The 12th Beloit International Film Festival is set to bring the world to Beloit and Beloit to the world, February 24 to March 5. All the hundreds of final details, from scheduling to travel arrangements, are falling into place. This year’s dates are a week later than last year, but the intense preparation for the ten-day event is already in high gear.
Sat. Feb. 23, 7:30 PM
Schubert’s Luxury 10 Theater
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Journey back to the early seventies when hippies and flower children celebrated the concepts of peace, love and freedom, and the musical GODSPELL was running off-Broadway and playing on screens across the USA. This iconic collection of parables, based on the Gospel of Matthew, spawned the hit song, DAY BY DAY, and soon became a favorite production for high schools and community theater groups throughout America. Composed by Stephen Schwartz and based on the book by John-Michael Tebelak, it is packed with memorable and hummable tunes, and a feel-good mood and message that’s great for the whole family.
The evening will feature Michelle Dennis and her local theater cohorts as song leaders, with an audience warm-up before the film that will include a costume contest! So don’t forget to dress in colorful and imaginative hippie-dippy flower-power style!
The Beloit International Film Festival, celebrating its 14th season, is sponsored by the Hendricks Group in association with Beloit College and with additional support provided by Visit Beloit. Support for the Festival comes from area businesses and civic organizations, and the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts. Individual support for BIFF is provided through membership in the BIFF Founders and the Film Society of Beloit.
Sat. Feb. 24, 7:30 PM
Schubert’s Luxury 10 Theater
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Frozen, one of the favorite family movies of all time, with songs that keep popping into your head, will be the BIFF2018 Sing-A- Long feature film. The Walt Disney animated classic will be screened Sat., Feb. 24, at 7:30 p.m. at Schubert’s Luxury 10 Cinema on Cranston Road in Beloit.
The BIFF Sing-A- Long, this year sponsored by the Janesville law firm of Brennan Steil SC, and U.S. Cellular and a generous anonymous friend, has become one of the most popular BIFF events, with films like Sound of Music, Grease and Hard Day’s Night. Getting dressed up is an option enjoyed by many in the audience.
This year’s modern classic, rated PG, is the perfect sing along film for the whole family this frigid season. Frozen tells the story of the optimistic Queen Elsa who accidentally uses her power to turn things into ice, cursing her home to infinite winter. Her sister Anna teams up with a mountain man, his playful reindeer and a snowman to change the weather conditions.
And to add to the fun, the festive evening offers an opportunity for queens and princesses and mountain men to dress up and compete for prizes. Even reindeer will be allowed to compete. Popcorn and soda will be provided, compliments of Luxury 10.
Winner of two Academy Awards among its long list of awards, the 2013 film was directed by Chris Buck and by Jennifer Lee who also wrote the screenplay. The cast of voice actors includes Idina Menzel and Kristen Bell. And have no fear, if you have forgotten some of the words to “Let it Go” or “I want to Build a Snowman.” The words will be displayed at the bottom of the movie screen.
Tickets for the BIFF Sing-A- Long are $10 plus a purchase fee, and will go on sale online later in the month.
The Beloit International Film Festival, celebrating its 13th season, is sponsored by the Hendricks Group in association with Beloit College and with additional support provided by Visit Beloit. Support for the Festival comes from area businesses and civic organizations, and the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts. Individual support for BIFF is provided through membership in the BIFF Founders and the Film Society of Beloit.
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It is the best rock & roll comedy adventure, and probably the greatest historic sing along film of all time. And now, the Beloit International Film Festival invites you to dig out the Beatles wigs and relive the era.
This year’s BIFF Sing-A-Long film will be the classic Beatles 1964 hit A Hard Day’s Night, featuring more than a dozen early songs by the boys from Liverpool. Directed by Richard Lester, it captures the Beatles at their beginning, and London before it really learned to swing. The Beatles drew massive enthusiastic crowds, but they had not yet set the heavens ablaze.
The Sing-A-Long event is sponsored by the law firm of Brennan Steil, S.C of Janesville, WI.
The film will be presented on Saturday February 25th, 7 p.m. at Schubert’s Luxury 10 Cinema on Cranston Rd. in Beloit. Prior to the screening there will be costume and singing competitions with prizes awarded. Popcorn and soda will be provided, compliments of Luxury 10.
And don’t worry if you have forgotten some of the words to All My Loving and I Wanna Be Your Man. The words will be shown at the bottom of the movie screen. Girls will be encouraged to scream at random.
A Hard Day’s Night, is a frenetic cinéma vérité romp with the Beatles as they travel from Liverpool to London. Director Richard Lester is one of the most influential directors of the 1960s, and continued his career into the early ’80s with such films as The Knack…and How to Get It and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. His style in A Hard Day’s Night and Help!was seen by many as inspiring the music video.
The Beloit International Film Festival, celebrating its 12th year, is sponsored by the Hendricks Group in association with Beloit College and with additional support provided by Visit Beloit. Support for the Festival comes from area businesses and civic organizations, and individual support for BIFF is provided through membership in the BIFF Founders and the Film Society of Beloit.
