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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Ann Arbor Film Festival:
Art, Science, and Technical Innovation
September 14 | 7pm | FREE
Each year, jurors for the Ann Arbor Film Festival select films to receive over $24,000 in cash and in-kind awards. This free event will showcase recent winners of the Gil Ommen Art & Science Award and the Peter Wilde Award for Most Technically Innovative Film, including two that are featured in our current AAFF tour. We are thrilled to share at a2Tech360 these films that contain a fascination with science and the use of new technology to tell the human story.
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Ann Arbor Film Festival: Art, Science, and Technical Innovation
DATE: September 14th, 2023
TIME: 7pm
LOCATION: 309 S Main St, Ann Arbor, MI 48104
FREE
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At the 61st AAFF in 2023, the Ommen Award was presented to 2cent / 10coil, a 10-minute experimental short by Monteith McCollum (Binghamton, NY), and Parasite Family, a 5-minute experimental short by Prapat Jiwarangsan (Bangkok,Thailand) received the Wilde Award. Both of these films are currently part of the 61st AAFF Tour.
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Films being shown include:
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2cent / 10coil | Monteith McCollum | Binghamton, NY| 2022 | 10
Part science, part history, 2cent / 10coil is an exploration into the physical properties of a U.S. postage stamp and the anomalies it presents when subjected to the beam of an electron microscope. Integrated within, are the philosophical musings and speeches of a man in his last weeks of life on a quest entitled, “The Voyage of Understanding.”
Parasite Family | Prapat Jiwarangsan | Bangkok, Thailand | 2022 | 5
Parasite Family is constructed from old film negatives discovered in an out-of-business film lab. Using analog and digital editing techniques, Prapat Jiwarangsan breathes new energy into these old films. He accompanies them on their journey from the world of analog to the world of digital, and finally to the world of AI-generated images and NFT artworks.
Event space courtesy Sunne Side Productions
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image: 2cent / 10coil (detail)
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For more information on the AAFF Tour, please visit our program webpage: aafilmfest.org/tour.
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