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A month before the 47th Ann Arbor Film Festival, students from 826michigan participated in a workshop titled "Throwing Popcorn: Become a Film Critic of the Ann Arbor Film Festival" co-taught by Donald Harrison, Executive Director of the AAFF, and Jeff Meyers, lead movie critic for the Metro Times.Four films were selected for viewing and reviewing, following some samples and discussion about what

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The 47th Ann Arbor Film Festival would not be possible without the passion, energy and contributions of many tremendous individuals and organizations. We'd like to give credit where credit's due and provide our heartfelt thank you to each of the following:$10,000+ Bruce Baker & Genie Wolfson $5,000 - $9,999 Steve Warrington & Courtney Mandrake $1,000 - $2,499 Martha Darling & Gil Omenn Larry

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The special Sundance issue of the Hollywood Reporter featured an article about the state of film festivals in the economic recession. The Ann Arbor Film Festival received "top billing" in the article, with the story of our Endangered Campaign and our creative response to financial crisis (stemming from politically-motivated censorship and funding cuts) in 2007. While we appreciate the

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The Ann Arbor Film Festival premiered a new format for the popular Cinemasports film challenge, known as the "Iron Chef" of filmmaking. Partnering with EdgeFest, the Kerrytown Concert House's avant-garde music festival, musicians improvised live performances to short films conceived, shot and completed that day by enthusiastic filmmaking teams from Ann Arbor and beyond.Filmmaking teams assembled

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The Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs (MCACA) has awarded the Ann Arbor Film Festival a $7,200 grant that will fund a traveling tour of top short films from the upcoming 47th festival. Films will screen during the summer of 2009 in a dozen Michigan communities where regular access to artistically-inspired cinema is not typically available. Screenings will be free and open to the

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It's been a tip-top year for the Ann Arbor Film Festival, with inclusion in Variety magazine's "Top Ten Festivals We Love" and recently getting named in MovieMaker's "25 Festivals Worth the Entry Fee." We were also featured in this issue of MovieMaker as one of the world's oldest film festivals.

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The 46th Ann Arbor Film Festival shone brightly late March '08 with record attendance. Filmmakers descended in Ann Arbor from around the world, including Juan Camilo Gonzalez from Columbia premiering his animated film Los Tres Errantes, Jaehyung Ju from South Korea with his gorgeous experimental film Lucid Dreaming, and Maverick Litchfield-Kelly, producer of the suspenseful "i", visiting the U.S.

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Score another victory for non-profit media arts - on February 5, 2008 the Ann Arbor Film Festival reached its critical $75,000 goal for the Endangered fundraising campaign! We cannot express strongly enough our appreciation of the tremendous support we've received worldwide from our supporters and the press in helping get this story out. And while we've now fully recovered from the financial

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We recently received a major distinction at the International Film Festival Summit in Las Vegas. During his keynote address, Variety president and publisher Charlie Koones named the Ann Arbor Film Festival in a list of “10 Film Festivals We Love,” a list that was pulled from over 6,000 festivals around the world. In addition to the AAFF, the list (not ranked) included industry heavy-hitters such

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The Ann Arbor Film Festival announced today that it has settled a federal lawsuit, filed by the ACLU on its behalf, against the State of Michigan. In exchange for the state legislature repealing unconstitutional restrictions on arts funding, the AAFF and ACLU agreed to voluntarily dismiss the lawsuit. The new guidelines for arts funding, resulting from the AAFF’s lawsuit, mirror the National

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The video for Act of Audacity #2 is now online!See Giant Animals from the AAFF vs. Detroit Derby Girls inbone-crunching, techni-colorized, cinematic glory.Witness snow badminton at its finest!This Act of Audacity took place December 7, 2007 in Ann Arbor, MI as part of the Ann Arbor Film Festival's Endangered fundraising campaign. Upon reaching the campaign's second goal of $35,000, festival

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We hit our 2nd fundraising goal of $35,000, our supporters have voted, and we have a winner - Giant Animal Badminton!Friday, December 7th at 12:30pm we will perform Act of Audacity #2. Fearless festival employees, Chris and Donald, will square off as giant animals in a heated badminton match vs. two of Detroit's finest roller derby girls: Black Eyed Skeez and Crash Baby. Local coffee maniac and

