Milwaukee Film Festival

The Milwaukee Film Festival is a public film festival held each spring, typically from late April through early May, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The festival is organized by Milwaukee Film, a cultural arts organization that operates Milwaukee's historic movie palace, The Oriental Theatre, and facilitates year-long programming and initiatives using film to inspire community, artistry, education, and joy.

In 2015, 304 films^[1] from more than 50 countries were screened at five Milwaukee County venues, with nearly 71,000 attendees.^[2][3]

Founded in 2009, after the Milwaukee International Film Festival was discontinued,^[4] the Milwaukee Film Festival is the fifth largest film festival in the United States in terms of attendance, the number of films screened and festival length.^[5] In 2019, the festival had record-high attendance with 87,618 people in attendance.^[6]

Susan Kerns is executive director of Milwaukee Film.^[6]