“Who just bought the last two tickets for the WI Film Fest’s screening of ROOM 237?” one festival fan tweeted last week. “This dude right here is who. #Nanny #Nanny #Boo #Boo.”
Man, those Wisconsin Film Festival fans are a cutthroat bunch.
As of Monday morning, 31 films in this year’s festival (running April 11 through 18) have sold out all or some of their screenings. Here’s a list of all the sellouts, including alternate times for those films that do still have advance tickets available.
Tickets are on sale through wifilmfest.org and at the festival box office on the first floor of Union South.
“56 Up” — all three screenings are sold out. One of the subjects of the doc, Nick Hitchon, will be speaking at the Saturday screening only.
“7 Boxes” — The 5:15 p.m. Friday show and 9 p.m. Tuesday shows are both sold out.
“All the Light in the Sky” — 4:45 p.m. Sunday sold out.
“Augustine” — 7 p.m. Thursday (April 18) sold out, tickets remain for 9:15 p.m. Tuesday.
“Beyond the Hills” — 5:45 p.m. Sunday sold out.
“Breakfast with Curtis” — 11:30 a.m. Saturday is sold out, but tickets remain the 12:15 p.m. Friday show.
“Consuming Spirits” — 2:15 p.m. Saturday sold out.
“Dear Mr. Watterson” — 9 p.m. Monday sold out, but tickets remain for 4 p.m. Sunday.
“Dragon Inn” — 11:45 a.m. Saturday sold out.
“Either Way” — both screenings sold out.
“The End of Time” — 11:15 a.m. Saturday is sold out, but tickets remain for 12:30 p.m. Friday.
“Flicker” — 7:45 p.m. Saturday and 4 p.m. Monday are sold out, but tickets for 12:15 p.m. Friday remain.
“I Am Divine” — 9:30 p.m. Friday sold out, but tickets remain for 6:30 p.m. Thursday.
“Key of Life” — 7 p.m. Wednesday is sold out, but tickets for 1:30 p.m. Thursday remain.
“Kon-Tiki” — 6:30 p.m. Sunday sold out
“Lore” — both screenings sold out
“M” — 7:30 p.m. Saturday sold out
“Much Ado About Nothing” — 9 p.m. Thursday sold out
“Only the Young” — 7:45 p.m. Friday sold out, but tickets remain for 4 p.m. Sunday
“Phase IV” — 11:30 a.m. Saturday sold out
“Pretty Funny Stories” — 5 p.m. Saturday sold out
“Radio Unnameable” — 6:45 p.m. Saturday sold out, but tickets remain for 5 p.m. Friday.
“Renoir” — 1 p.m. Saturday sold out, but tickets remain for 2 p.m. Thursday
“Room 237” — 6:30 p.m. Wednesday sold out
“Short Films From Wisconsin’s Own” — 2 p.m. Sunday sold out
“Stories We Tell” — 6:45 p.m. Thursday sold out
“Tiger Tail in Blue” — 7:15 p.m. Sunday sold out.
“The World Before Her” — 7:30 p.m. Friday and 11 a.m. Saturday both sold out
“This is Martin Bonner” — 6:30 p.m. Saturday sold out, but tickets remain for 2 p.m. Sunday
“Unfinished Song” — 5 p.m. Saturday sold out
“Winter Nomads” — 4:30 p.m. Thursday sold out, but tickets remain for 12:30 p.m. Friday