BIFF 2009  February 19 - 22, 2009

  The 2008 - 2009 BIFF Season has opened with the start of Cinema a la Carte.
Cinema à la Carte is sponsored by:  Kutter Harley-Davidson/Buell, Inc.

HERE’S HOW TO PARTICIPATE:

Select the ideal date, tantalizing meal, or provocative theme presented by one of the talented hosts and hostesses listed inside. 

Call some friends and get them to join you, and then celebrate and savor one of the great evenings of the 2009 Beloit International Film Festival season.

Make your reservation now by calling the Beloit Inn 608.362.5500 or stop by the front desk.

 

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 At 5:00 P.M.
It’s root, root, root for Tara & Don Tinder and Mary & Jay Furman, celebrating the American Pastime
at their “Field of Dreams.” Suit up for a game with "Shoeless Joe Jackson” and "Moonlight” Graham and
heavenly stadium food and beverage fit only for the gourmet seats.

$50 per person • 24 guests

 

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 AT 6:00 P.M.
Gas prices got you down? Kim & Tom Finley and Sarah & Ron Starmer invite you to throw your
“Blazing Saddles” on your high horse and mosey on over to the Finley dealership in your best western duds
for a tootin’ good time and some alternative fuel.

Tom and Ron’s rock botom price -$39.95 per person • 40 guests

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4 AT 6:00 P.M.
Join Joanna Kutter, Ron Nief and Meg & Rod Beaudoin at a little gin joint in Edgerton where you can ask
Sam to “play it again.” You will be “shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in the back room” at
this tasty evening in “Casablanca.” Here’s looking at you kid.

$75 per person • 14 guests

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11 AT 4:30 P.M.
If ever this world needed "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World"it's now. Kellie Sinks and Dawn Boski know
where the money is hidden in this epic comedy, and you will have to find it, but only after martinis and tapas.
Dig out your bells and Nehru jackets and get the hot rod out of the barn...The Sixties will rise again.

$50 per person • 30 guests

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11 AT 6:30 P.M.
All the table’s a stage when Colleen Burns and Marty Densch start “Waiting for Guffman.” To set the scene for
this madcap mockumentary about a delusional community theatre project, guests will savor cocktails and a
delightful delicious Chinese dinner. Acting up is encouraged... aah, a comedy tonight!

$50 per person • 8 guests

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25 AT 7:00 P.M.
The setting is the manse at 1408 Emerson St, same number as the title of one of the best horror movies made.
Coincidence? You decide. Becky Rogers, Jim Agate, Mark & Mary Terry and Gyda & Dave Hooker will be
serving up horror... check out anytime you like, but you can never leave.

$50 per person ' 20 guests

 

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1 AT 5:00 P.M.
On Wisconsin! You’ll shout “Put me in coach” and carry your hosts off the field after this culinary celebration
of Wisconsin tailgate cuisine. Join the team of Jim Agate, Becky Rogers and Dave & Sarah Kruse for “Rudy,”
one of the best sports films ever, and talk some football. Red and white regalia required.

$35 per person • 30 guests

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2 AT 11:00a.M.
Election season got you down? It’s time to go up, up and away and take off for a delectable
international brunch. Enjoy a culinary trip “Around the World in Eighty Days” with Steve & Marion Fass
and Chuck & Nancy Benedict without leaving the comfort of their dining room.

$50 per person' 24 guests

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7 AT 6:00 P.M.
Need a little more Halloween? Scary Sue and devilish Duane Drevdahl invite you to take a ride into the
country to their “House on Haunted Hill” for an eerie evening of fantastic food and macabre madness.
Don’t be afraid... and make sure you don’t run out of gas.

$50 per person ' 16 guests

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15 AT 6:30 P.M.
“The God’s Must be Crazy” -- and so must you -- to miss this gathering of the tribes for a Pan African feast set
out by BwanasJudy & Ken Kaplan and Deb & Roger Huizenga, just back with the latest news from
Botswana. Put on your best dashiki and join the safari.

$60 per person' 12 guests

 

SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 2009 AT 6:00 P.M.
They are licensed to thrill their guests with martinis and magnificent hors d’oeuvres, touched with the magic of
“Goldfinger.” Larry & Karen Arft, Henry & Sue Clement, and Terry & Deb McCann invite you to join
James Bond for a secret mission that will leave you shaken AND stirred, and pleading, “Dr. No.”

$40 per person' 24 guests

SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 2009 AT 1:00 P.M.
Supplant “Sex in the City” with “Sense and Sensibility” and add civility to the season with a Victorian
tea hosted by Jackie Wood. Jane Austin would think her welcoming Queen Anne home on Janesville’s
Courthouse Hill the perfect setting for joining the romantic (champagne) with the practical (tea sandwiches).

$35 per person' 12 guests

 

  

The Beloit International Film Festival is produced by Stateline Festvials, Inc., a non profit corporation based in Beloit, Wisconsin. To find out more about Stateline Festivals, Inc. please CLICK HERE.