A Resilient Ann Arbor Digs Deep

Ann Arbor Film Festival is the longest running avant-garde and experimental film festival in North America. 1963 was its foundation year. This year would bring 40 programs, and 180 films selected from 3,500 submitted from 100 countries. The festival shifted from purely 16mm a decade ago and retains a commitment to innovation in international moving image practice. Ann Arbor showcases films of all lengths and genres including experimental, animation, documentary, fiction, and performance-based works. It was voted #1 film festival in North America in a USA Today reader’s poll in 2019. Like all international artistic events this sustained profile offered no resistance to the Covid-19 virus.