September 30, 2025 Image of a Screening Salon for the 62nd Ann Arbor Film Festival At the Ann Arbor Film Festival, conversations about emerging technologies in cinema are nothing new. From the earliest experiments in video art to the rise of digital editing, AAFF has long been a space where artists working at the edges of filmmaking find a home. Our most recent Screening Salon —a monthly gathering of the 80+ members of the AAFF Screening Cadre tasked with reviewing the thousa

September 30, 2025 Film still from Constellations Super 8  by Helga Fanderl This new blog series revisits essays from the 63rd Ann Arbor Film Festival, opening with Scott Northrup’s in-depth look at Helga Fanderl’s special program Constellations Super 8  and its lasting impact. Helga Fanderl: Constellations Super 8  by Scott Northrup Drinking glasses travel by boat, twinkling in fading light… A carousel whirls, rises, falls… School girls run to and from trees, then one is inj

September 3, 2025 The Ann Arbor Film Festival is thrilled to welcome the community back to Walk Right In  on Thursday, September 18, 2025, from 7:00–9:00 PM at Burns Park . Pack your blanket or lawn chair and join us under the stars for this free neighborhood event, featuring a 40-minute program of award-winning short films  alongside delicious food and good company. This year’s screening includes a stellar lineup from the 63rd AAFF: Purgatorio  by Stephanie Miracle, Auden Li