While our originally planned Martha Colburn talk for the 58th Ann Arbor Film Festival Penny Stamps Speaker Series was canceled, we are pleased to announce that you can now watch a presentation and films by animator Martha Colburn online, for free. The video is available for 10 days only (March 30 - April 8, 2020) and is password protected. Click here to watch This video requires the following password: colburn2020 Filmmaker, artist, and animator Martha Colburn’s films examine

We are thrilled to announce that we are showing ALL of the films that received awards for the 58th Ann Arbor Film Festival. Instead of just Awards 1 and Awards 2, there will be two additional awards screenings. Awards 3 will be streaming Sunday, March 29 at 7:45pm-10:30pm EDT. We are also making arrangements to show the three awarded feature films Monday, March 30 beginning at 4pm EDT. Without further ado, the Ann Arbor Film Festival is proud to announce this year’s awa

Welcome to Commie High will be available as a special pay-per-view program extension of the 58th Ann Arbor Film Festival from March 30th – April 1st. 50% of the proceeds will be donated to the AAFF to help recover lost ticket sales with the remaining funds helping to support distribution for the film. You can pre-order your "ticket" (rental) now before the premiere "window" opens at 10am on Monday, March 30th (it closes at 10am on Wednesday, April 1st): Each rental is $9.99 p

We hope you’re enjoying the first-ever live-streamed Ann Arbor Film Festival. While you’re at home binging on the experimental films, why not treat yourself to a delicious meal? If you are in the Ann Arbor area and looking for take-out, you can support a few of our local sponsors: Eat's Korean Barbecue Beef Loaded Fries Savco Dominick’s RoosRoast TeaHaus Jerusalem Garden Wolverine State Brewing aMa Bistro Avalon Barry Bagels Cafe Zola Chow Eat El Harissa Fresh Forage Grange K

We are proud to announce that for the second year in a row, the Ann Arbor Film Festival has earned USAToday’s 10-Best Readers’ Choice competition for the Best Film Festival! This would not be possible without the support of our awesome AAFF community. To everyone who voted and to the entire AAFF community, we would like to thank you for your support and your efforts which helped us maintain our title. The Top 10 festivals were announced on 10Best: Ann Arbor Film Festival - An

Enter the giveaway to win a 58th Ann Arbor Film Festival t-shirt! How to enter: just share a photo of yourself wearing a t-shirt from a previous Ann Arbor Film Festival on Instagram, use #AAFFcontest and follow us @aafilmfest Offer ends Sunday, March 29 at 11:59pm EST. We will announce one lucky winner on Instagram on Wednesday, April 1. The winner will be selected at random. You must be 18 or older to participate. The promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administe

For a first-timer, going to the Ann Arbor Film Festival can be puzzling, or even daunting. But there are plenty of ways to enjoy yourself while viewing films that probably will never appear on HBO! This year everyone can join us online for our virtual film festival, for free! In anticipation of many potential newcomers to the Ann Arbor Film Festival, we are providing some tips to help orient those who have never seen experimental film before. Here are some tips for you, festi

The Ann Arbor Film Festival is committed to presenting the best experimental film, despite these challenging times. We have decided to live stream this year’s festival, and to further support our global film community, we will be offering this virtual festival free of charge! You can support the AAFF by participating in this groundbreaking event and you can find additional ways to show your support below: Watch the Live Stream next week and participate in the Q&As The 58th An

The 58th Ann Arbor Film Festival (AAFF) will be presented as a free live-streamed six-day event March 24-March 29, 2020. Due to growing health concerns surrounding the COVID-19 virus, we made the decision to suspend all in-person events for the 58th AAFF and instead present short and feature films in competition entirely online for the safety of our community. The online event will be streamed through Vimeo. Moderated live Q&As with filmmakers will be streamed following the f

Due to growing health concerns surrounding the COVID-19 virus, we have made the incredibly difficult decision to suspend all in-person events for the 58th Ann Arbor Film Festival (AAFF), our six-day event that was set to happen March 24-March 29, 2020. We are committed to finding an alternative means to present the 58th AAFF online which honors the filmmakers’ rights and integrity and fulfills the mission of the festival. The 58th AAFF jurors will fulfill their commitment of