Editing Ebertfest (section)

=== Festival guests ===
Since its inception, many film directors, actors, producers, cinematographers and other crew members, as well as studio executives have been invited to participate in Ebertfest. Examples include [[Werner Herzog]],<ref name="champions">{{cite news |last=Emerick |first=Laura |date=26 April 2004 |title=The champions of 'overlooked' cinema |newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times |page=Features, 58}}</ref> [[Spike Lee]],<ref>{{cite news |last=Wood |first=Paul |date=April 26, 2014 |title=Spike Lee Q and A |url=http://www.news-gazette.com/arts-entertainment/local/2014-04-26/spike-lee-q-and.html |newspaper=News-Gazette |location=Champaign, Illinois |access-date=4 June 2016}}</ref> and [[Tilda Swinton]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Merli |first=Melissa |date=April 20, 2013 |title=Enthusiast Tilda Swinton: Everyone at Ebertfest cut from same cloth |url=http://www.news-gazette.com/blogs/art-and-about/2013-04/enthusiast-tilda-swinton-everyone-ebertfest-cut-same-cloth.html |newspaper=News-Gazette |location=Champaign, Illinois |access-date=4 June 2016}}</ref>

For the tenth Ebertfest in 2010, many of the international invited guests were unable to attend due to the [[2010 eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull|volcanic eruptions]] in Iceland that disrupted air travel in Europe.<ref name="thumb">{{cite news |last=Merli |first=Melissa |date=April 23, 2010 |title=Ebertfest notebook: Of volcanoes, unbreakable thumbs, heroes and more |url=http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2010-04-23/ebertfest-notebook-volcanoes-unbreakable-thumbs-heroes-and-more.html |newspaper=News-Gazette |location=Champaign, Illinois |access-date=23 May 2016}}</ref>

For the 2022 festival, actor [[Gilbert Gottfried]] was scheduled to appear as a panelist to discuss the documentary film about him, ''[[Gilbert (film)|Gilbert]]''.<ref name="Chaz">{{cite web |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/festivals/ebertfest-2022-to-welcome-guillermo-del-toro-terry-zwigoff-ramin-bahrani-and-more |title=From Guillermo and Gottfried to the Golden Arm, Ebertfest 2022 is Back in Full Swing |last=Ebert |first=Chaz |date=March 31, 2022 |website=RogerEbert.com |access-date=May 8, 2022}}</ref><ref name="Bureau">{{cite web |url=https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/322560300 |title=From Gottfried to 'Golden Arm,' Ebertfest back in full swing |date=March 31, 2022 |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=Illinois News Bureau |publisher=University of Illinois |access-date=May 8, 2022}}</ref> In the aftermath of his death on April 12, 2022, Ebertfest announced it was dedicating the event to the memories of Gottfried and [[Sidney Poitier]].<ref name="Ebertfest 2022 Announces Complete Lineup, Will Be Dedicated to Sidney Poitier and Gilbert Gottfried">{{cite web |title=Ebertfest 2022 Announces Complete Lineup, Will Be Dedicated to Sidney Poitier and Gilbert Gottfried |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/festivals/ebertfest-2022-announces-complete-lineup-sidney-poitier-gilbert-gottfried |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=April 15, 2022 |access-date=April 17, 2022 |website=RogerEbert.com}}</ref>