Milwaukee Film

Help us reach our $100,000 fundraising goal during the 2026 Milwaukee Film Festival with our Reel Impact Campaign! Get back when you give with our Silent Auction running April 15th to April 30th, you can bid on special exclusive items from signed movie posters to VIP festival experience packages!

Come out for #MFF26 Panel Reclaiming Attention: How We Can Thrive in the Digital Age 12:30 PM at Wayfinder MKE. The Last Critic screening 11 am at the Oriental Theatre with an expected Q&A featuring Director Matty Wishnow and Documentary Participant Jessica Hopper. Keep Quiet and Forgive screens 12:15 PM at the Downer Theatre with an expected Q&A featuring Director Sarah McClure, Producer Joseph Terranova, Documentary Participants Lizzie Hershberger, Elizabeth Hilty and Sophia Johnson.

Our first Monday full of festival films, start off strong with Barbara Forever screening 12:45 PM at Downer Theatre with expected Q&A featuring Producer Matt Hixon. Seized screens 1 PM at the Oriental Theatre with expected Q&A featuring Director Sharon Liese, Producer Paul Matyasovsky, Producer Alexandra Siambekos, and Documentary Subject Eric Meyer. Don’t miss our one and only screening of The General featuring Anvil Orchestra screening 6 PM in at the Oriental Theatre in our Main Abele Cinema.

Tuesday at #MFF26 is stacked with festival fun. Start your day off with Shorts: Stranger Than Fiction 1 PM at the Downer Theatre, at 4 PM don’t miss our final festival screening of Welcome Poets 4 PM at the Oriental Theatre with expected Q&A featuring Director/Producer Colin Crowley and Producer/Documentary Participant Nick Gulig. The Milwaukee Show I screens 6:30 PM in our Main Abele Cinema with several Cream City Filmmakers expected to attend.