From Ann Arbor to LA: AAFF and the Oscars
Frank Mouris, Frank Film, 1973 Hello Film Lovers! My name is Jimmy Pawlowski, and I am the Archive and Video Intern for the Ann Arbor Film Festival. I have been enjoying taking on my role at the Festival, and I am excited to experience the vibrancy of Festival Week in March! With the 2023 Academy Award® nominations announced just yesterday, many people are unaware that the Ann Arbor Film Festival is one of a select group of US-based film festivals that can qualify a film for
Forget “Me” and Embrace “You" (A Personal Reflection by Shujun Li)
Shujun Li, Los Angeles, 2021 “As a screener, it is my job to meet the artists where they are,” said Deborah Greer during a screening salon in December. This virtual conversation was led by Greer, a former AAFF board member and longtime screener for the Festival, and brought together twenty or so of the seventy-plus volunteer screeners. They joined from their homes around the country (and the world) to watch and discuss several experimental films that were among the 2,743 film