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Bold visions. Lovingly crafted. Cutting-edge. Artistically inspired. These are the kinds of films sought for the 47th Ann Arbor Film Festival, the longest-running showcase of independent, experimental and art-driven films in North America.

All lengths and genres accepted and considered: experimental, animation, documentary, and narrative.

• More than $20,000 awarded to films in competition
• Qualifying festival for Annual Academy Awards
• Top short films participate on International Traveling Tour

You must complete an entry form for each film submitted. Entry fees are per film entered, and must accompany the entry form or confirmation. Make checks and money orders payable to the Ann Arbor Film Festival. Films previously entered may not be resubmitted unless substantially changed.

Entries are accepted in three formats: 16mm, DVD, and VHS.

Please note: Region free DVDs (NTSC or PAL) are preferred for prescreening purposes. While NTSC is the standard US format for VHS tapes, PAL is also accepted. Please do not send Blu-ray discs.

DVD and VHS Prescreening
Tapes and DVDs must be labeled with film title, filmmaker name, phone & email. Please cue VHS tapes. Please place DVDs in a DVD envelope, no hard plastic cases of any kind please.

16mm Prescreening
If you would like the festival to prescreen a 16mm print of your film, please note that tungsten projectors are used during the pre-screening process; xenon projectors are used festival week at the Michigan Theater. It is your choice whether to send a tungsten or xenon print. All 16mm prints will be returned after the festival.

Each film submitted must: Be mounted on a reel (not a core) heads-out, be contained in a film can, be shipped in a standard shipping case or reusable mailing container, have beginning and ending leader, have labels on the shipping cases, cans, reels, and film leader with film title, filmmaker name and telephone number.
Shipping

* Due to the volume of entries press kits are not kept during the prescreening process. If your film is accepted, you will be notified of how to submit your press material.

Shipping Addresses

The festival program will be announced in mid to late February, 2009. All submitting filmmakers will be notified at that time by the email provided at the time of submission.

If your film is selected for the festival program, you must provide an exhibition copy (16mm, 35mm, Digital File, Beta) by March 1, 2009 unless otherwise informed.
Terms & Conditions
My film, if selected for competition or other screening, will be available in one of the exhibition formats specified above by March 1, 2009. I permit the AAFF to use my film, if selected, for its promotional reel and to use press stills from my film for Festival promotional materials, such as the AAFF website and newspaper articles. The AAFF has the right to keep a copy of your film for archival purposes, and will not publicly screen it without permission of the filmmaker(s).

For more details click here.

Note: This festival is not free to enter.
Entry Fees and Deadlines

• Standard: $40 ~ October 15, 2008
• Late: $50 ~ November 15, 2008

To enter this video contest click here.

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