Wisconsin Film Festival

Coverage archive related to the annual UW–Madison campus-based film festival that spans eight days in April.

Background viewing for the 2018 Wisconsin Film Festival

Pointers for streaming work from some of the filmmakers featured in this year's fest.

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Sounds of the film fest

In Microtones, our newsletter-first column.

A Wisconsin Film Festival 2018 poster gallery

A roundup of some excellent art that's largely absent from the festival itself.

A first look at the 2018 Wisconsin Film Festival

The sprint to get your head around a nearly 150-title lineup begins.

More notes from the 2017 Wisconsin Film Festival

What we saw in the festival's back half.

What we’ve seen at the 2017 Wisconsin Film Festival so far

From the transcendent to the "sick, sick, sick!"

The recent travails of the Wisconsin Film Festival trailer

Tales of cows, campfire songs, and hate mail.

Do your homework for these WFF Q&As

A complete rundown of where you can hear from filmmakers during the festival.

The specter of American violence in “Dark Night”

Tim Sutton's story of suburban alienation screens at the 2017 Wisconsin Film Festival.

“American Anarchist” wrestles with a conflicted legacy

The documentary about the author of "The Anarchist Cookbook" screens at the 2017 Wisconsin Film Festival.