Award Winners from the 60th Ann Arbor Film Festival

Published March 22, 2022 Opening Night is here! The Ann Arbor Film Festival (AAFF) is excited to share the free programs available during festival week, March 22-27, 2022. Included in the AAFF’s free offerings are Off the Screen! (OTS!) installations, speaker series events and juror programs. Feature in Competition 10 Questions for Henry Ford is also available for free for Michigan Theater Foundation members. The film screens on Saturday, 3/26 at 5:15pm in the Michigan Theate

Published March 21, 2022 The 50th anniversary of the Ann Arbor Film Festival was definitely something, not any one thing, but many pieces of a whole lot of AAFF history: beautiful and strange, sad and surreal. Here are a couple of semi-precious gems I've mined to share for the 60th: A) George Iconoclastic AAFF founder in attendance. In his 80's and not in the best of health, but he was determined to give his opening night speech. And have some drinks…maybe one too many. Our m

AAFF is thrilled to welcome Lydia Lunch to the 60th AAFF. Writer, musician, photographer, controversial spoken word artist, Lydia Lunch was one of the primary instigators of the ​No Wave movement of the late 1970s in New York City. Thanks to the Penny Stamps School of Art & Design, Lydia Lunch will be featured as part of their Distinguished Speaker Series, in conversation with Joseph Keckler, give an Off the Screen! (OTS!) presentation with Keckler as well as a spoken word pe

Published March 15, 2022 Name: Mia Arnold Pronouns: She/Her Position: Sponsorships and Partnerships Intern My name is Mia Arnold. I am in my final semester at Eastern Michigan University, majoring in Arts and Entertainment Management with a minor in Entrepreneurship. My focus is in museums, galleries, and art events. I am a graphic designer and make travel vlogs as well as other videos. I love traveling and hiking. What are you most looking forward to doing in your new positi

Published March 16th, 2022 The 60th AAFF's LGBTQ+ programming includes the 21st annual Out Night program featuring new experimental films from Brazil, Mexico, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The in-person screening will be on Thursday, March 24 at 7:30pm, and the program will be available online that same evening at 11:59pm through March 31st. Immediately following, at 9:15pm, a special program of films curated by Sean Donovan, a doctoral candidate in Film,

Published March 13, 2022 Name: Madeline Sun Woo Kim Pronouns: she/her Position: Operations Assistant Intern I am a senior at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. I'm pursuing a dual degree in Film, Television, and Media and English Literature. I love going on walks with my dog and watching movies/TV shows in my spare time. I also like to get food or coffee with friends. One interesting fact about myself is that I've seen the northern lights in Iceland! What are you most l

Published March 12, 2022 I have received answers from alumni on how AAFF has shaped our behavior. Go with your gut - impulsive, intuitive, emotional percepts. Let us pry. Explore the hidden psychic effects of AAFF via McLuhan’s Tetrad. Probe unseen social effects of its environments and unintended consequences. James Joyce included the word “Tetrad” in Finnegans Wake: “Our wholemole millwheeling vicociclometer, a tetradomational gazebocroticon.” 1) ENH - What does the AAFF EN

Meant to expose attendees to intermedia art, all speaker series events are free & open to the public.

Published March 10th, 2022 The Ann Arbor Film Festival welcomes back live performances to the in-person portion of the 60th AAFF! This years' Off the Screen! (OTS!) program includes live cinema performances, new media installations, and other intermedia moving image artworks. OTS! engages artists, festival attendees, the general public, students and educators. The program provides opportunities for constituents to experience expanded cinema art, and to more deeply engage with