61st Ann Arbor Film Festival: March 21 - 26, 2023
SCHEDULE
The 60th Ann Arbor Film Festival will take place in-person & online from March 22-27, 2022. Each program is different. Films are not rated. All programs are intended for mature audiences except for Saturday's Almost All Ages (6+) program. Some films have imagery of a stroboscopic nature.
11 of the 12 Features in Competition will be available for on-demand viewing from March 22-31, EST.
All short Films in Competition and Juror Programs will first be screened in-person at the Michigan Theater. At 11:59pm the day of the screening, the programs will be available for on-demand viewing until 11:59pm midnight ET on 3/31.
All Special Programs screenings, Off The Screen! installations and Speaker Series events will be available in-person only unless otherwise noted.
In-person full festival-week passes allow access to the online festival.
Passes are on sale now, and get you in for free to many or all of our programs, depending on the level. Get your pass here.
WHAT DO ALL THESE PROGRAM
TITLES MEAN?
We show a LOT of moving image art during the week of the festival. Here’s a quick guide to help you navigate everything we have to offer!
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Films in Competition: short film programs built from films submitted to our festival this year. Short films are all less than 60 minutes (usually less than 20 minutes), and each program will have anywhere from 6-14 films.
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Features in Competition: programs that either consist of a single feature film (60 minutes or longer), or a feature and a short film that were submitted to the festival this year (if a program includes a paired feature and short, the films may relate to each other, but have not been submitted together by the same filmmaker).
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Special Programs: specially curated programs of films that have not been submitted for award consideration this year, but instead were curated around a thematic idea by friends and artists of the Ann Arbor Film Festival.
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Off The Screen! (OTS!): new media, video, live performance, and art installations that are either ongoing during festival week or happen at a specific time.
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Speaker Series: panel discussions, workshops, and presentations by friends and artists of the Ann Arbor Film Festival.
TUESDAY 3/22 OPENING NIGHT!
Opening Night Party
With food and beverages provided by local Ann Arbor restaurants
In-person only
6:30pm
Films in Competition 1
The in-person presentation includes a performance by Pat Oleszko
Available online at 11:59pm
8:15pm
WEDNESDAY 3/23
Juror Presentation: Mariam Ghani
Surpassing Disaster
Free in-person, sliding scale online
3pm
Films in Competition 4
The in-person presentation includes a performance by Luis Macias
Available online at 11:59pm
9:15pm
THURSDAY 3/24
Juror Presentation: Thomas Renoldner
Many roads on the way to Funny Avant-garde
Free in-person, sliding scale online
3pm
Lydia Lunch / No Wave - with Joseph Keckler
Penny Stamps Speaker Series
In-person only
5:30pm
A Lantern Through Your Labyrinth: Out Histories at the Ann Arbor Film Festival
Special Program
in-person only
9:15pm
FRIDAY 3/25
Looking to the Future: University Engagement & the Next Generation
Speaker Series - panel
In-person only
10am
Tales on Tape - Lydia Lunch and Joseph Keckler
Speaker Series - presentation
in-person only
1pm
Juror Presentation: Gina Kamentsky
That Went Fast
Free in-person, sliding scale online
3pm
Films in Competition 8
The in-person presentation includes a performance by Lydia Lunch
Available online at 11:59pm
7:15pm
Lydia Lunch: The War is Never Over
Feature Film
In-person only
11pm - at the State Theatre
Mystic Fire Visuals
Off The Screen! performance
In-Person Only
11pm - at the Club Above the Heidelberg
SATURDAY 3/26
A Mind-Bending Education: 30+ Years of Interns at AAFF
Special Program
In-person only
3pm
At the Half Century Mark: Celebrate Early Productions from Women Make Movies
Special Program
in-person only
7pm
Films in Competition 12
The in-person presentation includes a performance by Joseph Keckler
Available online at 11:59pm
7:15pm
SUNDAY 3/27
The closing night of the festival offers two programs of select award-winning films, as chosen by this year’s panel of three distinguished AAFF jurors.
Experimental Curator: The Sally Dixon Story
Feature in Competition | followed by 4 related, historic films
Available online March 22-31 | historic films: in-person only
1pm
Awards 1
See the announcement of the 60th AAFF awards and a screening of select awarded films.
6pm
Awards 2
Stay for a second screening to see even more of the award-winning films from the 60th AAFF.
8pm
