Wisconsin Film Festival

06/01/2026

We’re excited to support the 51st Annual PBS Wisconsin Auction by donating an WFF All-Festival Pass for 2027 and a t-shirt from this year! 🎉 Bidding opened today, (June 1) at 7 AM, with new items added each morning, and there are hundreds of amazing items up for grabs. Be sure to check out the auction, place your bids, and support a great cause. Congratulations in advance to the winner—we can't wait to see you at the movies in 2027!
https://auction.pbswisconsin.org

05/19/2026

A small town, a big secret, and another way to watch this WFF26 sold-out hit! Bob Odenkirk stars in NORMAL, now available to rent or buy on digital!

Magnolia Pictures

05/09/2026

Have you heard the news? After premiering at the Wisconsin Film Festival, WINTER HYMNS is still playing at Flix Brewhouse and drawing crowds. Come check out this Wisconsin success story, playing all weekend and into next week 5/13!

05/06/2026

A success story Wisconsin Film Festival is proud to be a part of:

The extended run for ‘Winter Hymns’ at Flix is just the beginning.

05/04/2026

In case you missed STEAL THIS STORY, PLEASE! at WFF 2026...

05/01/2026

As has become tradition, when David Drazin comes to our Festival to accompany a silent film, he also tackles our trailer music. This year's is particularly spectacular. Recorded live at 4070 Vilas Hall (UW Cinematheque) on Sunday April 12, 2026 at the Stella Dallas screening. Enjoy!

04/30/2026

Wanna know what this year's Audience Award winners are? Wanna know where you can still get Festival merch? Wanna know when you can see Winter Hymns? Your answers are in today's Newsreel:

04/30/2026

Behold, your 2026 Wisconsin Film Festival Audience Award winners!

04/24/2026

Couldn’t find your size during the Festival? Looking for an awesome birthday gift idea or planning ahead for the holidays? Hold on—don't give up on that hoodie or t-shirt just yet! 😍

Our main merch partner this year RAYGUNshirts has hooked us up so nobody has to miss out. Pre-orders for any size Festival merch are open now through May 1st.

Simply place your order before the window closes and your items will be manufactured and mailed directly to you. Sit back, relax, and let your favorite new piece of Wisconsin Film Festival merch show up right to your front door.

Just don't wait too long—after May 1st, this year's merch is gone for good. No restocks, no reorders!

Order merch here: https://www.rayguncustom.com/collections/wisconsin-film-festival

04/24/2026

Eight incredible days have come and gone and we are already looking forward to next year! 🙌📽️❤️

Special guests, sold-out screenings, Q&As, live music, live cats, outstanding sponsors, amazing volunteers, incredible filmmakers—and a spectacular community that just kept showing up to pack our houses night after night!!

Words cannot express how much this year’s Festival meant to us on-staff. More importantly, we hope it has left you changed, inspired, and a little more connected to the world around you.

That is, after all, what cinema does best—it reminds us that we are not alone in our joys, our struggles, our questions, and our hopes. That the world is bigger, more beautiful and more complicated than any one of us can see on our own. Sometimes, all it takes to soothe the soul is a darkened theater, a great film, and a room full of strangers who suddenly feel like family.

Save these dates and we’ll see you back in our favorite dark rooms next year!

The 29th Wisconsin Film Festival is tentatively scheduled for April 8–15, 2027!