The Ann Arbor Film Festival is proud to announce this year’s award-winning filmmakers selected by jurors Amir George, Christine Panushka, and Koyo Yamashita. Read more about the 61st AAFF Jurors here.
The 61st AAFF Online Festival continues until March 29th, 2023 at 11:59pm ET. An award from the AAFF confers prestige and financial support; it can also qualify filmmakers for an Oscar® nomination by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in the short film category. Qualifying awards are the Ken Burns Award for Best of the Festival, the Chris Frayne Award for Best Animated Film, and the Lawrence Kasdan Award for Best Narrative Film. Read more about our Awards here.
Awards Program 2
The Barbara Aronofsky Latham Award for an Emerging Experimental Video Artist - Against Reality
Best Experimental Animation Award - Of Wood
Martin Contreras and Keith Orr FILM Award for Best LGBTQ Film - Spirits (Ysbrydion)
Chris Frayne Award for Best Animated Film - Arrest in Flight
Tom Berman Award for Most Promising Filmmaker - Fleshwork
Barbara Hammer Feminist Film Award - Pigment–Dispersion Syndrome
Ken Burns Award for Best of the Festival - Neighbour Abdi
Award for Best Music Video - Ganbatene