Good Guy With a Gun

8:00 PM -- Without Her

8:15 PM -- Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman

8:30 PM -- Kokomo City

8:45 PM -- The Tough Ones

9:00 PM -- Wisconsin's Own Gone Wild

Sunday, April 16, 2023:

11:00 AM -- Greener Pastures

11:00 AM -- Viking

11:00 AM -- Karaoke

11:00 AM -- Shorter and Sweeter

11:00 AM -- Jack and the Beanstalk

11:15 AM -- Bobi Wine: The People's President

11:30 AM -- Geographies of Solitude

12:45 PM -- Short and Sweet

1:15 PM -- Leila's Brothers

1:30 PM -- Following Sean

1:30 PM -- Cairo Conspiracy

1:45 PM -- Confessions of a Good Samaritan

2:00 PM -- Metronom

2:00 PM -- Will-o'-the-Wisp

2:30 PM -- Manticore

4:00 PM -- Families and Friends

4:00 PM -- Love Life

4:00 PM -- I Like It Here

4:15 PM -- Tommy Guns

4:15 PM -- Hundreds of Beavers

4:30 PM -- Until Tomorrow

5:00 PM -- Joyland

6:30 PM -- Army of Darkness

6:30 PM -- Addicted to Life

6:30 PM -- Tap Dancing Teens & Screaming Sandwichmen: Gems from Chicago Film Archives

6:45 PM -- The Beasts

7:00 PM -- Valeria Is Getting Married

7:00 PM -- Wild Life

Monday, April 17, 2023:

12:30 PM -- I Like It Here

1:15 PM -- The Night of the 12th

2:00 PM -- The Runner

3:00 PM -- Mami Wata

4:00 PM -- Until Tomorrow

4:00 PM -- Dragon Princess

5:15 PM -- Martin Roumagnac

5:45 PM -- My Sailor, My Love

6:00 PM -- Joyland

7:30 PM -- Hollywood 90028

8:00 PM -- The Beasts

8:45 PM -- Kokomo City

Tuesday, April 18, 2023:

12:30 PM -- Mother and Son

1:00 PM -- Zoo Lock Down

1:15 PM -- World War III

3:00 PM -- The Sixth Child

3:15 PM -- Ever Deadly

3:30 PM -- Without Her

5:15 PM -- A World For Julius

6:00 PM -- Time Bomb Y2K

6:15 PM -- Chop & Steele

8:15 PM -- Impulse

8:30 PM -- The Runner

8:30 PM -- Chop & Steele

Wednesday, April 19, 2023:

12:30 PM -- Una Vita Dificile (A Difficult Life)

1:15 PM -- My Sailor, My Love

1:30 PM -- The Happiest Man in the World

3:00 PM -- Martin Roumagnac

3:30 PM -- Time Bomb Y2K

5:15 PM -- The Trial(s)

5:30 PM -- Hung Up on a Dream

6:00 PM -- Viking

7:45 PM -- Bunny Lake Is Missing

8:00 PM -- Subject

8:15 PM -- Sick of Myself

Thursday, April 20, 2023:

12:15 PM -- The Trial(s)

3:00 PM -- Subject

3:15 PM -- Dead Reckoning

4:00 PM -- Starring Jerry As Himself

5:45 PM -- Real Genius

6:00 PM -- I Like Movies

6:15 PM -- Sanctuary

8:15 PM -- How to Blow Up a Pipeline

8:30 PM -- The Last Picture Show

Dates: April 13 - 20, 2023

VENUES:

City of Madison:

Wisconsin Film Festival Hilldale | 430 N. Midvale Blvd.
April 14-20

UW–Madison campus:

Shannon Hall, Memorial Union | 800 Langdon St.
April 13-16

Chazen Museum of Art – Auditorium | 750 University Ave.
April 14-16

UW Cinematheque ­– 4070 Vilas Hall | 821 University Ave.
April 14-16

Marquee at Union South | 2nd Floor, 1308 W. Dayton St.
April 14-16

Ticket Prices:

General Admission: $12 Per Ticket
All-Festival Pass: $325

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