Ann Arbor Film Festival
Updated: Apr 15, 2022
Published March 28, 2022
The Ann Arbor Film Festival is proud to announce this year’s award-winning filmmakers selected by jurors Mariam Ghani, Gina Kamentsky, and Thomas Renoldner.
The online festival continued until March 30th, 2022 at 11:59pm ET.
An award from the AAFF confers prestige and financial support; it can also qualify filmmakers for an Oscar® nomination by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in the short film category. Qualifying awards are the Ken Burns Award for Best of the Festival, the Chris Frayne Award for Best Animated Film, and the Lawrence Kasdan Award for Best Narrative Film.
Watch the programs online:
Awards 1 | Stream Online until March 30th at 11:59pm ET
Awards 2 | Stream Online until March 30th at 11:59pm ET
Ken Burns for Best of the Festival
Lacerate, Janis Rafa
Tom Berman Award for Most Promising Filmmaker
Theorie und Praxis, Leonie Minor
Lawrence Kasdan Award for Best Narrative Film
Shari, Nao Yoshigai
Best Experimental Film
Cosmos-War-Finally-Love, Luciano Zubillaga
Kodak Cinematic Vision Award
A Brief Appearance of Neon, Matthias Sahli, Immanuel Esser
Best Documentary Film
Looking for Horses, Stefan Pavlović
Chris Frayne Award for Best Animated Film
The Fourth Wall, Mahboobeh Kalaee
Gil Omenn Art & Science Award
Moving or Being Moved, Sabine Gruffat
Prix DeVarti for Funniest Film
Benztown, Gottfried Mentor
The Barbara Aronofsky Latham Award for an Emerging Experimental Video Artist
Precautionary Measures, Lizzy Deacon, Ika Schwander
The Eileen Maitland Award
Rising Sun Blues (Rua Dos Anjos), Renata Ferraz, Maria Roxo
George Manupelli Founder’s Spirit Award
Amazon Woman, Anna Vasof
CameraMall Best Michigan Filmmaker Award
Miracle Whip, Jerod Willis
Lawther/Graff No Violence Award
kopitoto, Lisa Kusanagi, JuJu Kusanagi, Yvonne Meier
Barbara Hammer Feminist Film Award
Irani Bag, Maryam Tafakory
Best Experimental Animation Award
A Comprehensive Theory, Rui Hu
Leon Speakers Award for Best Sound Design
Salidas, Michael Fetter Nathansky
Martin Contreras and Keith Orr \aut\ FILM Award for Best LGBTQ Film
Tank Fairy, Erich Rettstadt
Peter Wilde Award for Most Technically Innovative Film
Money is the One True God, Lachlan Turczan
The No. 1 African Film Award
She Gather Me, Miatta Kawinzi
Award for Best International Film
Contraindre, Galdric Fleury, Antoine Fontaine
UMCU Audience Award
The Silver Reel, Josh Gibson
Best Music Video Awards
John L, Nina McNeely
Desolvido, Andrés Roa Ariza
Gina Kamentsky Juror Award
3 Wetlands, Jane Cheadle
Mariam Ghani Juror Award
Birdsaver Report Volume 2, Heehyun Choi
Thomas Renoldner Juror Award
After the Dance, Shunsaku Hayashi