RULES AND TERMS
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The Ann Arbor Film Festival is open to experimental films as well as films that demonstrate a high regard for the moving image as an experimental art form, no matter the genre. Each year the AAFF selects 100-145 shorts and features for exhibition in the awards competition portion of the festival.
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Films previously submitted may not be re-entered unless there has been a significant change to the edit. Later versions of a film may be reviewed and/or selected at the programmer's discretion.
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Short and feature-length entries are accepted.
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Short films run no longer than 60 minutes. Feature films run 60 minutes or more.
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Entries not in English should have English subtitles.
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Works in progress may be submitted, but are juried in the same pool as all other submissions.
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Work must be contemporary - completed within the last three years.
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Entry fees are per film entered, and must accompany the entry form for confirmation. Entry fees are non-refundable.
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Make checks and money orders payable to the Ann Arbor Film Festival.
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The Ann Arbor Film Festival does not give waivers or discounts.
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Entries are accepted via secure online screening and 16mm only. We do not accept DVD, VHS or video data files for screening purposes.
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16MM
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If you would like the festival to preview a 16mm print of your film, please contact the festival directly at submissions@aafilmfest.org to make arrangements.
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AAFF ON TOUR
WHAT IS THE TOUR?
The Ann Arbor Film Festival (AAFF) tour provides filmmakers the unique opportunity of having their work screened in front of audiences for whom, in many places, the tour venue is their only access to this form of film art. Each filmmaker participating in the AAFF tour is also paid for each tour stop, directly supporting their filmmaking.
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The AAFF is a pioneer of the traveling film festival tour which launched in 1964 with film screenings in Paris, Los Angeles, and Berkeley. Since that time, the AAFF tour has presented hundreds of influential works by film artists including Barbara Hammer, Gus Van Sant, Sally Cruikshank, Don Hertzfeldt, Bill Brown, Ross McLaren, Paul Winkler, James Duesing, Martha Colburn, and Jay Rosenblatt.​​
HOW TO BOOK
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For more information about booking the tour, including rates, please email us at tour@aafilmfest.org.
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PROMOTION
To support your promotion of the AAFF tour program, we provide high-quality still images, a customized PDF for printing posters/flyers, a customized PDF program summary, festival graphics, and copy. In addition, the AAFF promotes each tour stop on its website and monthly eNewsletter (more than 7,000 active subscribers), and will conduct basic press outreach to each tour stop's host city to help ensure media coverage.
61st AAFF PROGRAMS
Program 1
Parasite Family
Daron, Daron Colbert
2cent/10coil
Language Uknown
Eclipsis
Arrest in Flight
Diomysus
rough cut botanical
Prapat Jiwarangsan
Kevin Edward Steen
Monteith McCollum
Janelle VanderKelen
Tania Hernández Velasco
Adrian Flury
Emily Elizabeth Morus-Jones
Wendy Kirkup
Program 2
Against Reality
Max and the Freaks
Singing in Oblivion
Fleshwork
Of Wood
Conversations with a Koel Bird
In Passing
In the Big Yard Inside
the Teeny-Weeny Pocket
Olivia Peace
Nathan Clement
Eve Heller
Lydia Cornett
Owen Klatte
Yuan Li Elizabeth Xu
Anna Johnson
Yoko Yuki
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61 AAFF Tour Stops
German-American Institute | Tübingen, Germany | June 6, 2023
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Mills Folly Microcinema | Madison, Wisconsin | September 27, 2023
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Colgate University | Hamilton, NY | October 24, 2023
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Pitzer College | Claremont, CA | October 31 & November 7, 2023
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Glacier Hills Senior Living Community | Ann Arbor, MI | November 16, 2023
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Wealthy Theatre | Grand Rapids, MI | January 25, 2024
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Rice University | Houston, TX | January 26 & 27, 2024
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EMU Gallery + EMU Campus Life | Ypsilanti, MI | January 30, 2024 | https://www.emugalleries.org/
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Clinton-Macomb Public Library | Clinton Township, MI | February 1, 2024 | https://cmpl.libnet.info/events
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Riverside Arts Center | Ypsilanti, MI | February 2 & 3, 2024 | https://www.riversidearts.org/events/
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Bowling Green State University | Bowling Green, OH | February 13, 2024
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Ann Arbor District Library | Ann Arbor, MI | February 14, 2024 | https://aadl.org/node/623481
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Minneapolis College of Art & Design / Casket Cinema | Minneapolis, MN | February 15, 2024
