The 57th festival is thrilled to partner with the Stamps Gallery – part of the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design at the University of Michigan – to present an Off the Screen! exhibition by Israeli artist Hamutal Attar. Attar’s video installation YYYAAAOOO explores...

The live cinema performance Ritual for Biological Media by Debora and Jason Bernagozzi is a continuation of the artists’ Ritual for Hybrid Media.

A Word from our Director

The Ann Arbor Film Festival thrives at the edges of film art. In addition to three juror presentatio...

Nigerian actress Esosa E stars in Mahogany Too, part of the juror presentation Triple Consciousness: Films by Akosua Adoma Owusu.

"[Black History Month is] about the lived, shared experience of all African Americans, high and low, famous and obscure, and how those exper...

Hiroya Sakurai received the No Violence Award at the 56th AAFF for his film The Stream VII.

How did you come to know that film would be an important medium for you?

Video Gallery SCAN was established by Fujiko Nakaya in Tokyo in 1980, when I was

an art university student.

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The Ann Arbor Film Festival has been nominated by USA Today for Best Film Festival in North America as a part of their 10Best Readers’ Choice Travel Awards! It is an absolute honor to be nominated alongside 18 other incredible festivals from all over the United States...

The Ann Arbor Film Festival is excited to host two poster-release parties this month! Come and learn about some of the amazing films and offscreen events that will be part of the upcoming festival (March 26–31, 2019). The schedule on the back of the 18x24-inch poster w...

The Ann Arbor Film Festival is excited to announce the three distinguished jurors for the 57th festival! These accomplished film artists will dedicate their time during the festival to viewing all 143 films in competition and selecting which films will receive one of t...