Dear Asian filmmakers, the Ann Arbor Film Festival (United States) is accepting experimental films (narrative, documentary, and shorts) until September 30, 2025.

About the festival:
The Ann Arbor Film Festival is the oldest experimental film festival in North America. Internationally renowned as a forum for artist-made moving image art, the AAFF screens a broad range of experimental work including animation, documentary, narrative, and hybrid films. The AAFF is steeped in a rich tradition of ground-breaking cinema as thousands of filmmakers screened early work at the AAFF, including luminaries such as Kenneth Anger, Agnes Varda, Andy Warhol, Yoko Ono, Gus Van Sant, Barbara Hammer, James Benning, Bruce Conner, Chick Strand, Les Blank, Suzan Pitt, and George Lucas.

The Ann Arbor Film Festival serves as an Academy Award®-qualifying festival in the United States for the Short Films category. The AAFF presents over $20,000 in cash awards to filmmakers in competition, as determined by the awards jury. The AAFF is highly competitive, receiving over 3,000 submissions annually from more than 60 countries.

Eligibility:
– Short (under 60 minutes) and feature-length (over 60 minutes) entries are accepted.
– Entries not in English should have English subtitles.
– Films should have been produced in the last 3 years.
– There is no Premiere status requirement.
– Films previously submitted may not be re-entered unless there has been a significant change to the edit.
– Works in progress may be submitted, but are juried in the same pool as all other submissions.
– Entry fees are non-refundable.
– The Ann Arbor Film Festival does not give waivers or discounts.
– Entries are accepted via secure online screening and 16mm only. They do not accept DVD, VHS or video data files for screening purposes.
– Submissions must be made via FilmFreeway.
– Submission Fees and Deadlines:

– Notification Date: February 1, 2026

We recommend filmmakers to read the full Rules and Regulations here: https://filmfreeway.com/AAFilmFest (This is also the submission link)

We remind readers that the 64th Ann Arbor Film Festival will take place from March 24 – 29, 2026 in Ann Arbor, USA.

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