Wisconsin Film Fest 2009 Sold-Out Records

This page is an attempt to track when films at the 2009 Wisconsin Film Festival sell out. I had a process which queried the main site once every two hours, and whould flag new sold-out shows as it finds them. It turns out that many films would be sold-out but then have a number of tickets released, so they'd show up as on-sale again, which threw off this list quite a bit. You can see all the original sell-out dates after this initial list, which will tell you the final sell-out dates for the various films.

Film	Location	Screening	When Sold Out
Winter of Frozen Dreams	Monona Terrace	Sat, Apr 4th 8:45pm	Saturday, March 7th, 2:00 PM, 2009
Shorts: Animations	UW Cinematheque	Sat, Apr 4th 11:00am	Tuesday, March 17th, 12:00 PM, 2009
Empty Nest	Majestic Theater	Sat, Apr 4th 6:00pm	Thursday, March 19th, 2:00 PM, 2009
Wings of Defeat	Bartell Theater	Sun, Apr 5th 11:00am	Sunday, March 22nd, 6:00 PM, 2009
Treeless Mountain	MMoCA	Sat, Apr 4th 2:00pm	Wednesday, March 25th, 10:00 PM, 2009
Stroszek	MMoCA	Sat, Apr 4th 6:45pm	Thursday, March 26th, 6:00 PM, 2009
A Wink and a Smile	Chazen Museum of Art	Fri, Apr 3rd 9:30pm	Saturday, March 28th, 2:00 PM, 2009
Being Bucky	Monona Terrace	Sat, Apr 4th 6:15pm	Tuesday, March 31st, 10:00 AM, 2009
Three Monkeys	UW Cinematheque	Fri, Apr 3rd 7:30pm	Tuesday, March 31st, 10:00 AM, 2009	(1 screening still available)
Cherry Blossoms	Bartell Theater	Sat, Apr 4th 7:30pm	Tuesday, March 31st, 12:00 PM, 2009
The Greening of Southie	Monona Terrace	Sun, Apr 5th 1:30pm	Tuesday, March 31st, 12:00 PM, 2009
Handmade Nation	Play Circle Theater	Fri, Apr 3rd 5:00pm	Tuesday, March 31st, 12:00 PM, 2009
Handmade Nation	Play Circle Theater	Sat, Apr 4th 8:45pm	Tuesday, March 31st, 12:00 PM, 2009
My Marlon and Brando	Majestic Theater	Sat, Apr 4th 3:45pm	Tuesday, March 31st, 12:00 PM, 2009	(1 screening still available)
Revanche	Stage Door Theater	Sun, Apr 5th 11:15am	Tuesday, March 31st, 12:00 PM, 2009
Rhythmic Uprising	Play Circle Theater	Fri, Apr 3rd 8:15pm	Tuesday, March 31st, 12:00 PM, 2009
Stroszek	MMoCA	Sun, Apr 5th 3:30pm	Tuesday, March 31st, 12:00 PM, 2009
Absurdistan	Chazen Museum of Art	Thu, Apr 2nd 9:30pm	Tuesday, March 31st, 2:00 PM, 2009
The Beetle	Play Circle Theater	Sun, Apr 5th 6:30pm	Tuesday, March 31st, 2:00 PM, 2009
Between the Folds	Chazen Museum of Art	Sat, Apr 4th 4:30pm	Tuesday, March 31st, 2:00 PM, 2009
British Television Advertising Awards	Monona Terrace	Sat, Apr 4th 1:15pm	Tuesday, March 31st, 2:00 PM, 2009	(1 screening still available)
Chef's Special	Bartell Theater	Sat, Apr 4th 10:15pm	Tuesday, March 31st, 2:00 PM, 2009
Shorts: Saturday @ Bartell	Bartell Theater	Sat, Apr 4th 3:00pm	Tuesday, March 31st, 2:00 PM, 2009
Goodbye Solo	Stage Door Theater	Fri, Apr 3rd 5:15pm	Tuesday, March 31st, 2:00 PM, 2009	(1 screening still available)
Shorts: Friday @ Monona Terrace	Monona Terrace	Fri, Apr 3rd 7:00pm	Tuesday, March 31st, 2:00 PM, 2009
It Takes a Cult	Bartell Theater	Sat, Apr 4th 5:15pm	Tuesday, March 31st, 2:00 PM, 2009
Revanche	Stage Door Theater	Sat, Apr 4th 9:45pm	Tuesday, March 31st, 2:00 PM, 2009
Between the Folds	Chazen Museum of Art	Sun, Apr 5th 11:00am	Tuesday, March 31st, 4:00 PM, 2009
Shorts: Sunday @ Chazen	Chazen Museum of Art	Sun, Apr 5th 1:00pm	Tuesday, March 31st, 4:00 PM, 2009
