Ann Arbor Film Festival

The six-day festival presents 40 programs with more than 180 films of all lengths and genres, including experimental, animation, documentary, fiction, and performance-based works. Films originate from more than 20 countries. During its first four decades, the festival solely exhibited works finished on 16mm. The AAFF remains committed to the exhibition of this medium, among other formats, including expanded cinematic forms. Thousands of influential filmmakers and artists have exhibited early work at the AAFF, including Kenneth Anger, Brian De Palma, Agnes Varda, Andy Warhol, Gus Van Sant, Barbara Hammer, George Lucas, Les Blank, Matthew Buckingham, and James Benning. The Ann Arbor Film Festival receives approximately 3,000 submissions annually from more than 65 countries and serves as one of a handful of Academy Award®-qualifying festivals in the United States. Through the work of three invited jurors, the AAFF annually presents more than $20,000 in cash and in-kind awards to filmmakers.