Obviously it would have been better for headline purposes if only 56 films had sold out, so I could have made a play on “56 Up” somehow. But you just weren’t satisfied, were you Wisconsin Film Festival fans?
As of Sunday night, 58 films at the festival had all or some screenings sold out in advance. Which still leaves a lot of films with advance tickets still up for sale (if you can see a movie on a weekday afternoon, you’re in the catbird’s seat). And every screening will have a limited number of rush tickets released at the door — get to the theater at minimum an hour early, bring something good to read while you wait in line, and you’ve got a pretty good shot.
Advance tickets will be on sale through Wednesday at wifilmfest.org and the festival box office on the first floor of Union South. After that — well, the festival starts Thursday, so they wouldn’t be advance tickets any more, would they? — you can buy them on the day of the show at the venue. Follow me at @r0bt77 — I’ll be live-tweeting the festival and linking to reviews I’ll be writing for both this blog and 77 Square.
Oh, and get some extra sleep between now and Thursday if you can.
“56 Up” — all three original screenings are sold out, but a fourth screening has been added at 9:15 a.m. Saturday at Union South, and advance tickets remain for that. One of the subjects of the doc, Nick Hitchon, will be speaking at the 6 p.m. Saturday screening only. (Note: the original version of this post said the fourth screening was at Sundance. That has been corrected.)
“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.
“Blancanieves” — both shows sold out.
“Breakfast with Curtis” — 11:30 a.m. Saturday is sold out, but tickets remain the 12:15 p.m. Friday show.
“The Bronte Sisters” — 1 p.m. Wednesday is sold out, but tickets remain for 9:15 p.m. Monday.
“Citizen Koch” — 11 a.m. Sunday is sold out, but tickets remain for 7:15 p.m. Saturday.
“Coming of Age” — 7 p.m. Sunday is sold out, but tickets remain for 2 p.m. Tuesday.
“Computer Chess” — 6:15 p.m. Tuesday sold out, but tickets remain for 11:15 a.m. Sunday.
“Consuming Spirits” — 2:15 p.m. Saturday sold out.
“Dear Mr. Watterson” — Both screenings are sold out.
“Dragon Inn” — 11:45 a.m. Saturday sold out.
“Either Way” — both screenings sold out.
“The End of Time” — both screenings sold out.
“Father’s Birth” — both screenings sold out.
“The Final Member” — 9:15 p.m. Friday is sold out, but tickets remain for 10 p.m. Saturday.
“Flicker” — All three screenings are sold out.
“The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” — 2:30 p.m. Sunday is sold out, but tickets remain for 1 p.m. Monday
“Grave of the Fireflies” — 2:30 p.m. Sunday is sold out, but tickets remain for 4:45 p.m. Thursday, April 18.
“A Hijacking” — 9:30 p.m. Saturday is sold out, but tickets remain for 3 p.m. Friday.
“I Am Divine” — Both screenings are sold out.
“In the Fog” — 4:30 p.m. Sunday is sold out, but tickets remain for 2:30 p.m. Friday.
“The Institute” — 6:45 p.m. Thursday (April 11) is sold out, but tickets remain for 6:45 p.n, Tuesday.
“The Jeffrey Dahmer Files” — 8:30 p.m. Sunday is sold out, but tickets remain for 9:15 p.m. Saturday.
“Kauwboy” — 2:15 p.m. Saturday is sold out, but tickets remain for 4:15 p.m. Wednesday.
“Key of Life” – both screenings sold out.
“Kon-Tiki” — 6:30 p.m. Sunday sold out
“Leviathan” — 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 18 sold out, but tickets remain for 4:45 p.m. Friday.
“The Librarian and the Banjo” — 4:30 p.m. Sunday sold out
“Lore” — both screenings sold out
“Low & Clear” — 2:45 p.m. Sunday is sold out, but tickets remain for 4:45 p.m. Friday.
“M” — 7:30 p.m. Saturday sold out
“The Moo Man” — 1:45 p.m. Saturday is sold out, but tickets remain for 4:45 p.m. Monday.
“Much Ado About Nothing” — 9 p.m. Thursday sold out
“Mussels in Love” — 7:30 p.m. Friday sold out, but tickets remain for 7 p.m. Monday.
“Only the Young” — 7:45 p.m. Friday sold out, but tickets remain for 4 p.m. Sunday
“Ornette: Made in America” — 7:15 p.m. Thursday sold out, but tickets remain for 9:30 p.m. Sunday.
“The Painting” — both screenings sold out
“Phase IV” — 11:30 a.m. Saturday sold out
“Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy — 8:45 p.m. Monday is sold out, but tickets remain for 8:45 p.m. Sunday.
“Present Tense” — Both screenings sold out.
“Pretty Funny Stories” — 5 p.m. Saturday sold out
“Radio Unnameable” — Both screenings sold out.
“Renoir” — Both screenings sold out.
“Room 237” — 6:30 p.m. Wednesday sold out
“Shepard and Dark” — 6:30 p.m. Monday sold out, but tickets remain for 1:15 p.m. Tuesday
“Short Films From Wisconsin’s Own” — 2 p.m. Sunday sold out
“Source Tags and Codes” — 9:15 p.m. Thursday sold out
“Stories We Tell” — 6:45 p.m. Thursday sold out
“Street Pulse” — 4 p.m. Saturday screening sold out
“This is Martin Bonner” — 6:30 p.m. Saturday sold out, but tickets remain for 2 p.m. Sunday.
“Tiger Tail in Blue” — 7:15 p.m. Sunday sold out.
“A Touch of Zen” — 11 a.m. Sunday sold out.
“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
“The World Before Her” — 7:30 p.m. Friday and 11 a.m. Saturday both sold out