MovieMaker Magazine announced that the Ann Arbor Film Festival has been named one of MovieMaker’s 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee in 2021, a year that nearly everyone expects to be better than the one before. MovieMaker determined the winners of the annual list using festival surveys, filmmaker testimonials, and independent research. “I expect film festivals to come roaring back in the coming months — but smartly, and safely, balancing our love of film with our top prio

Thank you to the makers of the 59th AAFF Trailers! Each year we invite folks to volunteer to create trailers for the AAFF. Makers whose work is selected receive an all-access festival pass. Typically, some appear in area theaters and one is aired on DPTV in the weeks leading up to the festival. They also play before each festival program. Interested in making a trailer for the 60th? Email us at info@aafilmfest.org. We thank each of you for helping amplify the AAFF spirit! Che

Catch up on some of the In the Screen! performances, workshops, and salons you may have missed during the 59th Ann Arbor Film Festival. Performances ITS NORMAL FOR THINGS TO COME TO YOUR ATTENTION Live collage cinema and live collage sound! Legendary sound collage group Negativland teams up with legendary live cinema artist SUE-C to bring you a streaming audiovisual performance about our nervous systems, our realities, and the evolving forms of media and technology that inevi

We Only Answer our Land Line (2019) by Olivia Camfield, Woodrow Hunt. CYCLE 0 This year, the 59th AAFF presented five special programs highlighting animation by BIPOC artists, trans-made films, Native American experimental work, French feminist artist Sylvanie Tendron, and Swiss video art pioneer Pipiolotti Rist. We commissioned writers to produce a series of essays about four of these programs, and have gathered them together here for you to explore. In addition to these ast

- - - This job posting is now Closed - - - If you are part events planner, analytical tech geek, budget-minded dynamo, task juggler, coach, film lover AND understand the unique needs of a tiny non-profit arts organization, we want to hear from you. The Ann Arbor Film Festival (AAFF) is seeking an experienced individual to join our team as the Operations Manager. In this role you will be responsible for strategic administrative and operational actions to ensure a successful An

As we wrap up the 59th Ann Arbor Film Festival, we would like to thank our wonderful sponsors. Their generous and enduring support makes it possible to carry on the tradition of the festival and engage audiences with remarkable cinematic experiences. GRANTORS MAJOR SPONSOR KEY SPONSORS: Adams Street Publishing College For Creative Studies Detroit Metro Times Detroit Public Television Herbology / Curaleaf The James and Anne Duderstadt Center Netscout Saganworks CONTRIBUTING: A