RULES AND TERMS
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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.
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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.
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Short and feature-length entries are accepted.
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Short films run no longer than 60 minutes. Feature films run 60 minutes or more.
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Entries not in English should have English subtitles.
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Works in progress may be submitted, but are juried in the same pool as all other submissions.
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Work must be contemporary - completed within the last three years.
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Entry fees are per film entered, and must accompany the entry form for confirmation. Entry fees are non-refundable.
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Make checks and money orders payable to the Ann Arbor Film Festival.
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The Ann Arbor Film Festival does not give waivers or discounts.
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Entries are accepted via secure online screening and 16mm only. We do not accept DVD, VHS or video data files for screening purposes.
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16MM
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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.
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AAFF ON TOUR
WHAT IS THE TOUR?
The Ann Arbor Film Festival (AAFF) traveling tour provides filmmakers the unique opportunity of having their work screened in front of audiences for whom, in many places, the tour venue is their only access to this form of film art. Each filmmaker participating in the AAFF tour is also paid for each tour stop, directly supporting their filmmaking.
The AAFF touring programs feature a diverse selection of award-winning and noteworthy films from the latest festival. With their varied lineup, these programs provide attendees with cultural and aesthetic enrichment, showcasing a range of global perspectives and artistic expressions. Overall, the AAFF Tour offers an engaging and thought-provoking experience for film enthusiasts interested in innovative cinema and moving image art that challenges conventional filmmaking.
The AAFF is a pioneer of the traveling film festival tour which launched in 1964 with film screenings in Paris, Los Angeles, and Berkeley. Since that time, the AAFF tour has presented hundreds of influential works by film artists including Barbara Hammer, Gus Van Sant, Sally Cruikshank, Don Hertzfeldt, Bill Brown, Ross McLaren, Paul Winkler, James Duesing, Martha Colburn, and Jay Rosenblatt.​​
62 AAFF Tour Stops
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German-American Institute | Tübingen, Germany
June 6, 2024 (program 1)
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Cinetopia Film Festival | Ann Arbor, MI
June 16 (program 1) and June 21 (program 2), 2024​
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Pitzer College | Claremont, CA
October 25, 2024 (Program 1) and November 1, 2024 (Program 2)
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Colgate University | Hamilton, NY
October 29, 2024 (Program 2)
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Cleveland Cinematheque | Cleveland, OH
November 17, 2024 (Program 1), 2:00pm
November 24, 2024 (Program 2), 2:00pm ​​
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Rice University | Houston, TX
January 24, 2025 (Program 1), 7:00pm
January 25, 2025 (Program 2), 7:00pm
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The Nickelodeon Theatre | Columbia, SC
January 28, 2025 (Program 1), 6:00pm
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Bowling Green State University | Bowling Green, OH
January 28, 2025 (Program 2), 7:30pm ​​​​​
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Wealthy Theater | Grand Rapids, MI
January 31, 2025 (Program 1) 7:00pm, (Program 2) 8:30pm
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Ann Arbor District Library | Ann Arbor, MI
February 1, 2025 (Program 2) 2:00pm ​​ ​​​​​
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Mills Folly Microcinema | Madison, WI
February 18, 2025 (Program 1), 7:00pm
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Casket Cinema | Minneapolis, MN ​​
February 20, 2025, 8:00pm
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WHAMMY! Analog Media | Los Angeles, CA
February 22, 2025 (Program 1) 8:00pm
February 23, 2025 (Program 2) 8:00pm ​​​​​​​​​
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Shadowbox Studio | Durham, NC
March 12, 2025 (Program 1) 8:00pm
31st James River Film Festival | Richmond, VA
March 21, 2025 (Program 2) 7:00pm
HOW TO BOOK
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For more information about booking the tour, including rates, please email us at tour@aafilmfest.org.
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PROMOTION
To support your promotion of the AAFF tour program(s), we provide high-quality still images, a customized PDF for printing posters/flyers, customized digital assets, a PDF program summary to hand out to attendees, festival graphics, and copy. In addition, the AAFF promotes each tour stop on its website and monthly eNewsletter (more than 7,000 active subscribers), and will conduct basic press outreach to each tour stop's host city to help ensure media coverage.