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Last week we announced a generous $5,000 challenge matching gift from the Mosaic Foundation for the AAFF's Endangered fundraising campaign. And this week we're excited about OurStage.com's offer to help. They will pay the AAFF $2 each time someone signs up at our page on their website: http://www.ourstage.com/go/aaff.We like what they've built for artists - a purely democratic platform to judge

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Our first Act of Audacity is now online, in full glam-rocking glory. Enjoy!Big thanks to our dynamite performers, crew, and everyone who supported this Act of Audacity. We wanted to share a few of the comments we've received since the video went online: "It's the coolest campaign off Broadway." - Lynn Yates of Zingermann's Community of Business "I almost snorted coffee up my nose this

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The results are in from the first part of our Endangered campaign. Our community has spoken and we have a winner for Act of Audacity #1 – glam rock karaoke in the streets of Ann Arbor!So earlier today we shook the streets of Ann Arbor with wild outfits, wigs, and make-up...a lot of make-up. It's glam rock, after all. There were snarls, killer looks, over-dramatic dancing in the streets and a

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Our Endangered campaign is less than a month old and we're excited to see all the new life it's creating for the Ann Arbor Film Festival during a time of crisis. Whereas marketing professionals would call this a "viral" campaign, we think of it more as "pollinating". Our campaign instructional video certainly has created some great "buzz", and our new director's commentary by David Meiklejohn has

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Yes, it's true - the AAFF is facing a crisis. But we're not facing it alone. Over our 46 year history we've made a lot of friends throughout the world - people who care as passionately as we do about films that take risks, challenge conventions, provide inspiration and leave their mark.So it's with great enthusiasm that we launched our multimedia Endangered fundraising campaign. The staff, board

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With the coming of a new festival year, we present a new festival site with a new design and further newness to come.Of note, we will be adding a Media section with videos and media coverage related to the festival, photos from the festival and its in-house ninjas, and more! Also coming, a Resources section with our favorite websites, film resources, and anything else we think you might be

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This year we set out to take risks, challenge, inspire, amuse and deliver what we're known for: uncompromising, high-quality experimental and original film. And now that the 45th Ann Arbor Film Festival is part of cinematic history, the reverberations are ringing out in all directions. We've received waves of positive reports from the more than 60 filmmakers who attended, long-time festival goers

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Saturday, March 24th @ 1:30pm in the Michigan Theater Screening Room Thank you to Chris Gore (Founder, Film Threat), Eddie Schmidt (Producer/Cowriter, This Film Is Not Yet Rated), Elaine King (Professor of the History of Art & Theory and Museum Studies, Carnegie Mellon University), and Matthew Bernstein (Chair, Dept. of Film Studies, Emory University) for an unprecedented discussion of censorship

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The Ann Arbor Film Festival and the University of Michigan Film and Video Student Association was proud to present the original midnight movies by visionary director Alexandro Jodorowsky, EL TOPO (1970) and THE HOLY MOUNTAIN (1973). At the 45th Ann Arbor Film Festival, midnight movies were held at The State Theater. This was the first time the Ann Arbor Film Festival has ever exhibited at the

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With support from the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, the San Francisco Cinematheque hosted a co-presentation at the Ann Arbor Film Festival on Saturday, March 24th at 7:30 PM. The sold-out event consisted of a series of films that explore the body as a place. Throughout the evening, these physical landscapes explored the farthest corners of our minds, probing us to consider the

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The Ann Arbor Film Festival has received cuts to its state funding, and will not apply for future state funding until some changes are made with the restrictions that are placed on artists in the state of Michigan. Click here to learn more.

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The awards jury is composed of internationally recognized filmmakers, artists and critics who are dedicated to independent and experimental film as an art form. The jurors' function is to view all entries programmed in the public screenings of films-in-competition and to distribute the awards money. Decisions regarding awards and the distribution of prize monies are the prerogative of the Awards

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