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RULES AND TERMS

The Ann Arbor Film Festival is open to experimental films as well as films that demonstrate a high regard for the moving image as an experimental art form, no matter the genre. Each year the AAFF selects 100-145 shorts and features for exhibition in the awards competition portion of the festival.

Films previously submitted may not be re-entered unless there has been a significant change to the edit. Later versions of a film may be reviewed and/or selected at the programmer's discretion.
Short and feature-length entries are accepted.
Short films run no longer than 60 minutes. Feature films run 60 minutes or more.
Entries not in English should have English subtitles.
Works in progress may be submitted, but are juried in the same pool as all other submissions.
Work must be contemporary - completed within the last three years.
Entry fees are per film entered, and must accompany the entry form for confirmation. Entry fees are non-refundable.
Make checks and money orders payable to the Ann Arbor Film Festival.
The Ann Arbor Film Festival does not give waivers or discounts.
Entries are accepted via secure online screening and 16mm only. We do not accept DVD, VHS or video data files for screening purposes.
16MM
- If you would like the festival to preview a 16mm print of your film, please contact the festival directly at submissions@aafilmfest.org to make arrangements.

Ann Arbor Film Festival

Now Accepting Film Submissions

https://www.moviemaker.com/archives/spring-2019/50-film-festivals-worth-the-entry-fee-in-2019/2/

The day has arrived — today! — when the Ann Arbor Film Festival is not only accepting but also welcoming and encouraging film submissions for review, consideration, and potential inclusion in the very next — 58th! — iteration of North America's oldest experimental film festival. (If you haven't yet marked your calendar, the dates for the upcoming festival will be: March 24–29, 2020.)

The festival is proud to included on MovieMaker magazine's list of "50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee" for 2019.

Here's to all you filmmakers around the world who have been busy creating short and feature-length avant-garde and experimental film of all genres. The AAFF appreciates your work, invites your submissions, and looks forward to another amazing opportunity to bring the best in contemporary film art to the big screen at the Michigan Theater in downtown Ann Arbor.

For more information and to enter your film for consideration, please click here.

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