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"...internationally renowned as a premier showcase for independent and experimental films from around the world..."

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The Ann Arbor Film Festival is internationally recognized as a premiere showcase for creative, inspiring, and influential films of all types: avant-garde and experimental, story-based narratives, documentaries, and animation. As the original North American independent film festival, the AAFF is steeped in a rich tradition of ground-breaking cinema. Thousands of influential filmmakers have showcased early work at the AAFF, including luminaries such as Kenneth Anger, Agnes Varda, Andy Warhol, Yoko Ono, Gus Van Sant, Barbara Hammer, Lawrence Kasdan, and George Lucas. The Ann Arbor Film Festival receives more than 2,500 submissions annually from more than 40 countries and serves as one of a handful of Academy Award-qualifying festivals in the United States. The AAFF is a pioneer of the traveling film festival tour, and each year visits more than 25 theaters, universities, museums and art house cinemas around the world. Awards: $18,000 in cash prizes to over thirty films in a number of different categories Fest Gallery