Chef's Special	Chazen Museum of Art	Sun, Apr 5th 6:30pm	Tuesday, March 31st, 4:00 PM, 2009
Illegal Use of Joe Zopp	Play Circle Theater	Fri, Apr 3rd 10:15pm	Tuesday, March 31st, 4:00 PM, 2009
The Last Lullaby	MMoCA	Fri, Apr 3rd 10:00pm	Tuesday, March 31st, 4:00 PM, 2009
Our Beloved Month of August	MMoCA	Sat, Apr 4th 11:00am	Tuesday, March 31st, 4:00 PM, 2009	(1 screening still available)
Tulpan	Stage Door Theater	Sat, Apr 4th 7:30pm	Tuesday, March 31st, 4:00 PM, 2009
The Beetle	Play Circle Theater	Thu, Apr 2nd 5:15pm	Tuesday, March 31st, 6:00 PM, 2009
Tulpan	Stage Door Theater	Thu, Apr 2nd 7:15pm	Tuesday, March 31st, 6:00 PM, 2009
Who is KK Downey?	Play Circle Theater	Sun, Apr 5th 8:15pm	Tuesday, March 31st, 6:00 PM, 2009	(1 screening still available)
Afterschool	UW Cinematheque	Fri, Apr 3rd 10:00pm	Tuesday, March 31st, 8:00 PM, 2009	(1 screening still available)
The Betrayal	Majestic Theater	Sun, Apr 5th 6:00pm	Tuesday, March 31st, 8:00 PM, 2009
24 City	MMoCA	Sat, Apr 4th 4:15pm	Tuesday, March 31st, 10:00 PM, 2009	(1 screening still available)
The Jester	UW Cinematheque	Sun, Apr 5th 1:15pm	Tuesday, March 31st, 10:00 PM, 2009
Treeless Mountain	MMoCA	Fri, Apr 3rd 5:15pm	Wednesday, April 1st, 12:00 AM, 2009
The Betrayal	Majestic Theater	Sat, Apr 4th 11:30am	Wednesday, April 1st, 12:26 AM, 2009
500 Days of Summer	Orpheum Main Theater	Thu, Apr 2nd 6:00pm	Wednesday, April 1st, 2:00 PM, 2009
Shorts: Saturday @ Chazen	Chazen Museum of Art	Sat, Apr 4th 1:45pm	Wednesday, April 1st, 2:00 PM, 2009
Darius Goes West	Monona Terrace	Thu, Apr 2nd 5:00pm	Wednesday, April 1st, 2:00 PM, 2009
(end of online sales)			Wednesday, April 1st, 6:00PM

Other Notes:

According to the wifilmfest twitter page, the screening for 500 Days of Summer was capped by Fox Searchlight, so there were plenty more seats available for that one - Fox just doesn't want you to see the film, apparently.
Around 10:00PM on Sunday, March 15th, a number of screenings suddenly started showing up as available again on the wifilmfest page. The online catalog was having some issues the following morning, so I had assumed that it was just a database glitch, but they remained on sale once the system was running. Over the next few days most trickled back to a sold-out status, though as of March 18th, there's still a couple which are showing up as available (Who is KK Downey and Wings of Defeat). I assume that some tickets must have actually freed up somehow, and the ticketing issues that morning were just coincidental. I've updated the timestamps in the database to reflect the second, most recent sell-out date for these. The original sell-out dates for the shows:
- Revanche on Sunday - Sunday, March 8th, 11:00 PM
- Shorts: Animations - Sunday, March 8th, 11:00 PM
- Who is KK Downey? on Sunday - Tuesday, March 10th, 8:00 PM
- Treeless Mountain on Saturday - Wednesday, March 11th, 6:00 PM
- Tulpan on Saturday - Wednesday, March 11th, 6:00 PM
- Three Monkeys on Friday - Wednesday, March 11th, 8:00 PM
- Revanche on Saturday - Wednesday, March 11th, 10:00 PM
- Rhythmic Uprising - Thursday, March 12th, 10:00 PM
- Wings of Defeat - Friday, March 13th, 10:00 PM
Around 2:00PM on Thursday, March 19th, Being Bucky became available for sale again, until about midnight of the same day.
