The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art is a nonprofit, independent organization that exists to exhibit, collect, preserve, and interpret modern and contemporary art. It serves the art life of the community by creating opportunities for direct experience with works of art, by providing a forum for the exchange of ideas about art, and by offering programs to enhance the appreciation and understanding of art. Films will be screened in the museum's state-of-the-art lecture hall, which seats 230.

The MMoCA is adjacent to the Overture Center for the Arts, in the 200 block of State Street, between Johnson and Dayton. The closest public parking is in the State Street Capitol and Overture Center ramps.

Films: Microcosmos, Science is Fiction: The Films of Jean Painlevé, The Silent World

Web site: http://www.mmoca.org/

Located in the heart of Madison's State Street, the Orpheum Theatre has been a downtown destination for music, film, and entertainment since the 1920s. Featuring a classic big screen as well as its well-known lobby restaurant and bar, the Orpheum is a fitting center for the film festival's kickoff.

The Orpheum is in the 200 block of State Street, between Johnson and Dayton. The closest public parking is in the State Street Capitol and Overture Center ramps.

Films: Bambi, Beaver Valley, Everything's Cool, Flock of Dodos, From Frozen Toes to Happy Feet: The Truth About Penguins, Harlan County, U.S.A., High Over the Borders, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Winds, The Silent Enemy, Ten Canoes, The Three Caballeros

Web site: http://www.orpheumtheatre.net/

The Cinematheque is a coalition of UW-Madison academic departments and student film groups dedicated to showcasing films which would otherwise never reach Madison screens. As the screening facility of the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research (WCFTR), a member of the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF), the Cinematheque regularly showcases archival and other rare prints from around the world. The Cinematheque has one of the finest projection facilities in Wisconsin and screens a variety of formats, including 35mm and 16mm (both on reel-to-reel projection systems), BetaSP, DVD, DVCam, and VHS.

The Cinematheque is located immediately South and East of the intersection of Park Street and University Avenue. Room 4070, also known as the Parliamentary Room, is in the center of the open fourth-floor plaza of Vilas Hall and is accessible from the Park Street stairs and elevator, the footbridge connecting Vilas Hall to the Humanities Building, and the stairs on University Avenue and facing the University Square project (at the moment a big construction site). If approaching the building from Park Street, take steps or ramp to the 3rd-floor main entrance and then either the outdoor staircase or the indoor elevator to the fourth floor (this last is the recommended route for wheelchairs). If approaching from the East, take the staircases next to the Hemsley/Mitchell Theaters or the stairs on University Avenue to the fourth floor.

Films: Bhopal Express, Darwin's Nightmare, Fire, Burn, Babylon, Manufactured Landscapes, The Return of Navajo Boy

Web site: http://cinema.wisc.edu/