Past Events
Below is a list of previous AAFF events. Click here to see upcoming events.
Cinemasports: Shadow Art Fair Edition
Jul 10 2010 - 10:30am - 10:30pm
admission: $0.00
Ann Arbor Film Festival presents Cinemasports: Shadow Art Fair Edition
Cinemasports is the "Iron Chef of filmmaking" in which self-assembled filmmaking teams are challenged to include assigned "ingredients" into 3-minute movies produced in 10 hours or less.
A prize of $100 will reward the film our AAFF/SAF jury deems most worthy. Formats accepted for final screening are: DVD, mini-DV and quicktime file. Filmmaking teams supply all their own equipment, time and talent.
It's free to participate in this event as a filmmaking team or audience member. Space is limited to 25 teams, so we encourage you to sign up early to ensure your team a spot! SIGN UP HERE.
Saturday, July 10th during the Shadow Art Fair at the Corner Brewery.
10:30 AM Filmmakers' Kickoff / Ingredients Announced
Corner Brewery
720 Norris Street, Ypsilanti, MI, 48198 USA
Participation fee: FREE
9:30 PM Public screening of finished movies (films due back by 9:00 PM)
Corner Brewery
720 Norris Street, Ypsilanti, MI, 48198 USA
Tickets: FREE
Read everything over and still have questions? Please email mail {at} aafilmfest.org
Event Sign-Up - (link)
Shadow Art Fair - (link)
Cinemasports - (link)
AAFF Animation Shorts @ Top of the Park
Free Screening at Top of the Park - Ingalls Mall
Jul 8 2010 - 9:30pm - 10:00pm
admission: $0.00
The Ann Arbor Film Festival will screen short films from its archive on Thursday evenings prior to feature films at Top of the Park. The shows begin at sundown (approximately 9:30pm).
This week short films that will precede Wes Anderson's "The Fantastic Mr. Fox" are:
Magic Cube and Ping Pong - Lei Lei, Beijing, China - 5 minutes [screened at the 48th AAFF]
Full of rich colors, textures and a 1980s video game style, this animated film weaves together elements of Eastern and Western culture into both a love story and an artist's statement on modern Chinese society.
White Out - Jeff Scher, New York, NY - 3 minutes [screened at the 45th AAFF]
A visual paean to the magic of snow, by artist Jeff Scher with music by Shay Lynch. Part of Sightlines, an Op-Ed visual series.
Opening Night Reception
Mar 23 2010 - 6:00pm
admission: $30*
*Price of admission includes opening night screening
The AAFF Presents a Free Public Lecture
Mar 19 2010 - 7:00pm
admission: Free
"Bison Boys & Famous Monsters of Michigan: 1970s Super-8mm Films of Jimm Juback & Cary Loren" By Associate Professor Mike Mosher of Saginaw Valley State University
Sneak Preview
Mar 6 2010 - 2:00pm
admission: Free
Curious about art-focused, independent and experimental cinema? Please join us for a free public sneak preview of the 48th Ann Arbor Film Festival, featuring short films from the upcoming festival (March 23 - 28, 2010).
Opening Reception for INTERMISSION
Mar 5 2010 - 7:00pm
admission: Free
The Ann Arbor Film Festival's first exhibition in collaboration with The Ann Arbor Art Center, "Intermission" will feature films, new-media, and film-inspired works from a group of talented Michigan artists hand-picked by Film Fest Staff.
Vintage Hollywood: A Fundraiser for Ann Arbor's Neutral Zone
Michigan Theater, 603 E. Liberty St., Ann Arbor, MI
Feb 25 2010 - 7:00pm
admission: $35
An Evening of Film, Music, Drinks, Food, and Tinsel Town Glamour
Dress in your finest attire for entertainment from Neutral Zone teens, short films provided by the Ann Arbor Film Festival and DJ Forest Juziuk. Tickets include heavy hors d'oeuvres, beer and wine.
For info call 734-214-9995 x231 or visit neutral-zone.org
Ann Arbor Film Festival presents a screening of Craig Baldwin's Spectres of the Spectrum
Feb 22 2010 - 7:00pm
admission: Free
"An infinite number of possible worlds ... and this is the worst one."