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Duke University | Durham, NC | February 22, 2024
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Shadowbox Studio | Durham, NC | February 29, 2024
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A Selection of Past Tour Stops
ALABAMA
Mobile, Alabama Museum of Contemporary Art Montgomery, Capri Theatre
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CALIFORNIA
Claremont, Pitzer College
Los Angeles, Echo Park Film Center
Los Angeles, Los Angeles Filmforum
Oakland, Black Hole Cinematheque
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COLORADO
Boulder, University of Colorado Boulder
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FLORIDA
Tampa, Tampa Theater
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GEORGIA
Atlanta, Atlanta Film Society
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IOWA
Iowa City, University of Iowa
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INDIANA
Bloomington, Indiana University Cinema
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MASSACHUSETTS
Mobile, Alabama Museum of Contemporary Art
Montgomery, Capri Theatre
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MICHIGAN
Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor District Library
Ann Arbor, University of Michigan
Ann Arbor & Binghamton, All Seasons
Bloomfield Hills, Cranbook Academy of Art
Clinton Township, Clinton Macomb Public Library
Detroit, Cinetopia Film Festival
Detroit, Detroit Film Theater
Detroit, Mothlight Microcinema at Trinosophes
Detroit, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit
Detroit, Senate Theater
Farmington Hills, Oakland Community College
Frankfort, The Garden Theater
Glen Arbor, Lake Street Studios Arts College
Grand Rapids, Wealthy Theatre
Grosse Pointe, Grosse Pointe Public Library
Hamtramck, The Film Lab
Jackson, Jackson District Library
Ludington, Ludington Area Center for The Arts
Marquette, Northern Michigan University
Monroe, Monroe Public Library
Traverse City, State Theatre
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NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque, Southwest Film Center
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NORTH CAROLINA
Durham, Shadowbox Studio
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OHIO
Bowling Green, Bowling Green State University
Cincinnati, Mini Microcinema
Cleveland, Cleveland Institute of Art
Oberlin, Oberlin College
Toledo, Ohio Theater and Event Center
Toledo, Toledo-Lucas Country Public Library
Toledo, University of Toledo
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RHODE ISLAND
Providence, Rhode Island School of Design
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SCOTLAND
Hawick, Alchemy Film Festival
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TENNESSEE
Knoxville, University of Tennessee Knoxville
Memphis, Indie Memphis Film Festival
Nashville, Vanderbilt University
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VIRGINIA
Charlottesville, The Bridge
ARIZONA
Sedona, Mary D. Fisher Theatre
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CANADA
London, Ontario, BealArt
Montreal, Quebec, Cinematheque Quebecoise
Montreal, Quebec, Segal Centre for Performing Arts
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Winnipeg Film Group Black Lodge
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ENGLAND
Ormskirk, Edgehill University
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ILLINOIS
Chicago, Columbia College Chicago
Chicago, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
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KENTUCKY
Louisville, Speed Art Museum
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MARYLAND
Baltimore, Sight Unseen
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MINNESOTA
Minneapolis, Casket Cinema
Minneapolis, Minneapolis College of Art and Design
Northfield, St. Olaf College
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MISSOURI
Webster Groves, Webster University
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NORTH CAROLINA
Durham, Duke University
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NEW HAMPSHIRE
Keene, Keene State College
Bethlehem, The Colonial Theatre
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NEW JERSEY
Montclair, Montclair State University
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NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque, University of New Mexico
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NEW YORK
Binghamton, SUNY Binghamton
Brooklyn, Millennium Film Workshop
Brooklyn, UnionDocs
Hamilton, Colgate University
New York City, Fordham University
New York City, Millennium Film Workshop
Rochester, University of Rochester
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OHIO
Bowling Green, Bowling Green State University
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PENNSYLVANIA
Philadelphia, University of the Arts
Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Filmmakers
Pittsburgh, Three Rivers Festival
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SOUTH CAROLINA
Greenville, Furman University
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SPAIN
Barcelona, Xcentric
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TENNESSEE
Memphis, Indie Memphis Film Festival
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TEXAS
Houston, Aurora Picture Show
Houston, Rice University
Dallas, Texas Theatre
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WASHINGTON
Seattle, Grand Illusion Theatre
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WISCONSIN
Madison, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art
Milwaukee, University of Wisconsin Union Theater