20 University of Wisconsin–Madison Division of the Arts | Annual Report | 2019–20 | SERVING THE COMMUNITY
WISCONSIN FILM FESTIVAL STREAMING & OUTREACH
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WFF outreach over the 2019–20 academic year included contacting area educators who reserved seats for the 2020 Big Screens, Little Folks student matinees and received a study guide designed to help them integrate film studies into
Pictured: 22nd annual Wisconsin Film Festival poster. Design by Cathy Sheets.
Background photo by Jeff Miller / UW–Madison
The modified Wisconsin Own’s program, running from April 2 to May 2 under the rubric Stay at Home with Wisconsin’s Own, streamed 23 films made in Wisconsin or by Wisconsinites. Each film was introduced by festival staff and streamed for 24 hours. Programmers were pleased to discover that the films attracted a total of 10,665 viewers, many more than the festival would have been able to accommodate at traditional in-person screenings alone.
Separately, the Big Screens, Little Folks program, running this year under rubric Big Streams, Little Folks, offered 13 short films and one featurelength film for children. Films in the Shorter and Sweeter program series were appropriate for ages 4 – 8, while films in the Short and Sweet program series were suited for ages 8 – 11. One short film, My Brother Luca, was offered in both English and the original Spanish. Most of the children’s films streamed for one week. Big Streams, Little Folks films attracted 2,857 viewers during the festival’s online run and provided welcome entertainment, education, and excitement for children and parents who were working and schooling from home at the time. Background photo by Jeff Miller / UW–Madison
In early March 2020, the Wisconsin Film Festival (WFF) was poised to offer over 150 films that would air on seven screens across Madison during the festival’s scheduled eight-day run in early April. However, after the traditional in-person WFF was canceled on March 13 in response to COVID-19, programmers chose to make two of the festival’s regular programs— Wisconsin’s Own and Big Screens, Little Folks— available for online streaming.
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