The Ann Arbor Film Festival features the latest in independent and experimental film and video from all over the world. The touring program includes a selection of awarded and highlighted films from this year's festival. Fourteen shorts will be shown as part of this program:
- Doxology—Michael Langan | Providence, RI | 7 min [winner most promising filmmaker 2008 AAFF]
- My Olympic Summer—Daniel Robin | San Francisco, CA | 13 min [winner jury prize for best short at Sundance 2008]
- Yours Truly—Osbert Parker | London, United Kingdom | 7 min [winner best animated short 2008 British Animation Awards]
- The Green Grass of Twilight—Richie Sherman | Pine Grove Mills, PA | 7.5 min
- Frog Jesus—Ben Peters | Vancouver, BC, Canada | 2 min [May 2008 Anarchy award Slamdance]
- Safari—Catherine Chalmers | New York, NY | 8 min [winner best experimental short SXSW 2008]
- America In Pictures—Georg Koszulinski | Gainesville, FL | 7 min
- Crank Balls—Devin Bell | Los Angeles, CA | 5 min [best animated film at Toronto Film Fest's Sprockets]
- Number One—Leighton Pierce | Ridge, NY | 11 min [first prize, Black Maria Film Festival 2008]
- Nijuman no Borei (200000 Phantoms)—Jean-Gabriel Periot | Paris, France | 11 min [Animate award 2007]
- Bullet Proof Vest—May Lin Au Yung | Stanford, CA | 6 min
- I Met The Walrus—Josh Raskin | Toronto, ON, Canada | 5 min [nominated for Academy Award best animated short 2008]16MM
- Li: The Patterns of Nature—John Campbell | Lansdale, PA | 9 min [winner best cinematography AAFF 2008]
- Office Suite—Robert Todd | 14 min | Boston, MA 16mm [winner best experimental short film AAFF 2008]
The program will be introduced by experimental filmmaker Jason Livingston '94, who will screen his short video animation, Lake Affect, which was selected for this year's festival. Livingston's work has been shown as part of previous Ann Arbor programs. He currently teaches experimental film production at Ithaca College. more at jasontlivingston.com
This program is part of the Schwartz Center for Performing Arts 20th Anniversary Celebration.
2007, color, 1 hour 50 minutes, various