The Ann Arbor Film Festival is a festival of independent and experimental film and video. Established in 1963, this internationally-renowned festival is the oldest of its kind in North America. Each year the festival attracts entries from moving image artists worldwide and screens more than 100 films before audiences during six days in March. The Ann Arbor Film Festival fosters the growth of emerging and established film- and videomakers. It is the only venue in the Midwest that exhibits independent 16mm and 35mm experimental film and video. The festival is open to film and video of all categories that demonstrate a high regard for the medium as an art form. The festival's mission is to provide a worldwide public forum for moving image exhibitions, to encourage and showcase artists of the moving image, to promote the moving image as art, and to offer educational outreach.
