Ebertfest Movie Lineup Announced

Pink Floyd The Wall'' in its only surviving 70 millimeter print, and "Apocalypse Now Redux'' --- a longer 2001 re-edit of Francis Ford Cuppola's 1979 original --- are among the 13 movies on the schedule next month at Roger Ebert's annual film festival.

Organizers announced the lineup Friday for this year's Roger Ebert's Film Festival. The festival will be April 21-25 at the Virginia Theater in Champaign, with related events at the Illini Union at the University of Illinois. The Chicago Sun-Times film critic is a native of Urbana and a U of I graduate.

Other movies on the schedule include the 2009 Oscar Winner "Departures'' and a 2007 film shot in Rwanda with local actors called "Munyurangabo.''

This year's silent film is 1929's "Man With a Movie Camera", an avant-garde Russian film. As in past years, the three-person Alloy Orchestra will accompany the showing.

Roger Ebert's wife, Chaz, will once again act as emcee for the festival. Roger Ebert is unable to speak due to cancer surgery, but plans to play a role using a computer synthesis of his voice.

According to its organizers, Roger Ebert's Film Festival features films that the film critic feels have been overlooked, either by critics, distributors or audiences, or because they come from an overlooked genre or format.Besides the film showings, guests connected with many of the films will appear on the Virginia Theater stage for informal Q-and-A sessions after the screenings. The festival is presented by the University of Illinois College of Media, of which Illinois Public Media is a part.

Festival passes for the festival are sold out. Tickets for individual films go on sale April 5, through the Virginia Theater box office.