62 AAFF TOUR PROGRAMS
Program 1
Intersextion by Richard Roger Reeves (Canada)
Getting OK With Being OK That Things Are Not OK by Irvine & Spence (UK)
This Line Connects the Void by Tram Quynh Nghiem (Canada)
Chasing Birds by Una Lorenzen (Canada)
de-composition by Laura Kraning (USA)
The Sketch by Tomas Cali (France)
Nothing Special by Efrat Berger (Isreal)
Matta and Matto by Bianca Caderas and Kerstin Zemp (Switzerland)
Long Time No Techno by Eugenia Bakurin (Germany)
Program 2
Catalog '93 by Grau Del Grau (USA)
Amaranth by Justin Black (Canada)
Le Réve by Peter Conrad Beyer (Germany)
In the Ice, Everything Leaves a Trace by Christopher Oeschger and Gianna Molinari (Switzerland)
This Is a Story Without a Plan by Cassie Shao (USA)
Poem of E.L. by Maya Gurantz (USA)
Cinema for the Dead by Bruno Moreno and Renato Sircilli (Brazil)
I Can Feel It Coming by Karin Fisslthaler (Austria)
A Selection of Past Tour Stops
ALABAMA
Mobile, Alabama Museum of Contemporary Art Montgomery, Capri Theatre
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CALIFORNIA
Claremont, Pitzer College
Los Angeles, Echo Park Film Center
Los Angeles, Los Angeles Filmforum
Oakland, Black Hole Cinematheque
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COLORADO
Boulder, University of Colorado Boulder
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FLORIDA
Tampa, Tampa Theater
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GEORGIA
Atlanta, Atlanta Film Society
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GERMANY
Tübingen, German-American Institute
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IOWA
Iowa City, University of Iowa
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INDIANA
Bloomington, Indiana University Cinema
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MASSACHUSETTS
Mobile, Alabama Museum of Contemporary Art
Montgomery, Capri Theatre
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MICHIGAN
Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor District Library
Ann Arbor, University of Michigan
Ann Arbor & Binghamton, All Seasons
Bloomfield Hills, Cranbook Academy of Art
Clinton Township, Clinton Macomb Public Library
Detroit, Cinetopia Film Festival
Detroit, Detroit Film Theater
Detroit, Mothlight Microcinema at Trinosophes
Detroit, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit
Detroit, Senate Theater
Farmington Hills, Oakland Community College
Frankfort, The Garden Theater
Glen Arbor, Lake Street Studios Arts College
Grand Rapids, Wealthy Theatre
Grosse Pointe, Grosse Pointe Public Library
Hamtramck, The Film Lab
Jackson, Jackson District Library
Ludington, Ludington Area Center for The Arts
Marquette, Northern Michigan University
Monroe, Monroe Public Library
Traverse City, State Theatre
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NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque, Southwest Film Center
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NORTH CAROLINA
Durham, Shadowbox Studio
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OHIO
Bowling Green, Bowling Green State University
Cincinnati, Mini Microcinema
Cleveland, Cleveland Institute of Art
Oberlin, Oberlin College
Toledo, Ohio Theater and Event Center
Toledo, Toledo-Lucas Country Public Library
Toledo, University of Toledo
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RHODE ISLAND
Providence, Rhode Island School of Design
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SCOTLAND
Hawick, Alchemy Film Festival
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TENNESSEE
Knoxville, University of Tennessee Knoxville
Memphis, Indie Memphis Film Festival
Nashville, Vanderbilt University
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VIRGINIA
Charlottesville, The Bridge
ARIZONA
Sedona, Mary D. Fisher Theatre
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CANADA
London, Ontario, BealArt
Montreal, Quebec, Cinematheque Quebecoise
Montreal, Quebec, Segal Centre for Performing Arts
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Winnipeg Film Group Black Lodge
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ENGLAND
Ormskirk, Edgehill University
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ILLINOIS
Chicago, Columbia College Chicago
Chicago, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
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KENTUCKY
Louisville, Speed Art Museum
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MARYLAND
Baltimore, Sight Unseen
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MINNESOTA
Minneapolis, Casket Cinema
Minneapolis, Minneapolis College of Art and Design
Northfield, St. Olaf College
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MISSOURI
Webster Groves, Webster University
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NORTH CAROLINA
Durham, Duke University
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NEW HAMPSHIRE
Keene, Keene State College
Bethlehem, The Colonial Theatre
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NEW JERSEY
Montclair, Montclair State University
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NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque, University of New Mexico
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NEW YORK
Binghamton, SUNY Binghamton
Brooklyn, Millennium Film Workshop
Brooklyn, UnionDocs
Hamilton, Colgate University
New York City, Fordham University
New York City, Millennium Film Workshop
Rochester, University of Rochester
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OHIO
Bowling Green, Bowling Green State University
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PENNSYLVANIA
Philadelphia, University of the Arts
Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Filmmakers
Pittsburgh, Three Rivers Festival
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SOUTH CAROLINA
Greenville, Furman University
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SPAIN
Barcelona, Xcentric
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TENNESSEE
Memphis, Indie Memphis Film Festival
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TEXAS
Houston, Aurora Picture Show
Houston, Rice University
Dallas, Texas Theatre
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WASHINGTON
Seattle, Grand Illusion Theatre
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WISCONSIN
Madison, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art
Milwaukee, University of Wisconsin Union Theater