The 2025 Cannes Film Festival is underway, and Chaz Ebert is on the ground to report on every development. In today’s video, Chaz sits in to talk with Associate Editor Robert Daniels to talk about the ...

As the world appears to go off kilter, we need guidelines for compassion and empathy in leadership and beyond more than ever.

Chaz Ebert speaks at the opening reception for Ebertfest ... He wants to find out how he can book the Dan Band for our 10th wedding anniversary next year. Dear Lord, please help me.

Chaz Ebert will be on hand as this year’s keynote speaker for ... During her keynote address, Chaz will be speaking about the principles found in her book “It’s Time to Give a Feck: Elevating Humanity ...

The view from backstage as Chaz Ebert and fellow panelists listen to an audience question after a viewing of “I’m Still Here” at Ebertfest. From left, film critic Matt Zoller Seitz ...

Chaz Ebert speaks at the opening reception for Ebertfest at the UI president’s house in Urbana on Wednesday, April 23, 2025 People, including Festival Director Nate Kohn, second from right ...

A panel after the show featured Ebertfest projectionists James Bond and Joaquin de la Puente, introduced by festival co-founder and producer Chaz Ebert. Bond and de la Puente shared stories of their ...

The festival was founded in 1999 by Roger Ebert, a Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic who famously wrote for the Chicago Sun-Times. He passed away in 2013, leaving his legacy behind to his wife Chaz ...

Roger Ebert was a University of Illinois journalism alum, Urbana Native, and a Pulitzer Prize winning film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times. He co-created the festival with his wife Chaz ...

Kluegel’s personal, lasting relationship to the festival led her to recommend films directly to Chaz Ebert, the festival’s co-founder and producer. Chaz, wife of late film critic Roger Ebert, ...

“The children are our sacred future, and no one should lose their life over the stupidity of war.” Chaz Ebert, Roger Ebert’s widow and festival host, closed out the event by thanking attendees and ...