We’re pleased to welcome Thomas Macias to the AAFF team as the Communications and Marketing Manager! Thomas was born in Hawaii and grew up in Rochester, NY. After getting accepted into the Rochester Institute of Technology's film program, he graduated with a major in Dramatic Storytelling in 2013. Afterward, he moved to Michigan and has lived here ever since. His favorite part of the last two years was getting married right before lockdown started. “It's been the weirdest, lo

We’re pleased to welcome Meghan Rutigliano to the AAFF team as the Operations Manager! Meghan is quite comfortable both behind the scenes and in the limelight. She is an experienced festival producer, media wrangler, community facilitator, and hostess with the mostess. Meghan recently moved to Michigan from San Francisco, where she worked for Burning Man Project for over 12 years as chief wrangler of Burning Man’s Regional Network spanning over 40 countries. During her time w

The Ann Arbor Film Festival is pleased to announce the release of our annual touring programs. Each year, the Ann Arbor Film Festival presents a selection of films throughout the world by going on tour, sending films to galleries, art house theaters, universities, and other venues. The tour is divided into two distinct programs of award-winning short films that were shown at the 59th AAFF, Awards 1 and Awards 2. To view the full list of films included in each category please