The 57th festival is thrilled to partner with the Stamps Gallery – part of the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design at the University of Michigan – to present an Off the Screen! exhibition by Israeli artist Hamutal Attar. Attar’s video installation YYYAAAOOO explores the gap between the everyday pressures of society and the deeper, hidden desires within one’s soul. The work is composed of a two-channel video and a large-scale charcoal drawing. Together they create an immers

The live cinema performance Ritual for Biological Media by Debora and Jason Bernagozzi is a continuation of the artists’ Ritual for Hybrid Media. A Word from our Director The Ann Arbor Film Festival thrives at the edges of film art. In addition to three juror presentations, nine special curated programs, and 26 competition programs of edgy, mind-bending and boundary-pushing films, we are delighted to bring several live cinema shows to the upcoming festival, March 26–31. Perfo

Nigerian actress Esosa E stars in Mahogany Too, part of the juror presentation Triple Consciousness: Films by Akosua Adoma Owusu. "[Black History Month is] about the lived, shared experience of all African Americans, high and low, famous and obscure, and how those experiences have shaped and challenged and ultimately strengthened America. It’s about taking an unvarnished look at the past so we can create a better future. It’s a reminder of where we as a country have been so t

Hiroya Sakurai received the No Violence Award at the 56th AAFF for his film The Stream VII. How did you come to know that film would be an important medium for you? Video Gallery SCAN was established by Fujiko Nakaya in Tokyo in 1980, when I was an art university student. I have viewed many video art works that were distributed by Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI) in that gallery. I have submitted my films to competitions organized by Video Gallery SCAN and they have shown my fi

The Ann Arbor Film Festival has been nominated by USA Today for Best Film Festival in North America as a part of their 10Best Readers’ Choice Travel Awards! It is an absolute honor to be nominated alongside 18 other incredible festivals from all over the United States and Canada. Voting for this award is now open and will continue until March 12 at 12pm noon EST. Votes can be made once a day. Please vote today – and every day, through March 12 at 12pm noon Eastern time – for

The Ann Arbor Film Festival is excited to host two poster-release parties this month! Come and learn about some of the amazing films and offscreen events that will be part of the upcoming festival (March 26–31, 2019). The schedule on the back of the 18x24-inch poster will provide an early opportunity for the public to view details of what's to come! A special poster-release party honoring AAFF members will be held on Friday, February 22, 6–8pm, at the U-M Institute for the Hu

The Ann Arbor Film Festival is excited to announce the three distinguished jurors for the 57th festival! These accomplished film artists will dedicate their time during the festival to viewing all 143 films in competition and selecting which films will receive one of the more than 20 filmmaker awards, including the Ken Burns Award for Best of the Festival and many more. This year’s three jurors are... BRYAN KONEFSKY Bryan Konefsky is the founder and director of Experiments in