SIFF Cinema Downtown’s First Birthday Bash: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

Willy Wonka

USA | 1971 | 100 min. | Mel Stuart

December 14, 2024

You step into a world of pure imagination every time you enter SIFF Cinema Downtown, and we want to share it with you this December!

Celebrate Downtown’s first birthday with a screening of the original Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory—an ode to Wonka, the film we opened the venue with on December 14, 2023. Delicious chocolatey concessions and festivities galore await you in our chocopop-scented cathedral of cinema. In the spirit of celebration, dress to impress in your Wonka or birthday party finest!

In appreciation of our movie-loving community, tickets to this event are available on a pay-what-you-can basis, starting at $5 for child tickets. Enjoy the festivities for less or give more generously to support everlasting movie magic.

  • Director: Mel Stuart
  • Principal Cast: Gene Wilder, Jack Albertson, Peter Ostrum, Roy Kinnear, Denise Nickerson, Leonard Stone, Julie Dawn Cole, Paris Themmen, Dodo Denney
  • Country: USA
  • Year: 1971
  • Running Time: 100 min.
  • Producer: Stan Margulies, David L. Wolper
  • Screenplay: Roald Dahl
  • Cinematographers: Arthur Ibbetson
  • Editors: David Saxon
  • Language: English