At 10:00PM on Sunday, March 21st, three films started showing up as having tickets available again, followed closely by a fourth. There must be some process which runs on Sunday night which cleans up their ticketing system and frees up tickets which were inappropriately marked as "sold." The previous sell-out dates for the four films:
- My Marlon and Brando on Saturday - Sunday, March 8th, 11:00 PM
- The Greening of Southie - Friday, March 13th, 2:00 PM
- Treeless Mountain on Saturday - Monday, March 16th, 6:00 PM
- Shorts: Friday @ Monona Terrace - Wednesday, March 18th, 10:00 AM
On the night of Monday, March 30 (just before midnight), a lot of shows suddenly started showing up as on-sale again. The list, with the original sell-out dates:
- Being Bucky - Saturday, March 7th, 2:00 PM
- Cherry Blossoms - Saturday, March 7th, 5:30 PM
- Between the Folds on Saturday - Friday, March 13th, 12:00 PM
- Rhythmic Uprising - Monday, March 16th, 2:00 PM
- Revanche on Saturday - Monday, March 16th, 6:00 PM
- Revanche on Sunday - Tuesday, March 17th, 12:00 AM
- Tulpan on Saturday - Tuesday, March 17th, 12:00 AM
- Three Monkeys on Friday - Tuesday, March 17th, 6:00 PM
- Chef's Special on Saturday - Thursday, March 19th, 12:00 AM
- Who is KK Downey? on Sunday - Thursday, March 19th, 2:00 PM
- Absurdistan - Friday, March 20th, 12:00 AM
- The Last Lullaby - Saturday, March 21st, 2:00 PM
- Tulpan on Thursday - Sunday, March 22nd, 6:00 PM
- Between the Folds on Sunday - Monday, March 23rd, 12:00 PM
- Shorts: Sunday @ Chazen - Tuesday, March 24th, 4:00 PM
- British Television Advertising Awards on Saturday - Tuesday, March 24th, 8:00 PM
- The Greening of Southie - Wednesday, March 25th, 12:00 PM
- My Marlon and Brando on Saturday - Wednesday, March 25th, 2:00 PM
- The Beetle on Sunday - Wednesday, March 25th, 6:00 PM
- Chef's Special on Sunday - Thursday, March 26th, 4:00 PM
- Goodbye Solo on Friday - Thursday, March 26th, 6:00 PM
- The Beetle on Thursday - Thursday, March 26th, 8:00 PM
- The Betrayal on Saturday - Thursday, March 26th, 8:00 PM
- Our Beloved Month of August on Saturday - Friday, March 27th, 12:00 AM
- Handmade Nation on Friday - Friday, March 27th, 4:00 PM
- It Takes a Cult - Friday, March 27th, 4:00 PM
- Handmade Nation on Saturday - Friday, March 27th, 6:00 PM
- 24 City on Saturday - Saturday, March 28th, 2:00 PM
- Illegal Use of Joe Zopp - Saturday, March 28th, 2:00 PM
- Treeless Mountain on Friday - Saturday, March 28th, 6:00 PM
- Stroszek on Sunday - Saturday, March 28th, 10:00 PM
- Shorts: Friday @ Monona Terrace - Sunday, March 29th, 6:00 PM
- Afterschool on Friday - Monday, March 30th, 4:00 PM
- Dancescapes: a Landscape of Movement - Monday, March 30th, 8:00 PM
- Shorts: Saturday @ Bartell - Monday, March 30th, 10:00 PM
- The Jester - Tuesday, March 31st, 12:00 AM
The next night, March 31, a few more were flipped over. The original sell-out dates:
- 500 Days of Summer - Thursday, March 12th, 6:00 PM
- Departures - Sunday, March 29th, 10:00 PM
- Darius Goes West - Tuesday, March 31st, 4:00 PM
At 2:00PM on April 1 (shortly before the online ticket sales were shut down), the following were briefly on-sale again for awhile: 24 City on Saturday and The Jester. At 4:00PM, 24 City was sold-out again, and Aftershool on Friday was no longer sold out. If this experience has taught me anything, it's that trying to keep a definitive "when did X sell out" list for the wifilmfest is a futile endeavor. :)
And finally, ticket sales closed by 6:00PM on April 1.